Design Minds
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Reate Making Waves by Freezing the Edge
They took on Todd Begg’s Steelcraft challenge and more recently helped Liong Mah hide the flipper tab on his new SDC (Slim-Daily-Carry). With news of...
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Hinderer’s 3 New Knives and Easy Mod Invention
> > Keep your folders awesome. Grab a Pack of 5 Microfiber Blade Sleeves for $8.99 < < It’s been a little over eight months since Hinderer Knives...
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G&G Hawk Changing Course with New Deadlock
Grant & Gavin Hawk’s new Deadlock is the first Out the Front (OTF) knife with truly solid lockup, and the first knife the Hawks are producing themselves....
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Demko’s New Scorpion Lock Debuts at East Coast Custom Knife Show
Last fall, Andrew Demko – knife maker, engineer, and head of R&D for Cold Steel – unveiled the AD-15: a custom knife with a brand-new...
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Smock Knives Goes from Chop Shop to Knife Shop
The last few years have seen the knife modding scene explode in popularity. A trip to the forums or to Instagram will reveal page after page...
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New TOPS Micro Hawk Delivers 6 Inches of Cutting Edge
Finding a compact tomahawk that is robust enough for self defense and outdoor cutting tasks in a EDC-able package hasn’t been easy – until now....
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Top Modder Burglarized: ‘They took all the scales and knives’
Early this morning, the workshop of knife modifier Cuscadi was burglarized. The thieves appears to have targeted the popular custom scale maker specifically: after smashing...
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Boker Introduces Merlin with Interlock Mechanism
New for 2016, Böker introduces a new knife with a brand-new lock. Both are designed by German knifemaker Wilfried Gorski, an inventive man responsible for...
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CRKT Unleashes Clever Girl: KnifeCop’s Forged by War Collaboration
“If it is going to carry my name it has to be good,” says Austin McGlaun, who unveiled his new collaboration with CRKT at SHOT...
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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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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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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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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Knife: Bloodroot Blades Forges New Knives Out of Old Materials
David Van Wyk and Luke Snyder are Bloodroot Blades, a custom knife brand obsessed with transforming unexpected materials into high-performance cutting tools. “Our materials might...
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Knife Future Looks Bright: 14-Year Old’s Flipper Design Goes into Production
“It all started over a year ago, when I was getting instagram messages from this kid,” said Elliot Williamson, co-owner of Ferrum Forge Knives. “I...
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Use a knife to make rope out of grass
Bushcrafters, backpackers, and survival experts know the importance of cordage in a survival situation. The list of applications is lengthy and includes: making shelters, trapping...
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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...
