YouTuber Jim Skelton is well known for his critiques of high-end custom knives. But now he’s leaving the reviewer’s table for the workbench to try his hand at knife making under the Skelton Bladeworks label. Since the beginning of the year, Skelton has dived into full-time knife making and has big plans for the future. Currently, Skelton’s catalog consists […]
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Böker’s New Chicken Hawk Gets Nod From Steel Expert
Böker is outfitting the Chicken Hawk ax with a new steel, powder-coated SK5. The new iteration replaces the two existing models, and the switch to a simple, sturdy carbon steel option should imbue the Chicken Hawk with more horsepower in the high-impact, hard-use tasks this tactical ax was made for. When Böker first released the Chicken Hawk […]
Master Engraver Can Bring Your Idea to Life
Pedro Villarrubia embellishes fixed blades and folding knives with his sought-after engravings. The artisan says a hand engraved knife brings something unique even to high-end custom blades. Villarrubia’s engravings have appeared on knives from Michael Zieba, Mick Strider, and many others. His work gets auctioned at exclusive shows like the Tactical Knife Invitational, and through luxury […]
Smoke TS1 Signals More to Come from Boos Blades
Will Boos of Boos Blades is setting the course for his young company’s future with the Smoke TS1. He tells us his slender front flipper exemplifies the new Boos Blades business model and is a sign of more to come. When Boos introduced the Smoke TS1 in August, the first batch sold out within 48 hours, and pre-orders for […]
Reate Taps Tashi for Two New EDC Folders
Tashi Bharucha and Reate are teaming up again for a pair of releases, the Starboy and the Baby Machine. Both knives take Bharucha’s style into EDC sizes rarely seen from the French maker. Bharucha’s push into the production knife world began with a bang. The Future’s integral construction and impressive appearance made his name stick in the minds of […]
Just How Bad is Budget Blade Steel?
Pete of the Cedric & Ada YouTube channel uses an established, repeatable method to measure edge retention. To date, he has put more than 40 steels to the test on his channel – everything from high-end powder metallurgy steels to butter knife blade steel. We reached out to Pete for his assessment of how budget blade steel […]
Author Tackles 63 Survival Tasks Using Swiss Army Knife
Who would think that a Swiss Army knife (SAK) could make an ideal survival tool? Victorinox aficionado and knife safety educator Felix Immler proved its mettle after spending three months building a campsite with just a SAK at his side. He documented the experience in The Swiss Army Knife Book, recently released in English. Over the course of his expedition, Immler […]
What the Hell is a Knife Lottery Anyway? Ernest Emerson Explains
The good news is it won’t cost you anything to enter a knife lottery. The bad news is if do you win you’ll need to reach for your wallet. “The lottery is not a free knife giveaway,” explains Ernest Emerson, who for years has been running the largest knife lotteries in the industry. “It’s actually […]
Gareth Bull to Deploy His Smallest Front Flipper Ever
South African knife maker Gareth Bull continues to expand his menu of diminutive knives, following up the Offshoot fixed blade with the Jellybean. The new model will be the smallest, least expensive folding knife he’s ever made and may take the crown for the tiniest front flipper ever. The Jellybean comes in two configurations, the first with a 2.2-inch […]
Community Rallies to Aid Knife Makers Affected by Harvey
Midwest Knifemakers Supply has started a relief fund to help Texas-based knife makers affected by Hurricane Harvey. “Those makers that depend on knife making as their primary income can use our help as a community,” says Tracy Mickley, Owner of Midwest Knifemakers Supply. “This is about doing the right thing and about helping people in need.” The company is […]