Featured Gear Knives & Tools Need a New Blade? Five Knife Makers to Check Out By Jim Cobb One of the most common questions to pop up in the wake of the Bark River Knives fiasco that came... Read more »
Every Day Carry - EDC Featured Gear Knives & Tools Reviews Work Tuff Gear’s Latest EDC – The Lightfoot By Jim Cobb Work Tuff Gear has a well-established reputation for knives that are pretty much bombproof. Most of their offerings are large... Read more »
Featured Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival Knife and Stick Projects: Build it Quick and Simple By Reuben Bolieu In the outdoor classroom, I hold to the idea that less is more. I’d rather craft something with my own... Read more »
Featured Knives & Tools Hoback Kwaichete: Folder to Field Sword By Reuben Bolieu Jake Hoback first made waves with the Kwaiback MK4, a folding knife that carried his design DNA. That folder became... Read more »
Featured Gear Knives & Tools Survival Knife Tactics: What Defines a Survival Knife? By Reuben Bolieu A survival knife isn’t just the blade you happen to carry when things go sideways. That cliché misses the point.... Read more »
Featured Knives & Tools Reviews Push Daggers – A Great Get Off Me Tool By Jim Cobb My affinity for push daggers began when I was in middle school. I read a lot of SWAT, American Survival... Read more »
Featured Gear Knives & Tools Vehement Knives Gets Defiant – Checking Out the M320V By Jim Cobb When the Vehement Knives head honcho Matt Martin reached out to me about reviewing the new M320V, I couldn’t say... Read more »
Featured Gear Knives & Tools Buck 110 – An American Icon By Jim Cobb When I was growing up back in the 70s and 80s, everyone knew what you meant when you talked about... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival Colder Weather Means Longer Blades Against Frozen Wood By Reuben Bolieu I grew up in the era of the survival greats like Ron Hood and John “Lofty” Wiseman, and the long‑blade... Read more »
Featured Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival Kershaw Knives Coming Soon – First Release of 2026! By Jim Cobb I’m a big fan of Kershaw Knives. The models are well-designed and flawlessly executed. I’ve been using them for about... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Knives & Tools Reviews Home Steel: Forged by American Hands By Reuben Bolieu Three American custom knife makers you should know. Forged doesn’t necessarily mean forged like a blacksmith would create something. Forged... Read more »
Featured Gear Knives & Tools Top 5 Ride or Die Blades – Knives I’ll Never Give Up By Jim Cobb I’ve been a knife user and collector for most of my life. Over the last four decades and change, I’ve... Read more »
Featured Gear Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival The Survival Knife – What to Look For & What to Avoid By Jim Cobb I’m sure the concept was around prior to First Blood, but it was Rambo’s hollow-handled blade that truly earned the... Read more »
Every Day Carry - EDC Featured Gear Knives & Tools Reviews Böker Coffin – Denim-Clad Reliability By Jim Cobb There’s just something about a slipjoint knife. It’s a traditional design. Uncomplicated, maybe even boring. Yet, for all its seeming... Read more »
Every Day Carry - EDC Featured Gear Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival The Leatherman Exchange – A Peer-to-Peer Marketplace By Jim Cobb Maybe you’re in the market for a good multi-tool, and you’re not opposed to something used rather than brand new.... Read more »