Thin, Sharp, Knives
If you look around the working world, at the knives that are regularly used to do work, you might notice some startling differences between those knives and what is prominent in the popular… Read More
Category Archive: Knives
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Lone Wolf Harsey T2: A Lament
Several years ago (early 2006) I was in a gunshop when I noticed, languishing under dust in a mostly obscured display case, several knives. Most of them were cheap and overpriced, but there… Read More
Working with Fatwood
Last week, in the Wet, Rusty, Dirty article, I made mention of fatwood. Fatwood, or pitchwood, is a product of resinous pine trees: After the tree dies, the sap (or resin) sinks to… Read More
Wet, Rusty, Dirty
In the real world things get wet. Things get rusty. Things get dirty. And that can have an impact on how those things, and the people using them, perform. Yet, I see pictures… Read More
A Theory of Ultra-Small Combative Knives
A fighting knife is whatever knife you’ve got in your hand when you need to fight. For the most part this means either a tool you’ve been forced to repurpose, or a dedicated… Read More
Special Circumstances Inc. Zipper
Rarely will I pimp products here I don’t have detailed hands on experience with; However there are people known to me, and work that is known to me, that I know the quality… Read More
Survival/Woodscraft Knife, Version 1
For several years now I’ve been using (some variation of) a particular set-up of edged tools for woods craft, survival, etc. There are several schools of thought on the appropriate cutting tools for… Read More
Frakkin’ Knife Fighters
I’ve been doing the knife thing since I was a teenager. Being a smart, mature and capable individual for my age, I was aware of the need for protective skillsets and actively practicing… Read More
The ShivWorks Disciple
I carry a knife (or three) daily and have done-so since I was six years old. Beginning around age 13 or 14, I have carried knives for defensive purposes and studied knife combatives… Read More
A Sample of BFE Labs Non-Metallic Edged-Weapons Solutions
Non-Metallic tools, particularly edged weapons, have a small but distinct role. Their value to a user living or working in a non-permissive environment is unmatched. As a knife-maker I’ve long specialized in this… Read More
