All posts by KnifeNews Editorial Staff
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Buying American on a Budget: 4 USA Made Knives Under $50
Contrary to popular belief, not all budget-friendly knives are made oceans away. If you’re looking to celebrate the end of the short Independence Day work...
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TRC Knives Partners with Special Forces on New M-1 Tactical Fixed Blade
After an ongoing collaboration with several special forces units, Lithuanian knife company TRC Knives finally released the new M-1 Tactical Knife. Since 2013, versions of the knife...
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No Doubt About It: New DDR AOD is Pure Machining Muscle
It’s taken five years, but DDR Knives has finally released the Absense of Doubt (AOD). Darrel Ralph, the owner of DDR, put the new knife through...
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Sharpening Improv: Does a Coffee Mug Really Work?
When it comes to sharpening, there’s a lot of conflicting information out there. Some recommend specialized equipment, while others say you can get a good...
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Dentist Says a Pocket Knife Can Save You Thousands
“Why don’t you go out and buy a really nice, $200 knife?” Dr. Mark McOmie, a Chattanooga, Tennessee dentist recently asked one of his patients....
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TOPS Knives Launches Two Curvaceous New Blades
With yesterday’s announcement of the Quick Skin and Fiel, TOPS Knives just added some interesting twists and turns to their line-up. TOPS President and CEO Leo Espinoza has...
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Spartan Blades SHF: USA All the Way
For some American knife companies, stateside production is seen as an unreachable ideal. But the crew at Spartan Blades wasn’t willing to look at things...
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Mad Scientist’s Knives ‘Shapeshift’ to Open
The ScorpioDesign Shapeshifter knives look and function like nothing else out there. They utilize a patented toggle lever lock that runs across a channel cut...
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Premium Pocket Knives: Why You Pay Top Dollar
With news that the market for production knives is declining, knife people seem to be more price-conscious than ever. Yet in recent years the number...
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Money Clip Knife Reveal From Seki-City Maker You Didn’t Know You Knew
You might not be familiar with the name G. Sakai, but there’s a decent chance you already own one of their knives. This Seki-City, Japan knife maker...
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New ESEE Tertiary: The Izula Goes Tactical
ESEE surprised visitors to their Blade Show booth with the Tertiary, an unexpected new mid-year release that turns one of its most popular designs on...
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Koens Craft Taps Graphic Design Past
Like most knives, Koens Craft blades start life as a drawing. Morgan Koens taps into his graphic design background and sketches out each new model....
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Nothing Personal: KAI Explains Patent Action
After news broke that KAI, maker of Kershaw, Zero Tolerance, and Shun knives, had taken action against Microtech Knives in defence of its 2015 U.S....
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Schrade Plans to Bring You a New Breed of Chopper
“I don’t overbuild anything,” says Josh Waggoner, martial artist and knife maker. He is talking about his soon-to-be-released design for Schrade called the SCHMBS. It...
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Renegade Zieba Knives Takes Top Honors at Blade Show
Michael Zieba’s trajectory to the upper echelons of the custom knife world is not because he’s following in the footsteps of other successful makers, but...
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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...
