Kershaw offers minimalistic looking knives that both function well and come at a very affordable price point. The Kershaw Volt is no exception to the brand's standard. What attracted me to the Kershaw Volt is its ideal size and proportion for everyday carry use. At 8.9 cm (3.5 inches), the blade is the perfect balance between cutting ability and pocketability. The size of the Spyderco Military, ...
Electrical Grid Down – No Power in a Canadian Winter
At around 1:00 AM on December 22, 2013, the power in our house went out and did not return for a total of 5 nights and 4 days. Horrifying, since just looking outside our window reminded us the weather wasn't going to go above freezing any time soon. This article explains how we dealt with the Toronto power outage, with no electricity and of course no working furnace in sub-zero degree ...
January 2014 EDC Pocket Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Watch Raketa Red 12 Punch Ring G-10 Single Nuko Tool Folding Knife Spyderco Sage 2 > Read my review of the Spyderco Sage 2 Phone Google Nexus 4 + Blue i-Blason Case Headphones AiAiAi TMA-1 Folding EDC Knife Spyderco Delica 4 Limited edition super blue. > Read my review of the Spyderco Delica 4 ...
Spyderco Delica 4 FFG Full Flat Ground Knife Review
As with the Spyderco Endura series, the Spyderco Delica series has been in the Spyderco catalogue for decades. These two knives have been continuously popular throughout the years, and for good reason: they are comfortable, practical, and extremely well-priced. The Spyderco Delica is essentially a smaller sized Spyderco Endura, and so handling either will give you a good idea of the other. For me, ...
Survival Gear Used on Naked and Afraid
Back in October, we featured an article that compiled a list of all the knives used on each and every episode of the television show Dual Survival. That article has since been the single most popular article published on this blog. Needless to say, it seems that viewers of survival television shows like learning exactly what's being used on the survival TV shows they watch, which is why we decided ...
Spyderco Military G-10 Handle Folding Knife Review
The Spyderco Military design is one of the oldest in the Spyderco catalogue. While most other Spyderco designs were updated or improved, being replaced by second, third, and even fourth generations in order to remain commercially viable, the Spyderco Military has remained both in production and immensely popular throughout the years without even having been updated to a second generation. ...