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…
Happy Friday Boys and Girls. Before we get going on this weekend’s Open Thread, I want to add some context to the theme. It is a delicate matter when memes deal with a tragedy, but the assassination of United Health CEO Brian Thompson. Brian Thompson went from Jewell, Iowa (population…
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…
Originally inspired by and modified from Southeast Asian rice harvesting tools, karambit knives have been a favorite in the martial arts, tactical and military communities for years. But the aggressive, purpose-driven style has found difficulty in translating to everyday usage.That could be about to change, however, courtesy of Böker’s Hel…
The terrible trench warfare of WW1 was so brutal that it gave rise to plenty of close-quarter battle oddments, including plenty of clubs, maces, submachine guns, flamethrowers, and knives. But did you know that the British developed a bayonet for their revolvers? British Captain Arthur Pritchard developed the Pritchard-Greener Bayonet…
Bestech is poised to release a new collaboration that is, itself, a collaboration model. Meet the Excentric, which results from the partnership of Grzegorz Grabarski, AKA Kombou Designs, and Toni N. Tietzel of TNT Knives. Every partnership works on its own rules. Sometimes, the designers will send drawings back and…
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…
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…
The West is planning a major sabotage of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, accoridng to…
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of…
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