Jimmytronics Tarpon: A Manual Out-The-Front Utility Knife That Scratches the Switchblade Itch
A lot of EDC brands are obsessed with getting bigger. Jimmytronics has spent four years doing the exact opposite. The New York studio built its name on tiny, ge...
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Jack Wolf's Eureka Revives the Dogleg Jack Knife at Under $100
Jack Wolf Knives has spent the last few years earning a reputation as the maker who treats the traditional pocket knife like a canvas rather than a museum piece...
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NASA Is Sending the Benchmade Triage to the Moon — Here's Why That Matters
NASA doesn't pick gear casually. From the Omega Speedmaster to Hasselblad cameras, every item that makes it into a spacecraft has been stress-tested, debated, a...
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The TOPS I Stick Mini Shrinks a Push Dagger Without Losing Its Bite
TOPS Knives has never been shy about building tools for serious situations. Their catalog reads like a field manual: fighting knives, self-defense blades, extre...
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Paul Munko's Kizer Melody Proves the Slipjoint Still Has New Songs to Sing
There's a particular kind of respect I have for designers who come to knives from somewhere else entirely. Paul Munko's background is in graphic design, and you...
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Bestech NYRRDREKI First Impressions: When a "Tactical Cleaver" Meets Daily EDC
The Hook: How a Design Drawing Sparked an Obsession As a long-time partner of Bestech , I had the privilege of seeing the NYRRDREKI design drawings before most ...
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Bestech & Fabian Hobbelen Collaborate to Launch New Folding Knife NYRRDREKI
In the world of everyday carry (EDC) knives, Bestech (Yangjiang Baishengchi Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.) has long been recognized for its exceptional manufac...
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Bestech NYRRDREKI: Where Mythology Meets Mechanical Serendipity
In the crowded landscape of modern EDC folders, few designs manage to carve out an identity as distinctive as the Bestech NYRRDREKI . Named after a mythical dra...
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Samuel Riner Knives: How a Tennessee Maker Builds Custom EDC Blades With Homemade Micarta
Some makers fall into knifemaking later in life. Samuel Riner basically grew up in it. His father worked in handle materials, making and selling Micarta slabs t...
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Boker Plus Kazy Review: A Compact Nitro-V EDC Knife with Front-Flipper Appeal
The Boker Plus Kazy proves small EDC knives still have room to impress, pairing a 2.64-inch Nitro-V blade with sculpted G-10 scales and a clean front-flipper op...
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CIVIVI Pulsara Utility Knife Gray Aluminum Handle Flipper
CIVIVI introduces the Pulsara Utility Flipper, a new addition to their lineup positioned for mid-range EDC users. Whether you're an everyday carry enthusiast, a...
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Victorinox's Evoke Wood Damast Is the Prettiest Single-Blade Knife the Brand Has Ever Built
Victorinox 's 17th annual Damast release is the Evoke Wood Damast Limited Edition — a 115-layer Gysinge Damasteel single-blade lockback with sustainably sourced...
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The James Brand Wrapped a $799 Titanium Integral in Wool and Somehow Made It Work
The James Brand 's Barnes Solidwool is a 24-piece limited run that wraps an integral titanium frame in actual wool composite — 50 percent sheep, 50 percent bio-...
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Buck Finally Made the 110 Everyone Actually Wanted to Carry
Buck 's 110 Slim Heritage Elite takes the most iconic American folder of all time, trims the handle by forty percent, adds a deep-carry clip, and swaps in Magna...
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WE Knife's NexoMorph Is the First EDC-Friendly Morphing Knife That Actually Belongs in a Pocket
WE Knife's NexoMorph is a three-mode morphing folder that folds like a standard EDC knife, transforms into a tactical push-dagger, and does it all with an M390 ...
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CRKT's Gravitic Flip Reinvents the OTF Knife Using Nothing but Physics and $50
CRKT 's Gravitic Flip is a $50 manual out-the-front knife that deploys without springs, buttons, or coils — just a magnet-retained flip insert, some physics, an...
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TOPS' Enchantor Proves Tactical Knives Do Not Need to Be Pocket Bricks
TOPS and designer Colin Despins took a different approach to the tactical fixed blade with the Enchantor — a compact, belt-friendly dagger that trades intimidat...
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Civivi's Vyrent Just Introduced a Brand-New Steel to the Budget Knife World
Civivi is debuting an entirely new blade steel with the Vyrent — Nitro-X7, an upgraded sibling to the popular Nitro-V, housed in a 3.5-inch mid-size folder with...
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Vosteed Porcupine- Top Liner Lock: 14C28N Steel with G10 Handle
Vosteed introduces the Porcupine- Top Liner Lock, a new addition to their lineup positioned for mid-range EDC users. Whether you're an everyday carry enthusiast...
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Jack Wolf Collusion USA Fixed Blade: A Domestic Spin on a JakebCreates Classic
Jack Wolf has built its reputation by reinterpreting traditional slipjoint patterns with modern materials. Over the last few years, though, the brand has steadi...
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