Timascus, Mokuti and Zirconium: Exotic Knife Handle Materials Explained
Walk through any high-end custom knife gallery and you will see handles that look impossible: swirling bands of blue, gold, purple and bronze, flowing across a metal surface like an oil slick caugh...
CTS-XHP vs S35VN, S30V and D2: Which Powder Steel Fits Your EDC?
If you read about premium folding knife steels for long enough, you meet a familiar trade-off: D2 takes a superb edge but stains, while stainless steels shrug off rust but often surrender some wear...
Dagger Knife Designs Explained: Fairbairn-Sykes, Applegate-Fairbairn, and Modern Double-Edge Folders
Few knife patterns are as old or as misunderstood as the dagger. A dagger is defined by geometry: two cutting edges, a symmetrical point, and a straight central spine built for thrusting. That simp...
How to Lubricate a Folding Knife: Oils, Grease, and Loctite Explained
A folding knife is a small machine. A pivot pin or bearing, a pair of washers, a detent ball, and a locking interface all have to move against each other thousands of times without galling, stickin...
Best S90V Knives: Artisan Cutlery & CJRB Models Ranked
S90V — usually sold as CPM S90V — is the steel that turned "super steel" from marketing talk into a measurable difference on the cutting board and the job site. In the Artisan Cutlery and CJRB line...
Ultem Knife Handles Explained: PEI Scales, Durability & Care
Ultem knife handles are the amber, slightly translucent scales that have quietly become one of the most requested materials in modern EDC. They are light, rigid, and unbothered by heat and moisture...