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Dedicated to providing high performance products of uncompromising quality, Buck Knives welcomes the 2021 Legacy Collection. The latest collection includes upgrades to the famous 110 classic and an ebony 124 Frontiersman. Hours of hand craftsmanship go into each Legacy Collection knife. From updated modern, high-end designs to timeless pieces, the new Buck Knives Legacy collection...

Knives with their blades stored in the handle have many practical advantages, especially ones that open quickly with one hand. Basically, a folding knife is easier and more discretely carried than a fixed blade. Knives can be specialty models tailored made for CQB hand-to-hand applications to more utilitarian versions that can handle a variety of...

Self Defense With a Knife: Don't Make These 5 Mistakes When Choosing A Knife

This year’s Blade Show, like all those before, featured a broad swath of knife exhibitors from high-end custom makers to manufacturers and materials suppliers. If you attended, however, the first things you noticed probably wasn’t bars of nickel silver and slabs of Elkhorn. It was probably balisongs (butterfly knives.) In addition to the second annual...

There aren’t many edged weapons that can boast of having their R&D done in wartime by actual use in combat, but the Applegate-Fairbairn knife is one. Currently produced by German knifemaker Böker, the “A-F” is currently in use by German Special Forces and boasts a development history going back nearly a century and stretched across...

The Holidays are rapidly approaching and, if you’re like most people, you’re scrambling to find gift ideas that don’t suck. Rather than socks, neckties, and gift cards that will never be used, consider stuffing the stockings of your friends and family with knife-related accessories. After all, everyone owns and uses knives of some sort, so...

If you’ve been a shooter for any significant length of time, you’ve probably heard of Hogue, Inc. Since 1968, Hogue has been a leading force in the design and manufacture of high-quality handgun grips, rifle and shotgun stocks, and a variety of other products. As a family-run company, they approach every aspect of their business...

The limited edition PROOF of Life Axe has just released from Jake Hoback Knives and PROOF Research. The two companies collaborated to create what is described as 1/3 tomahawk, 1/3 crash axe, and 1/3 ultra-light axe. Related Stories: Bear Edge Pocket Knife: An Affordable Workhorse The PROOF of Life is CNC-machined from solid S7 tool steel. Recesses and...

With Father’s Day just around the corner you may be scrambling for a last-minute gift idea for dad. But don’t be tempted to buy him the same old argyle socks or monogrammed handkerchief. Instead, you should get dad something he’ll actually use—a new knife. Having the right blade is more than a luxury to an...

For this year’s BLADE Show, DoubleStar is debuting its edged weapons line that will be on display at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre, June 2-4, 2017, according to The Tactical Wire. Designed by Rob Cabrera, DoubleStar’s director of the new Edged Weapons Division, the new products include the Drakon Blade, Fang Blade, MOTAC Blade, Fury Machete...

I know what my next project is going to be! BackyardBowyer demonstrates how you can take on old lawn mower blade and make it a karambit knife. If you don’t know, the karambit knife is  a small, curved blade. It’s unique curved blade is ideal for cutting thick ropes or belts without cutting what is beyond said material....

When it comes to camping, hiking, and survival, your most important tool will always be your knife. You’ll need it for nearly every aspect of your day-to-day activities, whether it’s making kindling or starting fires, prepping or skinning your food, defending yourself, or any other task you can think of while you’re roughing it in...