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Knife Gripes Episode 31: Hard Landings
Knife Gripes is brought to you by UrbanEDCSupply.com According to Nick, not all flipper designers are queued-in to the landing zone. Knife Gripes with Nick...
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Benchmade Maintains Blistering Pace, Reveals 818 Mini Loco
Benchmade is maintaining a blistering pace of new product releases with news of the 818 Mini Loco. The new knife shrinks the original 808 Loco down...
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Real Steel Unveils Four Line Extensions
Real Steel is keeping the stream of special editions flowing with a double bill of line extensions. New versions of their H7 Snow Leopard folder...
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TOPS Launches Missile Strike After Vet’s 7-Year Tour
The TOPS Missile Strike is the latest combat knife released by the Idaho-based company. The new knife exhibits an aggressive, tactical profile drawn up specifically...
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Benchmade Dresses Up Mini Grip with New Premium Configuration
Presented by KnifeCenter.com Benchmade just announced the 556-1701, a new high-end variation of the Mini Griptilian. This limited edition folder features new materials all throughout...
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Change in Knife Laws Prompts HHA Gen II Flipper Overhaul
Australia’s Hardcore Hardware is implementing a major 2017 update to their MILSPEC Folder (MILF) model. Changes abound from top to bottom and include a flipper...
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Böker’s New Chicken Hawk Gets Nod From Steel Expert
Böker is outfitting the Chicken Hawk ax with a new steel, powder-coated SK5. The new iteration replaces the two existing models, and the switch to...
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Knife Gripes Episode 30: Strong Enough
Knife Gripes is brought to you by UrbanEDCSupply.com Nick says that conventional locking mechanisms are adequate for everyday cutting tasks and extreme lock strength shouldn’t...
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YouTuber Jim Skelton Goes from the Sidelines to the Playing Field
YouTuber Jim Skelton is well known for his critiques of high-end custom knives. But now he’s leaving the reviewer’s table for the workbench to try...
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Master Engraver Can Bring Your Idea to Life
Pedro Villarrubia embellishes fixed blades and folding knives with his sought-after engravings. The artisan says a hand engraved knife brings something unique even to high-end custom...
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Smoke TS1 Signals More to Come from Boos Blades
Will Boos of Boos Blades is setting the course for his young company’s future with the Smoke TS1. He tells us his slender front flipper exemplifies...
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Reate Taps Tashi for Two New EDC Folders
Tashi Bharucha and Reate are teaming up again for a pair of releases, the Starboy and the Baby Machine. Both knives take Bharucha’s style into...
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Just How Bad is Budget Blade Steel?
Pete of the Cedric & Ada YouTube channel uses an established, repeatable method to measure edge retention. To date, he has put more than 40...
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Knife Gripes Episode 29: Flip the Clip
Knife Gripes is brought to you by UrbanEDCSupply.com Nick points out how tip down carry can complicate things when seen on a flipper knife. Knife...
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Shop Talk: 7Forge Knives Goes from Science Project to Semi-Production
In the last five years, the knife making scene has absolutely exploded, with dozens upon dozens of new names, new talents, and new knives. One shop that gained a...
Grant Hawk Passes Away at 82
Hawk Knives delivered deeply sad news to the knife world yesterday: Grant Hawk, one of the most innovative, boundary-pushing knife makers of the 20th century, passed away earlier this...
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New Top Liner Lock Folder Arrives This Week from Vosteed
More news rolling out from Vosteed’s direction this week: the company just released the Marten, the latest in their quickly-growing lineup of practical working knives assembled from sensible materials....
Twelfth GiantMouse GM Model Set to Drop at Noon
The latest in the GiantMouse GM series is releasing in just a couple hours. The GM12 (and it’s piratical counterpart, the GM12P) is a high-end piece with a refined...
New Benchmade Bali Hits Shelves Today
Benchmade just released a brand new balisong today: the 82 Laro. This one channels Benchmade’s long historical connection to the format while incorporating all of the company’s current preferences...
More Fixed Blades Come from Kizer Way
We’re not ready to call 2024 the Year of the Fixed Blade yet, but the venerable format has received a lot of love this year. Latest exhibit: an upcoming...
Civivi Placoid is a Rugged Workhorse Folder
In our ongoing coverage of Civivi’s ongoing, steady release schedule, we last covered the Hyperpulse, a straightforward, mid-sized EDC flipper. If you were hoping for something a little heftier...
