Poikilo Blade Tuna: A Mighty Albacore in the Ocean of Pocketknives
Back when I was a young kid, we had knives around, but things were much more basic. I remember we used hammerstones and elk antler billets for flintknapping chunks of obsidian into sharp flakes. They were glassy smooth and insanely sharp, but they had no toughness at all. Those blades would chip almost immediately if […]
Benchmade Shootout: An OTF in the Back of the Pack
Out-the-front (OTF) automatic pocketknives have a mystique about them. They are members of the switchblade family, and switchblades have been the subject of controversy and legislation for ¾ of a century now. Because of the bad boy taboo they (used to) represent, their association with lawlessness (whether or not it’s true), and the fear-inducing automatic […]