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Folding knife locking mechanisms are common among good quality pocket knives and are essential to the safety of the user. Like a fixed blade knife they keep the blade from folding back in while they are being used, preventing countless injuries. Without them, the knives would certainly be unusable or …

If you are the new owner of a high-quality set of kitchen knives, you may find yourself lost as to how to properly maintain and care for them. In this article, I will highlight all of the steps necessary to keep your knives sharp and clean, ensuring they remain a …

All the best gyuto knives and santoku knives are popular Japanese-style kitchen knives that have been around for a long time and remain as popular today as when they were first created. They are incredibly useful in the kitchen, popular sushi restaurant, and effective to use for all sorts of cooking. …

What good is a knife that can’t cut? That’s about as useless as a hammer with no handle. However, hammers traditionally have one universal shape, while knives come in a plethora of shapes and customizations. Thankfully there are ways to sharpen outdoor knives or kitchen knives of all types, which …

Due to the sheer amount of knives in the world today, there are countless different kinds of knife steels. All of these steels have their strengths and weaknesses, for example, some may be more susceptible to rusting than others, while others may be stronger than a particular type of steel. …

Bob Terzuola coined the term ‘tactical folder’ in the 1990s, but the essence of the tactical knife existed long before Mr. Terzuola popularized the term and the liner lock style of knife. The tactical knife can trace its genesis to combat and various armies of the world. The Very First …

Knives become extensions of our body; those of us who carry them will come to rely on them daily. We feel useless, unnecessarily dependent on others, or even naked without them in our possession and at the ready. Just as we take care of our other bodily “tools” such as …