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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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Jens Anso describes naming a knife…
Nothing earthshaking here, though I have heard it said many times by countless makers that the hardest part of making a knife is coming up with a name for it. Danish maker Jens Anso describes his latest knife as being on the easier side… Read the full…
Gear Patrol: The Best Utility Knives
When it comes to DIY projects around the house, prepping for more involved construction jobs or breaking down a bunch of cardboard boxes, it pays to have a utility knife close at hand. After extensive testing — and hundreds of packages — these are the best ones we’ve found. Read the full…
Cutting Competition at the James Black Festival
We don’t cover enough cutting competition stuff on the blog. Mostly because the footage is really out of date by the time it is posted, or it is uploaded quickly, but it is raw cell phone footage, and of dubious quality. There are actually 6 videos of the competition on…
KnifeNews: Alessandra De Santis Unleashes Latest Mythological Folder
Alessandra De Santis of Hydra Design is back with her latest Boker Plus collaboration piece. This is the Kirke, a tactical-practical folder with lots of enthusiast-friendly touches. One very cool element of De Santis’s work in general is its connection with Greek mythology. The Hydra, of course, needs no introduction,…
Weekend Open Thread: She Brought you into this World Edition…
Happy Friday everyone, and a happy Mother’s Day Weekend to those to whom it applies. Anyone else have a mother who used the above phrase? Obviously, I have no firsthand knowledge, but this sort of puts it in perspective… Yes. Buy her something nice… Or do something nice at…
Knife Story: Tom Franz and his Dexter Russell Knives
For over 24 years, Tom Franz has walked through the doors of Mott’s Channel Seafood in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina to start his workday. I met him right about that time when I began my charter fishing days. I would tie up at the dock, come in to get ice…