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CJRB Pyrite Family Guide: Pyrite, Light, Mini & Bowie Compared
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CJRB Pyrite Family Guide: Pyrite, Light, Mini & Bowie Compared

The Pyrite is the knife that made CJRB a name in budget EDC, and it has quietly grown into a full family: the original button-lock Pyrite, the Wharncliffe Pyrite-Alt, the ultralight Pyrite-Light, t...

CPM S35VNS90V vs S35VN: Which Premium Knife Steel Should You Carry?

S90V vs S35VN: Which Premium Knife Steel Should You Carry?

The question shows up in every knife forum thread about premium steel: S90V or S35VN? Both are particle-metallurgy stainless steels from Crucible Industries, both sit near 14% chromium, and both ar...

ar-rpm9CJRB Kicker J1915 Guide: First Recoil-Lock, D2/AR-RPM9 EDC

CJRB Kicker J1915 Guide: First Recoil-Lock, D2/AR-RPM9 EDC

The CJRB Kicker J1915 is not the most expensive knife in CJRB's line-up and it is not the smallest, but it holds one distinction that matters if you follow the brand's mechanisms: CJRB's own listin...

artisan cutlery damascusDamascus Pocket Knife Patterns: Ladder, Twist, Raindrop, Mosaic

Damascus Pocket Knife Patterns: Ladder, Twist, Raindrop, Mosaic

A damascus pocket knife is almost never sold as simply “damascus”. The listing names a pattern — ladder, twist, raindrop, random, mosaic — and that name is not decoration. It describes how the bill...

AR-RPM9CJRB Kain J1956 Guide: Sanford Owen's 62 g Liner Lock EDC

CJRB Kain J1956 Guide: Sanford Owen's 62 g Liner Lock EDC

The CJRB Kain J1956 is one of the few knives in this catalogue with a named outside designer attached to it: the listing opens with the line Designed by Sanford Owen (montereybayknives). It is a 2....

budget EDCCJRB Rampart J1907 Guide: D2/AR-RPM9 Liner Lock in Three Handles

CJRB Rampart J1907 Guide: D2/AR-RPM9 Liner Lock in Three Handles

The CJRB Rampart J1907 has been in the catalogue since September 2022, which makes it one of the older designs the brand still sells. It has never been a headline model, and it is not the knife mos...