All posts by KnifeNews Editorial Staff
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Spyderco Whale Rescue Blade… Rescues Whale
Yesterday, in the waters of Bodega Bay, California, a migrating Humpback whale tangled in fishing line was freed thanks to an exceptional Spyderco blade, a...
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Ultimate Steel Knives Fuel the Fight for our Knife Rights
“We don’t take no for an answer,” says Doug Ritter, Chairman of Knife Rights. The stubbornness of its leader has driven Knife Rights to help rewrite knife legislation across...
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ESEE Tightens Grip with New HM Line
If you’ve ever needed a simple 3 or 4-inch fixed blade that can stand up to any outdoor setting, you may already own an ESEE-3...
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Fischer Brothers Knives Put Everything Into Their Launch
Like so many other makers, Fischer Brothers Knives came from humble beginnings. The custom shop got its start in a shipping container in Frank Fischer’s backyard....
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New KA-BAR Tactical Spork is No Joke
Plastic sporks are commonly used in schools, prisons, and for airline meals, in part because of their functionality but mainly for their safety. A spork...
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Cold Steel 4-Max Is Here to Take On All Comers
The Cold Steel 4-Max has arrived with the first small production run on its way to dealers. Some have speculated that the long anticipated USA-made...
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What Happens to Blades Surrendered to UK’s Knife Amnesty Bin Program?
Plans for a statue made from 100,000 knives is stirring up controversy in Britain, where a 24-ft ‘Knife Angel’ is under construction. The knives come...
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Olamic 247 Blurs the Line Between Art and Work Knife
If you spent $600 on a knife, would you be comfortable using it every day? For a lot of people, the answer to this question...
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Blade Steel: Why the Heat Treat Really Matters
If you care how your blade cuts, the heat treat really matters. Heat treating is like baking dough into bread, but with steel: it turns...
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From Gun Grips to Knives: American Hogue Prepared to Take Center Stage
Hogue is fast approaching its 50th anniversary, but the company is still a relative newcomer to the knife world. Founder Guy Hogue’s original wooden gun...
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5 Prime Beef Folders on a Ground Beef Budget
You want a new knife, an awesome new knife, but can’t spend a lot of money. Who hasn’t experienced that feeling? When you need to scratch...
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LionSteel TM1 Pushes SOLID® Line to the Limit
The name LionSteel is synonymous with innovation. The Maniago based company is a knife industry trailblazer, paving the way for new manufacturing technologies and applications....
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SAN MAI Trademark: Cold Steel Issues Open Letter to the Knife Community
Last week, reports surfaced that Cold Steel had sent letters to several knife makers over the use of the name ‘San Mai’. Since the 1980s,...
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Straight-A Student Expelled Over Pocket Knife in Backpack a Month from Graduation
Only a month from graduation, a school board’s zero tolerance knife policy has resulted in an honor student’s expulsion. Shawn Soucy, a 16-year-old student at...
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Tashi Bharucha Shows Us The Future
The Reate juggernaut continues to gain speed. The up-and-coming Chinese manufacturer, hot on the heels of the announcement of the Wave, teased an early 3D...
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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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Ostap Hel and Civivi Whip up Micro-Size Slipjoint Karambit
Ostap Hel is doing a pretty creative flex with an incoming Civivi collaboration called the Pyrus. Unlike anything else the maker (or company) has made before, the Pyrus is...
Two Forged by War Classics Swap Genres
CRKT released two new models into their Forged by War series this week. Both of these drops see FbW designers returning to established models to bring them into an...
Jared Oeser Graces Tactile Knife Co. with New Bowie-Style Slippie
Tactile Knife Co. continues its string of all-star collaborations today with the release of the Ranger. This is a modern slipjoint from one of the masters of the form:...
Bushcraft Veteran Teams up with TOPS for Tiny Task Knife
We missed a recent TOPS release here at KnifeNews – although to be fair, it’s a little guy and hard to spot. Meet the Wood Nymph, an outdoors do-all...
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...
