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…
Jacco Van de Bruinhorst – Canadian BladesmithBy Del Corsi The knives and work of Jacco Van de Bruinhorst have been on my radar for some time , through social media. I began following his Instagram site and became more and more interested seeing the scope of and variety of knives…
In my humble opinion, Vero Engineering’s award-winning Lux is a near-perfect minimalist EDC knife. Even if I had the power, I probably wouldn’t have changed anything about it. However, the brand managed to improve it with a surprisingly simple alteration. This new version, the Vero Engineering Lux 3.3, is almost…
I recently received the CIVIVI Timberbark knife to test, which is a knife in their hunting line. So let’s go through its attributes. First, it came from the factory and was razor sharp. The blade has a drop point design so it is designed for skinning big game animals. You’ll…
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…
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…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
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