Knives

If you are like me, you look forward to recycling. What I once thought as an onerous chore became a weekly delight when I realized that it was a perfect chance to test whaever folder I am carrying with me. The…

The origin of Benchmade can be traced back to California in 1979, when Les de Asis, the founder, was inspired to create a better quality knife than those he had used during his childhood. Dissatisfied with the…

It is 5 from the Grinder time knife fans, and today we bring you Elmer Roush III, a second generation knifemaker who is forging his own path with EIII Knives. I don’t know him (or his father) personally, but I…

The world has many great knife communities. But in America, one of the more interesting must be the village of Little Valley, NY. It is an area filled with the corpses of dead and still-borne knife companies. The…

The Jacob Lundquist designed Kizer Banish has been available for a while now. Kizer recently introduced multiple new versions of this excellent fifth pocket knife with new Nitro-V steel, new handle scale options, and an even more…

There’s always new Civivi stuff to cover, of course, but one format in their catalog we like to pay especial attention to, due to its relative rarity, is the classic outdoor fixed blade category. There’s a new one…

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and…

I wrote about The Unnamed Society and their Jim Bowie Project (Curated by French Maker Tashi Bharucha) in the December 2022 Knife News column, and the knives were represented in our Artistry in Knives centerspread…

Frankfort, KY – July X, 2024 – Blade meets barrel in the ultimate collaboration between Castle & Key Distillery and GiantMouse Knives. Beginning August 24, the historic distillery and high-quality knife maker will release a…

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and…