For people who don’t usually carry blades around, a pocket knife may seem like it’s not a requirement. Some might even consider it dangerous or suspicious for people to carry pocket or outdoor knives, and while that may be true, … Read more
A hundred dollars is a useful line for a pocket knife. Above it you mostly pay for powder steels, titanium and limited colorways. Below it you can already get everything that decides whether a folder is pleasant to carry: a … Read more
Elk Ridge knives are cheap, decent-looking outdoor knives that do light work fine, and nothing more. That’s not an insult. A wood-handled folder for the tackle box, a beater knife for the truck, a first knife for a teenager on … Read more
A lot of people use pocket knives as an essential tool in their life. Pocket knives are useful tools which you can carry anywhere at any time which serve as a cutting or a hammering tool. Knowing how to sharpen … Read more
To use a Smith’s knife sharpener, pull the blade through the coarse carbide slot 3 or 4 times with light pressure (only if the knife is dull), then 8 to 10 times through the fine ceramic slot to polish the … Read more
If you want to have sharp knives at all times, you should totally learn how to use a Lansky Pocket Knife Sharpener. We have just the guide that can help! Short answer, for the Lansky BladeMedic: use the carbide slot … Read more
To use a butterfly knife, you hold one handle (the safe handle) and let the other handle and the blade swing around it, opening or closing the knife with wrist movements instead of a thumb stud or a spring. The … Read more
Hawkbill knives share their curved edge with knives like the karambit. The edge curves inward, like a bird’s beak, so most of these knives are not used for chopping. Instead, they are used for carving, pulling cuts and slicing. Sharpening … Read more
Glock is famous for pistols, but since 1978 it has also made a field knife for the Austrian army. The original FM 78 has a plain spine; the FM 81 adds a saw on the back. Both use the same … Read more
Outdoor stores push big survival blades with serrated spines, yet experienced long-distance hikers usually carry something tiny: a small folder, a Swiss Army knife on a cord, sometimes just a razor blade in the first aid kit. On trail a … Read more