The Benchmade Griptilian has been a mainstay in the Benchmade catalog for many years, and its reputation as an excellent EDC knife has always been touted. It's an extremely utilitarian knife, both practical and neutral from top to bottom, making it as functional of an everyday carry knife as you're really ever going to get. Available in a wide variety of options, from different sizes to different ...
August 2014 EDC Purse Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Keychain Multi-Tool Gerber Shard > Read our review of the Gerber Shard Carabiner Kubaton Titanium "Bamboo" Kubaton Ring Silver Ring of unknown origin. Punchring G-10 Single Nuko Tool EDC Pocket Knife CRKT Ripple > Read our review of the CRKT Ripple ...
10 Self-Sufficiency Skills That Will Save You a Bundle
Preppers often teach themselves self-sufficiency skills solely based on the premise that if the SHTF they'll find themselves wishing they'd taken the time to learn those skills. Yet there are many self-sufficiency skills that, once learned, will actually start to help make preppers' lives easier immediately. In the case of a doomsday, apocalypse, natural disaster, or national/international ...
What’s the Best Way to Sharpen Stainless Steel Knives?
Today I'll be answering a reader question specifically about sharpening stainless steel knives. Let's start by taking a look at the question I was asked first. John's Knife Sharpening Question Well, I have one question. It's a timeless one, so there must be lots of good answers. Is there a best way to sharpen most any (non-serrated blade) stainless steel knife? Carbon steel blades seem ...
Nite Ize Doohickey Key Tool Review
After reviewing the Gerber Shard I found myself getting really into small multi tools and widgets as a viable concept for everyday carry. The Nite Ize Doohickey is the latest addition to my widget roster, but there are definitely more to come. I primarily was fascinated by the Doohickey because of its incredibly sleek appearance, and the fact that it brags quite a few different functions for such ...
Knife Drop: “Zen Spydercos” Yin and Yang
I take so many pictures of knives that I thought it'd be nice to have a feature where I exclusively showcase knife photography. I'll of course be listing which knives were used in the photographs below the image(s), in case you're curious. This first knife drop showcases my two all time favourite EDC knives: the Sage 1 and the Lum Chinese Folder. They're both extremely comfortable, easy for me ...