Knife Tips

Shopping for the guy who already owns every gadget and has very specific tastes? Buy him another wallet, and it lands in his junk drawer an hour later. Buy him a knife, and it rides in his pocket for …

A knife design dating back to the 1830s is showing up in a lot of younger hands lately, and it's no accident. Bowie knives, with their long clip-point blades and unmistakable silhouette, are picking u …

The used market for automatic knives is loaded with value, but it treats collectors and everyday carriers very differently. A scuffed switchblade that scares off a collector chasing mint condition mig …

A kubaton is one of the smallest tools in a self-defense kit, but it often looks the loudest. Aggressive features turn a keychain-sized tool into something that reads more like a prop from an action m …

 fingers and thick gloves have ruined more knife deployments than dull blades ever have. Try flicking open a slim folder with numb hands or bulky winter gloves, and you will feel exactly why. Fin …

A balisong is many things. It's part mechanical puzzle, part performance tool, part collector's trophy: no other knife type manages to be so many things to so many different people at once. That versa …