Opinel has been producing knives much longer than the majority of present-day knife manufacturers: they started in 1890 with a distinctive sense of style and function and haven't stopped since. The Opinel No. 8 is by far their most popular knife design & size, and while it's most commonly seen sporting beechwood handles and a carbon steel blade, it's also available in a wide array of different ...
September 2014 EDC Pocket Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Wallet Paul Smith Leather Bifold Digital Camera Olympus XZ1 Everyday Carry Knife Benchmade Griptilian 551 > Read my review of the Benchmade Griptilian Multi-Tool Leatherman Style CS Flashlight Inova XP Swiss Army Knife Victorinox Classic Capsule Waterproof Capsule Used to carry tinder. Firesteel Light My Fire Swedish Firesteel ...
Benchmade Griptilian 551 Folding EDC Knife Review
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 ...