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Winkler Knives featured in TheFabricator
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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KnifeNews: Blade Show West 2024 Recap – Factory Knife Awards
Blade Show West is a wrap, and while that’s sad, there’s plenty of stuff out of Utah that needs discussing. We’re starting today with the Blade Show West Factory Awards… Best Folder and Best in Show: Poikilo Orca Poikilo is a new, somewhat mysterious shop that has been quietly showing…
KnifeThoughts: RoseCraft Blades Stinking Creek Sowbelly Review
Maryville, Tennessee based Rosecraft makes high quality modern folders, but their traditionals are truly top-notch. They are even (grudgingly) Hocky-approved. It is slightly ironic that while Rosecraft plans on onshoring production of the former, it will be quite some time before the latter can be. As Andy says, the quality…
5 from the Grinder: Jason Tietz
Welcome back Sports Fans, I thank you for your patience as I was in rural Montana last week, with nary a bar of cellular or internet on which to rely. Today we are back with another exciting edition of 5 from the Grinder, this time featuring Jason Tietz. I met…
GearPatrol: USA-Made Utility Knife Deploys an EDC Magic Trick You Need to See
A knife is a knife is a knife, right? In the EDC world, as much as we don’t want to admit it, this is usually true. Sure, some designers have reimagine pieces of them — a new locking mechanism here, a twist on a handle format there. But it’s pretty…
BladeHQ’s Pro-Tech Buyers Guide
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: Ray Laconico Teams up with Vosteed for Vallhund Folder
Vosteed Cutlery has recruited knife world superstar Ray Laconico for the incoming Vallhund. This collaboration knife sees Laconico doing what he does best to deliver a handsome, high performance EDC. Vosteed describes Laconico’s style as “minimalist,” and that’s certainly true. In both his custom and production pieces (including those under…