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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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BearingArms: Massachusetts Court Strikes Down Switch-Blade Ban, Citing Bruen
A while back, I was a guest on Eye on the Target with my friend, Amanda Suffecool. During that show, a member of the audience asked if I believed the Second Amendment only applied to guns. My answer was that no, it didn’t. The Second Amendment applies to “arms,” which…
KnifeNews: Ostap Hel Does Fixed Blade Hat Trick with the Real Steel Dex
We covered the Astral, we covered the Texo, but Ostap Hel has yet another new fixed blade design on the way, once again courtesy of Real Steel. The Dex, as this one’s called, differs from its two siblings both in design and intended use. The Astral was a full-on tactical…
KnifeCenter KniFAQ: Machete Mayhem
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…
UK Cracking down on “Zombie Knives”. Again. Still…
Remember that slippery slope of continual government regulation followed by overreach by always justifying “we just need to do a little more and then our plans will work” TTAG wrote about the other day? Well, if you don’t believe in it, just take a look at what’s playing out in…
EverydayCommentary: The Ten Buckout
Knife companies are pretty small operations, comparatively speaking. KAI (which runs Kershaw and ZT), Victorinox, and Fiskars (which owns Gerber) are the biggest in the industry. Benchmade, Buck, and Case are a bit smaller. Then you have companies like Spyderco, CRKT, and TRM. They are quite small. Cold Steel and…
KnifeThoughts: New Patterns and Old Favorites Coming Soon from GEC!
2024 has already been a banner year for Great Eastern Cutlery. They have produced the quintessential #15 TC Barlow, the new #78 Bullet End Barlow, the well loved #39 Colt Cutter / Horse Rancher, and the classic #47 Viper (among others) so far. Now they have a new pattern in…