CIVIVI is what happens when a factory known for expensive folders decides to build cheaper ones. WE Knife launched the brand in 2018 for affordable everyday carry knives, and the parent company shows in the details: ceramic ball bearing pivots, … Read more
Most people buying a multitool look at the number of tools on the box. That number is the least useful thing about it. What decides whether you’ll carry a multitool, and use it, is how much it weighs, whether the … Read more
Damascus steel is the knife world’s most beautiful marketing word. True Damascus today means pattern-welded steel: two or more steels forged together, folded and etched so the layers show as waves. It can make a great knife or a pretty, … Read more
Most people buy the wrong machete for their yard. They pick the thickest, meanest-looking blade on the shelf, then find it tires their arm in ten minutes and bounces off green vines. For brush, weeds and blackberry canes, a long, … Read more
Ontario knives are good if you want honest, low-cost working tools: machetes, carbon steel kitchen knives and military-pattern fixed blades that Ontario has made in Franklinville, New York, for generations. They’re not the brand for polished fit and finish or … Read more
A kukri looks like a knife that’s been bent forward. The blade drops below the handle and widens toward the tip, so most of its weight sits out in front of your hand. Swing it and that weight does the … Read more
Case knives are good if you want a traditional American pocket knife: bone or synthetic handles, two or three blades, no clip, no lock on most models, made in Bradford, Pennsylvania. They’re not the brand for someone who wants a … Read more
Opinel knives are good, and the plain Opinel No.08 is one of the best knives you can buy for very little money. It’s a simple French folder with a thin, very sharp blade, a beech handle and a twisting lock … Read more
Yes, Mora knives are good, and the cheapest one is the one I’d buy first: the Morakniv Companion. It costs very little, carves wood better than far heavier knives, and if you lose it in the leaves you shrug and … Read more
Benchmade sits in an awkward spot for most buyers. Its knives cost much more than a Kershaw or a Buck, yet many people see the same Grivory plastic handles on them and wonder where the money goes. The answer is … Read more