When Kershaw announced a partnership with Rick Hinderer, the excitement was almost palpable. Rick has been a mainstay of grail knife manufacturers for years, with his XM series of custom/midtech knives (depending on your definition) being on most everyone's "would kill for" list. Finally, with the introduction of the Kershaw Cryo and Cryo II, we mere mortals, who couldn't afford or justify ...
Knife Drop: Mods and Upgrades
One of our friends does some killer knife modifications. He's been getting so good at them recently, couldn't help but taking shots of them and featuring them in a knife drop. My favourite mod is the one of the Kershaw Strobe, what's yours? Knives Featured Kershaw Strobe Kershaw Tremor > Read our review of the Tremor Kershaw Volt > Read our review of the Volt Spyderco ...
What Success Looks Like for a Prepper
Let me start off by noting that success comes in many different shapes and forms. Success for one individual often looks very different from the picture of success another person paints. One individual may see a stable corporate job with fixed hours and the chance to go home and forget about work as dream come true. Another may see working long hours into the night on a creative small business ...
Benchmade Adamas 275BKSN Folding Knife Review
Owning as many knives as I do, it often takes quite a lot for me to get really excited over a slab of steel. Needless to say, the Benchmade Adamas sure did the trick. Thinking back, I can't remember many knives that have peaked my curiosity in the past couple of years quite as much as the Benchmade Adamas has. While it took me a while to finally acquire one, I have to admit I've definitely not ...
October 2014 EDC Pocket Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Wallet Paul Smith Leather Bifold Mints Xyla Ricochet with Xylitol Secondary EDC Knife Case Sway Back Gent > Read my review of the Case Sway Back Gent Phone Google Nexus 4 + Blue i-Blason Slim Fit S Line Case EDC Pocket Knife Spyderco Endura 4 > Read my review of the Spyderco Endura 4 Custom G10 Scales ...
Are Knife Super Steels Worth It?
After over a decade of being heavily involved in the knife world, not only as a knife user, but as a collector as well, I have found myself completely jaded by the knife industry's enduring tactic of releasing new steels and declaring them clear upgrades. I am not arguing that there isn't an actual improvement from steel to steel, but rather that this has been overplayed for the sake of marketing ...