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…
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…
Someone described “January as a month of Mondays after a month of Fridays”. I thought that was strangely poetic. Welcome everyone, it is time for another exciting edition of the Weekend Open Thread, back after a short hiatus for SHOT Show. Whelp, it has been decided. The Chiefs face…
He doens’t give any opening paragraph, and jumps right in. Here is number 1: Walmart will make another competitive knife. You don’t get to be the God Emperor of Logistics at random. Even though we are a tiny, tiny niche hobby, the OT has sold well enough for long enough…
They say that there aren’t many ways to reinvent the wheel. However, don’t tell the designers at Tekto Knives that. Like many of today’s modern high-end USA-based knifemakers, the brand was born out of necessity. Tekto’s founders found the usual knives unreliable in the harsh conditions of northeast Maine. It…
Actor Idris Elba announced amid his forthcoming knife crime documentary that the United Kingdom must consider “innovative” prevention methods such as blunting or banning knives. According to IMDb, the documentary, “explores the reality of knife crime in the UK, meeting offenders, families, youth workers, and police to understand this crime…
We’re now in the post-SHOT cooldown, but there is still plenty to talk about: knives that came out before, as well as others that were shown off during but didn’t get their chance to shine during the big week. Case in point, this is the Lefti, a collaboration with Chuck…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
INMAN, S.C. – November 6, 2025 – TrueTimber, the world’s best-selling camo brand, is excited to…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
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