Kunwu Excalibur: Black Magic Wizardry from Metal Complex
Greetings to thee, gentle reader mine. I bear tidings of a tale so wondrous and grand that it shall cast into doubt the very certainty of thy senses. Attend now as I unfold before thee an illustrious chronicle of the magnificent Excalibur, most peerless marvel of bladesmith’s cunning craft e’er witnessed in all the realms. […]
Arcane Design Creature: A Mysteriously Impressive Knife
I hate to admit this, but until just recently, I was totally unfamiliar with Arcane Design. I am glad that this has changed. The company is, as far as I can tell, a one-man shop run by the founder, a clever and talented young dude named Israel Bacchus. He specializes in crafting visually provocative knife […]
Harbor Freight Budget Knife Fight: Icon vs. Gordon
Budget knives. Purchased from hardware, auto parts and tools stores. They just gotta be friggin’ fantastic, right? These stores would never stoop to selling us utter crap knives, right? Riiiiiiiight. If you shop for your pocketknives at big box home, tools, and hardware stores like Home Despot, you’ll find a lot of low-cost options (mostly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Falling in Love with the Viper Moon
I recently purchased a new flipper knife from Viper Knives, a company that seems to be far below everyone’s radar. Let’s take a long look at this new Italian marvel. TL;DR The upshot is I adore this knife. The Viper Moon is endowed with a beautiful design, is marvelously curvaceous, sports premium materials, and offers […]