All posts tagged "TOPS"
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New TOPS Chopper Emerges from the Undergrowth
TOPS has dropped its latest chopper, the El Machete .230X. The .230X sticks to the pure fundamentals of the machete concept and aims to deliver...
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TOPS Rallies Behind Local Nonprofit with Special 3 Pointer
A well-liked everyday carry fixed blade from TOPS has just been redeployed in a special edition with a special cause behind it. The 3 Pointer...
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Silent Hero 4 Goes Tactical with New Tanto Blade
Another new TOPS model to talk about: the Silent Hero 4 Tanto. It’s more than just a new blade shape here, with alterations across the...
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TOPS Enchantor is a Portable Self-Defense Option
TOPS has another new fixed blade on shelves, the Colin Despins designed Enchantor. This one lands in the tactical knife genre, albeit with the intention...
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TOPS River Rat Goes with the Flow
The TOPS releases continue to flow, much like a river – and, hey, wouldn’t you know it, the name of a new release from the...
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I Stick Mini Sticks to What Works, but Shrinks It Down
TOPS has another new knife on the market this month, the I Stick Mini. TOPS historians will know that this one is a shrunk-down version...
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TOPS Taps Laci Szabo for Shirodagga Defensive Knife
Tactical knife legend Laci Szabo has contributed a new model to the 2026 TOPS lineup. It’s called the Shirodagga, and in addition to a memorable...
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TOPS Badger Creek Makes Debut After a Long Wait
After waiting for its chance for nine years, the TOPS Badger Creek has hit the shelves at last. It’s an outdoors task-smasher with a bold...
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Second Dive Knife Rises from the River for TOPS
Last week we covered the new TOPS Sidekick Diver, a production model that originated as a winner in the Idaho company’s annual employee design contest....
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TOPS Diver-sify’s Portfolio with Newest Employee Knife
TOPS is known for many things, but one of their more recent claims to fame is the annual employee design challenge, which has resulted this...
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TOPS Upswarm is a Bit Like a Karambit
Compact self-defense is the name of the game with the latest blade out of TOPS Knives’s Idaho Falls workshop. The Upswarm‘s unique blade shape actually...
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TOPS and OKC Team Up for New Version of Old Favorite
Last in our recent spate of TOPS coverage is the Ontario XL Hunter. Whereas the last few new for 2026 TOPS pieces were in-house designs,...
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El Chete Family Grows Again This Year
TOPS is continuing its shrinking-down of famous models with the Lil Chete. As the name implies, the Lil Chete brings the famous big chopper’s design...
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TOPS El Chappito: Cutest Cleaver on the Market?
Fresh off the line from TOPS we’ve got El Chappito, the frankly adorable, shrunk-down, EDC-sized brother of the company’s famous heavy duty cleaver. El Chappo...
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TOPS Takes Tex Creek to Slipjoint Station
TOPS is taking a crack at a slipjoint with their latest release, the Tex Creek. Although it is outside of the usual TOPS wheelhouse, the...
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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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We Knife Co. Hawks Its Wares with the Tiercel
The new We Knife Co. Tiercel is named after a falcon, and this is a case where the name lines up perfectly with the look of the piece. The...
Benchmade SOCPs it to Us with New Tactical EDC
New from Benchmade is the Mini SOCP Folder, a highly portable adaptation of the company’s Mini SOCP fixed blade model. This is far from a straight translation from fixed...
120 General Fixed Blade Looms as October’s Buck of the Month
The October Buck of the Month pays homage to horror movie history: it’s the latest variant of the legendary, enduring, and Ghostface-approved Buck 120. For those of you not...
Sam Tran Design Hops from We to Civivi
Among the latest pieces en route from the ever-busy folks at Civivi is the Ryson-E. This is a transfer student from We Knife Co. lineup, with materials and design...
Blade Show West Runs Today and Tomorrow
You heard that right, pardners: Blade Show West, the rootin’ tootin’ younger brother to venerable Atlanta’s Blade Show, is upon us. While not as big as its bigger brother,...
