All posts by KnifeNews Editorial Staff
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SOG Turns 30: Marks Anniversary With Special Editions
It has been 30 years since SOG Knives and Tools began in Spencer Frazer’s Santa Monica apartment. Inspired by a rare Japanese Bowie Knife originally designed...
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Choil or No Choil? SURVEY RESULTS
KnifeNews Ultimate Folder Survey Results Part 6: Choil or No Choil? Brought to you by BladeHQ Part 1: Lock Preferences on Folding Knives Part 2:...
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Knife Community Loses a Legend
There is sad news to report this evening: knife maker Warren Osborne has passed away. The Texas-based knife maker is widely known for his Benchmade...
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Devastating Fire Claims Knife Makers’ New Shop, 2 Dogs
Adam and Haley DesRosiers are a husband and wife knife making team who live and work in the remote bush of Southeast Alaska. Tuesday night,...
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Ferrum Forge Stinger Shipping with Revolutionary SM-100 Blades: Metal Superior to Super-Steels
Ferrum Forge is about to ship a new flipper dubbed the Stinger. What makes the knife extraordinary is that the blade is made of a...
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Boker Revives South African Front Flipper
At first glance, the new Boker Plus A2 might not look unusual. The knife, a just-released folder designed by fellow South Africans Andre Van Heerden and...
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Kizer to Offer Stripped Down, Deep Discounted Gemini & Intrepid Flippers
Late this summer, American knifemaker Ray Laconico and Kizer Knives revealed what might be the most anticipated knives of 2016: the Gemini and Intrepid flippers. The knives...
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Tip Up or Tip Down Carry? SURVEY RESULTS
KnifeNews Ultimate Folder Survey Results Part 5: Tip Up / Tip Down Carry? Brought to you by BladeHQ Part 1: Lock Preferences on Folding Knives...
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3 Life Saving Tricks to Break Glass Using a Pocket Knife
Even with a glass breaker, breaking into or out of a car can be counter-intuitive. In the event of an emergency there’s no time to...
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Will Women Embrace the New SWIZA Knife?
Carrying a knife has been a rite of passage into manhood, part of a tradition passed down from father to son for generations. It seems...
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What is the Most You Would Spend on a Folder? SURVEY RESULTS
KnifeNews Ultimate Folder Survey Results Part 4: Price? Brought to you by BladeHQ Part 1: Lock Preferences on Folding Knives Part 2: Favorite Knife Handle...
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A Folding, Fixed Blade: LiquidMetal’s Innovative New Knife
“It’s already pretty sharp out of the mold, but we sharpen it more,” says Matt Martin, Marketing Manager for LiquidMetal Technologies. The company recently began...
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7 Best States for Knife People to Live In
What are the States that afford the greatest liberty and freedom to carry a blade in America? We wanted to find out. But tracking down up to...
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Hero Credits His Leatherman After Saving Boy in Fatal Collision
“It’s like a habit. I put my belt on in the morning and my Leatherman’s on it. That’s really a lifesaver,” Trevor Hanna told the...
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Benchmade 2016 New Knives Unveiled
Ahead of Benchmade’s 2016 catalog release, details surrounding a number of new knives have emerged. Alongside updates to a few existing models are three striking...
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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...
Justin Lundquist Turns Feist Folder into Custom Fixed Blade
Justin Lundquist is giving fans of the Feist something new to fiend for with the Feist Fixed Blade. These custom pieces present the well-known design in an entirely new...
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Blade Show West 2024 Recap: More Fixed Blades Flow from Civivi
The Airy Peak wasn’t the only new fixed blade that Civivi brought to Utah over the weekend. Check out the Zatumi, a mid-sized outdoors knife with a clean, weight...
Blade Show West 2024 Recap: Factory Knife Awards
Blade Show West is a wrap, and while that’s sad, there’s plenty of stuff out of Utah that needs discussing. We’re starting today with the Blade Show West Factory...
Kizer x You Contest Winner Sees First Production Knife Drop
Even though we’re in the thick of October and post-Blade Show West coverage, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that August saw the arrival of the Kizer Bulldog,...
We Knife Co. Brings Newest BrrCrafts Custom into Production Form
Blade Show West is in full swing, and there are fresh new prototypes on display from multiple companies. We already covered the Civivi Airy Peak, one of the company’s...
Civivi Brings Trailing Point Fixie to Blade Show West
Civivi brought a pretty impressive piece to Blade Show West. This is the Airy Peak, a new fixed blade with a hearty blade length and an impressive, sweeping profile....
