Benchmade Mini Adamas: Anatomy of a Counterfeit Knife
Counterfeits. Who cares about counterfeit products? Who are they hurting? There’s a segment of people who either don’t care about counterfeits, and in some cases, actively pursue such products. Why? Well, there‘s a few reasons. Some folks simply can’t afford to buy the genuine product, so they believe a counterfeit might give them a taste […]
The Magnetic Attraction of the Winterblade Severn
There are times in the world when a visionary person has new ideas that inspire us to take new roads, and that changes everything. Courtesy of ContextGallery.com Architectural designer Frank Lloyd Wright created organic structural designs that harmonized human habitation buildings with their natural surroundings, integrating architecture projects as part of the landscape. His work […]
Budget Blade Round-Up ’24: Mediocre & Junk Steels (Part 3 of 3)
What would you do if you had a new C-note, a genuine Benjamin burning a hole in your pocket and you wanted to buy a new budget pocketknife? Would you know which to pick? Do you know what blade steel to get? In Part 1 of the 2024 Budget Blade Round-Up series, I discussed the […]
Budget Pocketknife Blade Steel Round-Up 2024: What’s Out There & Performance Factors (Part 1 of 3)
What would you do if you had a new C-note, a genuine Benjamin burning a hole in your pocket and you wanted to buy a new budget pocketknife? Would you know which to pick? Do you know what blade steel to get? Yes, buying a new knife can be a lot more complicated than a […]
Budget Blade Round-Up ’24: Decent Steels (Part 2 of 3)
What would you do if you had a new C-note, a genuine Benjamin burning a hole in your pocket, and you wanted to buy a new budget pocketknife? Would you know which to pick? Do you know what blade steel to get? In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the methodology I used to […]
Benchmade Mini Adamas: Mammoth MagnaCut at a Problematic Price
Early last year (2023), after reading so many posts on Larrin Thomas’ KnifeSteelNerds.com blog, I decided I wanted to see for myself what all the hype was about with MagnaCut steel. When I began looking, everyone’s favorite super steel wasn’t nearly as available as it is this year. Only a few brands had knives with […]
Civivi Vision FG: A Superior Knife with a Superlock
For a special occasion, I was recently offered a gift knife by a dear friend. They had heard me talk about the Civivi Vision FG in Ultem a few times, and they asked if that was what I’d like. For a micro-second, I considered mentioning the Kizer Militaw in S45VN with a mirror DLC finish […]
Mikov Kostka: New Take on an Old Knife Design
I saw Seth V of KnifeCenter do their New Knives of the Week video a few weeks ago and one of the knives he showed us was what he called a “Funny Folder” knife. I was not familiar with that term, but he showed us a beautiful, little Czech-made knife by Mikov s.r.o. called the […]
Spyderco Native Chief: Anatomy of a Counterfeit Knife
We have a problem. Follow me on this. Imagine that you are a fantastic and creative home cook, especially with making delicious barbeque. You have a passion for making people happy and satisfied with the dishes you make. You are so talented with your combination of creative art and technical craft that you decide to […]
CMB Made Knives Revives the Legendary Fulcrum Knife
I somehow recently stumbled upon, totally by accident, one of the more interesting rarities of the pocketknife design world: an actual new fulcrum action folding knife. It’s the Equator, model CMB-01, from CMB Made Knives. Let me tell you about it. TL;DR The Equator is a very interesting knife. It employs a genuinely unique piece […]
