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Buck’s calls the 192BK Vanguard the company’s classic field knife for big game hunters. If the biggest thing you hunt is...
Shark’s flexible Fine Cut Saw gives us the traditional Ryoba joiner’s saw with a modern improvement — push-button blade replacement. This...
With one of Smith & Wesson’s easiest assisted opening systems, the S&W Military Police M.A.G.I.C. Scooped Tanto offers both tactical and...
The Shark Dowel/Dovetail/Detail Saw cuts one of the thinnest kerfs possible, but even though it’s a great crosscut saw for tenons...
Fans of the Fox TV series Firefly or the subsequent movie Serenity will recognize this weapon as a Reaver sword, based...
When craftsmen of today try to recreate the work of previous generations, there’s a good chance they’ll just end up wondering...
The Gerber Prodigy scales down the design of Jeff Freeman’s tactical fixed blade, the LMF II. Still a large knife by...
Shark’s Trim/Detail Ryoba combines a thin double edged spring steel blade with an old handle design that’s not so great. The...
This very nice Damascus Bowie Knife has a traditional rustic build combined with fine filework on the spine of the laminated...
If you need a knife heavy enough for chopping wood, the Ka-Bar 14-1/4-inch Bowie could be a match. The tactical black...
Smith & Wesson’s Military Police Magic Assisted Tanto shows good quality in an American-sponsored imported design. The Taiwanese makers of the...
A 3-3/8-inch knife with a 2-3/8-inch blade probably shouldn’t be referred to as a folding hunter, but the Buck 55 comes...
Flexcut Tool Company’s SK108 20-Piece Carving Starter Set gives artisans a selection of 17 blades, two interchangeable handles, and the basics...
The 11 Piece Carving Set from Two Cherries includes tools for both relief and chip carving. A good choice for beginners...
The Two Cherries 5 Piece Palm-Handled Carving set includes five high quality tools for detailing and small scale relief carvings plus...
The large oval thumb loop in the Gerber EZ-Out DPSF S30V technically makes this a knife you can open with one...
The Case Old Red Bone Baby Butterbean knife has been around since the days when pocket knives were essential tools of...
Ka-Bar’s Black Cutlass Machete reaches back to the roots of both designs, coming up with a new approach that works well...
Case’s practical pocket knives are some of today’s best choices for everyday use. Case knives gather few concerned glances if pulled...
Master knife designer Steve Tarani partnered with the experts at 5.11 Tactical to develop the C.U.B. knife series, and the 5.11...
DMT’s W4F Diamond Pocket Whetstone has the fine grit matrix you most often need when touching up a blade edge at...
DMT’s Coarse Grit Diamond Whetstone quickly restores accurate bevels to badly worn blades of tools and knives as well as materials...
The Kershaw Alaskan Blade Trader System avoids combining all the blades you need for skinning and butchering big game by offering...
Sadly, this small fully automatic tactical knife is only for law enforcement, military personnel, and a very few other special groups....
Jim Wagner’s Reality Based Rescue Knife, manufactured by Boker of Germany, drastically revises the design of the usual rescue blade. The...
Since the styles are so similar, I’m immediately tempted to compare this to the Buck Folding Hunter series — but when...
The 4-ounce Case Trapper #0783 has been a popular and dependable choice for ranchers, farmers, and the rest of us for...
This plain edge version of the Boker Magnum has a solid feel even though it’s only 3.5 ounces in weight. The...
I most appreciate the knives that take thought to comprehend, and the Cold Steel Espada V is a great example of...
The Coast Grandpa knife — made by Coast Knives of Portland, Oregon, but designed by Zweibruder (Puma Knives) — shows the...
