CJRB Frack J1931 Guide: Button Lock, AR-RPM9 and S90V
The CJRB Frack is the largest folding knife CJRB builds around a button lock, and it is the line where the brand stopped designing a small knife bigger and started designing a big knife properly. ...
CJRB Feldspar Guide: J1912, J1912S, and Premium Tiers
The CJRB Feldspar is the widest single knife line in this catalog, and the most confusing one to shop. A single model code, J1912, covers a $35.99 G10 liner lock, a flat-scaled carbon fiber versio...
Dirk Pinkerton Knife Designs: Artisan Cutlery Collaborations
Dirk Pinkerton is one of the designers whose work shaped the modern Artisan Cutlery and CJRB catalogs. His fingerprints are on the Proponent, the Santee, the Banjaara prototype, the Arroyo, the Tac...
CJRB Doubletap Guide: Recoil Lock V2, D2 and Titanium
The CJRB Doubletap is one of the largest folders in the CJRB line, and it is built to be used that way. A 3.86-inch blade, 0.19-inch (4.8 mm) stock, CJRB's Recoil Lock V2 and a ceramic ball-bearing...
Real vs Fake Damascus: How to Spot Pattern-Welded Knife Steel
Two blades can carry the same word on the listing and be entirely different materials. One is a forge-welded billet with hundreds of layer boundaries running through the steel; the other is a sing...
What Is a Switchblade? Definition, Mechanisms, and the Law
A switchblade is a pocketknife whose blade is extended automatically by a spring when you press a button, lever, or switch in the handle or bolster. The blade locks open, and an unlocking mechanis...