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Sometimes you can best serve your country by serving those in the armed forces. Daniel Winkler got that opportunity in the years after Sept. 11, 2001. Of course, the world changed dramatically on that fateful day, and Winkler soon changed with it. Before 2001, Winkler was primarily a full-time knifemaker, having achieved master bladesmith accreditation from the American Bladesmith Society…
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5,000-year-old fortress with a violent past uncovered in Spain
Some 4,900 years ago, during the Copper Age, a group of humans constructed a formidable fortress on a hill in what is now the Spanish city of Almendralejo in Badajoz province. This stronghold was protected by three concentric walls, 25 bastions or semicircular towers, and three deep ditches measuring up…
Scholagladiatoria: Is this the ULTIMATE PUNCH DAGGER?
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 upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The…
KnifeNews: 2025 TOPS Employee Design Challenge is a Wharnie Neck Knife
The Ivie is the 2025 addition to TOPS Employee Design Challenge series. This annual competition gives any TOPS employee the chance to become a knife designer, and this year’s model is a fetching EDC fixie designed by a knife enthusiast. Surely, not everyone who works in the knife industry is…
KnifeNews: Civivi Elementum Slips into Non-Locking Category in Latest Transformation
Do you like the Elementum? What about slipjoints? One of Civivi’s first orders of business in 2025 is to release the Elementum Slipjoint, which combines the company’s eternally popular flagship with the beloved non-locking format. The original Elementum isn’t that old – it’s turning five this year – but it…
EverydayCommentary: Axial Shift Gen 3 Review
I am not a fan of autos. Never have been. They are heavier than manual action folders of the same size. The B/H ratios are always wonky. They are unnecessarily complex with many more fail points. OFTs have fully enclosed handles that make them poor choices for food and fire…
GearPatrol: Gerber’s Patented Frame Lock Tech Is Making Its EDC Knives Safer, Faster and More Ergonomic
Usually, when an EDC brand launches a new technology — especially a patented one — there’s a lot of fanfare surrounding it. However, a knifemaker occasionally applies new apparatuses and mechanisms without so much as a squeak. Interestingly, Gerber has recently done the latter. Five of its folding knives —…