Being able to maintain your knife is as important as maintaining your firearm for several reasons. You may need to transition to your knife in a defensive situation, so you’ll need to have the confidence that it will deploy when you need it and that it has a serviceable edge. In the field one of […]
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Keep Your Knives Sharp | Tools of the Trade
Knife sharpening has been way over complicated in this day and age. Maintaining your knives’ edge is extremely important if you use it a lot. A dull knife can actually be dangerous to use. With a dull edge you tend to push harder when carving or cutting, which could cause your hand to slip and […]
Knife Sharpening Tools | The Lansky Puck
I’ve tried most of the more elaborate table top sharpening systems, but always find myself going back to a good ole simple sharpening stone. For a while I have been using the credit card sharpening stone by Dia-Sharp. I’ve owned the Lansky Sharpening puck for a while too, but I rarely took it out of […]
Lansky Tool Sharpener
The Lansky Lawn & Garden Tool Sharpener is marketed towards tools such as a shovels, axes, hatchets, machetes and lawn mower blades. I originally got this sharpener with the intention of using it for my machete, but have found myself using it for most of my knives more so than my machete or lawn tools. […]
Spyderco Replaces Red Loctite on US Knives and Clarifies Disassembly Policy
This morning, Spyderco issued an official statement on their forum to announce they will no longer use red Loctite on their USA-made knives. The Golden, CO company will use medium strength Loctite in its place effective immediately. In addition, the statement clarified the company’s policy on knife disassembly as it relates to voiding Spyderco’s warranty. Spyderco’s use […]
The ApostleP Designs Gunny Sidekick with Knife Maintenance in Mind
Rob Bixby, better known as knife sharpener and YouTuber The ApostleP, is making a longtime dream a reality by designing the Gunny Sidekick fixed blade. The Sidekick, which will be produced by Bark River Knives, reflects Bixby’s frustration with maintenance issues that many other knives fail to address. “I had this knife kicking around in […]
Knife Maintenance Month: Stropping
Stropping is the easiest way to bring your knives to their ultimate sharpness. After shaping the edge through sharpening, stropping provides the finishing touch – honing that invisible apex to a hair-whittling, scary-sharp point. Stropping is also invaluable for restoring your edges after use. In fact, if your knives are properly sharpened, regular stropping will […]
Knife Maintenance Month: Sharpening with the Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition
When we interviewed Dexter Ewing, Field Editor for BLADE Magazine and owner of Winston-Salem Knife Sharpening back in October, we learned that his business was built around the Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition Knife & Tool Sharpener. “It totally changed my sense of what ‘sharp’ is,” Ewing told us. With an endorsement like that we […]
Knife Maintenance Month: Lubricating and Preventing Corrosion
Properly oiling your knives might be the most important thing you can do to maintain them. Oil doesn’t just keep mechanisms operating smoothly, it also helps prevent corrosion. There are many options for how to best take care of your knives, but the right prescription for you depends on what kind of knife you have and what you […]
Lansky Sharpening Paddle – Final Review
The Lansky Sharpening paddle is the balisong of knife sharpeners. If you read my first look you’d know it hides itself well in its own grip. This makes it a compact package that still offers a handle, and it protects the actual stone from damage. It’s a neat design with some real redeeming value. For […]