All posts by KnifeNews Editorial Staff
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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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Glenn-Tech Tests the Waters with the Kiba
Japan’s Glenn Waters just delivered the first batch of Glenn-Tech semi-production knives ahead of schedule. We didn’t expect Glenn-Tech knives before the end of the...
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Jared Oeser Bags Major Awards at the USN Gathering
The first day of the 9th Annual USN Gathering ended with a bang with the presentation of the show awards. Modern traditional maker Jared Oeser enjoyed...
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Gareth Bull to Deploy His Smallest Front Flipper Ever
South African knife maker Gareth Bull continues to expand his menu of diminutive knives, following up the Offshoot fixed blade with the Jellybean. The new...
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Liong Mah Drops Tanto Lanny at USN Gathering
Knife designer Liong Mah will introduce his latest knife, the Lanny, at the 9th Annual USN Gathering this weekend in Las Vegas. Mah took a...
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Community Rallies to Aid Knife Makers Affected by Harvey
Midwest Knifemakers Supply has started a relief fund to help Texas-based knife makers affected by Hurricane Harvey. “Those makers that depend on knife making as their...
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Spyderco Files Second Lawsuit Against Kittery Trading Post Owner
Spyderco isn’t backing off its legal offensive against counterfeit knives. On August 16th, the company filed a second suit against Kittery Trading Post owner Kevin...
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Knife Gripes Episode 28: Stale
Knife Gripes is brought to you by UrbanEDCSupply.com Nick says it’s time for knife makers to put an end to the framelock flipper era. Knife...
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Caswell Morphing Karambit Version 2.0 Finally Ready
UPDATE 3/20/18: The Morphing Karambit is now available for purchase on Kickstarter. After a year of revisions and testing, Version 2.0 of Joe Caswell’s Morphing...
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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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Christmas Shipping Special and Knife Deals Live at KSF
: Updated story with prices for Next Day Air shipping discounts Sponsored by: KnivesShipFree Christmas is nearly here, and the online shopping rush is in full swing; we’ll...
Shop Talk: Jess Hoffman’s Modern Knives Learn from the Classics
Wisconsin-based custom maker Jess Hoffman has been on a knifemaking journey for the last twelve years, honing his craft and building a portfolio of hardworking, thoughtfully-designed fixed blades. Hoffman’s...
Vosteed Corgi Returns with New Wheeler Mechanism in Place
Vosteed Cutlery has released a surprise just ahead of Christmas and the end of 2024. The Corgi V sees the design team giving one of their existing models a...
Kombou’s Prydwen Takes its Name from a Famous Virtual Vessel
The Bestech Excentric debuted recently, a collaboration model between Toni Tietzel of TNT Knives and Grzegorz Grabarski, AKA Kombou. Well, Grabarski has been a busy man, and has another...
Two Custom World Heavyweights Collaborate on Wild Bestech Excentric
Bestech is poised to release a new collaboration that is, itself, a collaboration model. Meet the Excentric, which results from the partnership of Grzegorz Grabarski, AKA Kombou Designs, and...
