All posts tagged "TOPS"
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TOPS 2025 Knives are Here, Including the Massive Ginunting
The new for 2025 TOPS knives are here, and it’s hard not to start with the X16 Ginunting. This downright imposing chopper is descended from...
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SHOT Day 2: Al Mar Revives the SERE Operator with TOPS as Partner
It’s always a good day when we can write about a new Al Mar knife release. Debuting at SHOT Show this week is a new...
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TOPS Teases One of Six New SHOT Show Models
TOPS has begun revealing its new for 2025 lineup. One of six new models they’re bringing to Vegas next weekend is the Trailhead Kukri. This...
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Alaskan Knifemaking Talent Signs on with TOPS
There’s a fresh new TOPS fixed blade out now, from a first-time collaborator. The Tundra Wolf comes from Alaskan knifemaker Trevor Barrett, and it takes...
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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...
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Pro Knife Thrower Brings Big Chopper to TOPS
Blade Show West is here, and there’s sure to be lots of exciting stuff on display – but that doesn’t mean that new knives aren’t...
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TOPS Drops Wilderness Guide Revision to Cap Off August
TOPS is closing out August with the latest version of their Wilderness Guide fixed blade, the Wilderness Guide ’23. This revision makes further refinements to...
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TOPS and Forged in Fire Winner Collaborate for the First Time
TOPS is back with another new release, this one a collaboration with custom maker (and Forged in Fire winner) Josh Navarette. It’s called the Armado,...
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First 2024 TOPS Project Sees Return of the Shadow Hunter
TOPS is joining in the fresh release fun with its first new for 2024 model, which hit the shelves this week. This is the Shadow...
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Latest Version of TOPS Spirit Hunter Subtly Refines Design
TOPS just put the finishing touches on a new revision of a longrunning model called the Spirit Hunter. The Spirit Hunter X3 refines the original...
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TOPS Bumps MSF Folder up into the Super Steel Category
A new folder from TOPS, a company best known for its fixed blades, is always a notable event in the knife world, and we’ve just...
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TOPS and Ed Calderon Collaborate on El Pionero
The next release from TOPS is arriving tomorrow, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Called El Pionero, it’s a collaboration design with Ed Calderon...
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TOPS Modern Gladius Reimagines Historical Sword
There’s a new TOPS arriving today, and it’s a cool one. This is the Modern Gladius, which quite obviously lives up to its name, translating...
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TOPS Breaks the Karambit Finger Ring on the Papa Delta
There’s a new knife out from TOPS, and it’s called the Papa Delta. Despite the name, the Papa Delta is a little guy, designed as...
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New Field Dog Fixed Blade Comes from TOPS Employee
There’s a new fixed blade out from TOPS Knives, and it’s called the Field Dog. Created by a longtime employee, the Field Dog lives up...
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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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Civivi Elementum Slips into Non-Locking Category in Latest Transformation
Do you like the Elementum? What about slipjoints? One of Civivi’s first orders of business in 2025 is to release the Elementum Slipjoint, which combines the company’s eternally popular...
Kizer Continues to Showcase New Talent with Bamboo Front Flipper
February may have just begun, but it’s already a month that Kizer has been making the most of. They’ve just added several fresh designs to their lineup from new...
Kizer and Bradley Diaz Exhume Gothic EDC for February
Kizer has brought in a new custom collaborator for one of their new 2025 releases, and it’s a creepy one. This is the Tomb, and it is a design...
KA-BAR Apex Comes from the Mind of Designer Petr Janda
Earlier this week we discussed the new Dust series at KA-BAR, and promised more to come – well here it is. The Apex comes in the same material suite...
Meet Boker’s Collection 2025 Folder
New(ish) year, new Boker Collection piece. The Boker 2025 Collection comes from Thierry Savidan, and, as is to be expected, is a decked out, premium piece that falls on...
