All posts tagged "TOPS"
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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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TOPS Wolf Pax is a Comfortable and Compact Woods Ax
TOPS has a new ax to grind – well, okay, to be fair they’ve already ground it, because it’s out now. It’s called the Wolf...
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TOPS Creates the First-Ever Tick You Will Want to Carry Around with You
Curious about the EDC fixed blade concept? There’s a new entry in the genre rolling out from TOPS Knives as we speak. Meet the Tick,...
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TOPS Brings Bram Frank’s Abaniko into 2025 Lineup
As the temperatures rise, TOPS’s release schedule has quickened. Not so long after the reveal of the tactical yet practical Ephyra, there comes another martially...
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TOPS Ephyra Finds Function in Funky Form
Even as things ramp up for BLADE this weekend, TOPS managed to drop a new model ahead of the summer’s signature knife event. The Ephyra...
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TOPS Turns Shrink Ray on El Chete Chopper
We here at KnifeNews are honored to announce that El Chete, TOPS’ over-the-, well, top chopper, is a proud parent. The El Chete Mini is...
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TOPS Adds Third Version to Frog Market Family
Right before their recent hurricane of new knives, TOPS released one that shouldn’t be left behind in terms of coverage. This is the Frog Market...
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TOPS Heads to the Links with New 3 Putt Divot Tool
We continue to tear through the new for 2025 TOPS Knives models with something a little bit different – or really, a lot different. 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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Boker Pulls an Overnighter for Fresh Fixed Blade Release
We’ve been in a bit of a fixed blade mood since we covered some the new models in that genre from Civivi/We and TOPS – and today we’re looking...
Buck Blends Old and New in Latest 110 Variant
Buck’s mid-year product drop is here, and there’s much to talk about – but today we’re just going to look at what is arguably the flagship in the new...
Minimalist Almeris En Route from Civivi
A new slipjoint from Civivi is getting prepped to roll out this year. It’s called the Almeris, and it is a fully modern slipjoint, slick and polished. While it’s...
Liong Mah Designs SFD Smashes Its Kickstarter Goal
Liong Mah has a Kickstarter success on his hands with the SFD, or Small Field Duty. The SFD is a 2026 refresh of a popular LMD piece, with a...
CRKT Honors the M16 with Month-Long Celebration
CRKT is celebrating nearly 30 years of their flagship folding knife, the M16, with a couple of new variations releasing today alongside a major social media campaign and 4-part...
