The Columbia River Knife & Tool company (aka CRKT) is well known for its knives and outdoor tools. I own several of the company’s folders and have found them to be good working blades for the price. Some of the company’s unique features, like the Veff serrations do help them to stand out in a market loaded with quality knives.

Survival knives, utility knives, combat knives, shooting knives… They have appeared by the dozens in the market along the years, and for the real blade buffs today’s choices are virtually limitless. Some, of course, were one-of-a-kind examples that never reached the shops’ shelves or online catalogs at a time when WWW, as an entity, did not even exist. I’ve dug out from my personal files an example of such that appeared in Brazil in the mid-1980s. The MAD knife.

IWA Outdoor Classics is a gigantic trade exhibition in Nürnberg, Germany.

Ontario Knife Company (OKC) announced a new folding knife called the Cerberus Folder. According to the company, this knife is suited for a range of duties: from every day carry (EDC) to hunting to tactical uses.

Danilo Rossi Lajolo di Cossano is an instructor of Italian knife martial arts. In the video below the knife is faster than the gun. At least that is how it is presented. He could be faster if he used a fixed blade but there are some rather fast people who can draw from concealment like TREXarms and other competent shooters.

Ruger teamed up with Columbia River Knife & Tool a few years back to produce a line of Ruger branded knives and tools. It seems that line has been successful, and the two companies have further expanded the line this year. The new products include a fixed blade knife called the Muzzle-Brake and a pair of writing instruments: Bolt-Action Pen and Bolt-Action Pencil.

If you are looking for a top quality folding knife that has a price tag that matches the style, Benchmade announced a new Valet.

Although not much into knives, as a whole, I’ve found myself always carrying one or another to the field while participating, as a guest journalist, in military maneuvers all around Brazil along decades. Even if never used for any throat-cutting, sentinel-dispatching action, my blades did frequently prove very handy to cut tree branches to make improvised clothes hangers in camps, open food cans, help transform pineapples into valuable hydrating complements to field rations,  turning barbecued meats (yes, different kinds…) into added-on proteins to help me keep on following the younger guys, etc.. Since I’ve figured that most of the times I was carrying a locally-made IMBEL – Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil product, I’ve decided to show and briefly describe to TFB readers some of the blades that have come out of the company’s Fábrica de Itajubá (Itajubá Factory), in Minas Gerais State, in the last 40-or-so years.  It’s interesting to notice that most people expect gun writers to automatically become blade experts, but this is not my case: I’m just a plain, average knife user. Enjoy the pictures, though.

Wise Men Company works with IC13 Arms to make their Signet Rings. Somewhat like the Thyrm Swithback adds a ring to a flashlight, the Signet adds a ring to your Spyderco. The Signet Ring is a replacement for the backers of Spyderco Delica 4, Endura 4, and the Matriarch 2.

Ontario Knife Company (aka: OKC) announced a new Bob Dozier designed knife for 2017. Called the Dozier Strike Knife, this is a lock back folder designed for every day carry. According to the company, the ideal EDC knife should be “slim, durable and just the right size to handle any task.”

Columbia River Knife & Tool announced a broad slate of new knives for 2017. Among these new offerings are a line of Ken Onion designed knives called the Homefront. These knives feature the company’s new Field Strip technology that was developed by Onion.

The Sin tomahawk from Camillus Cutlery Company is an affordable, effective utility tool that is lightweight and effective. It has a 4-inch blade of titanium bonded stainless steel hardened to hold a razor’s edge and an overall length of 15 inches. It has a sharpened-edge rear spike.

The new Downrange Tomahawk from Gerber is definitely more of a utility tool and less of a weapon. Though I would not want to be on the receiving end of a chopping attack made with this tomahawk, it appears more suited for breaching work than close quarters combat.

Patrick visits with SOG to talk about the new baton style of multi-tools that they will be offering in 2017 as well as taking a close look at some of the new knives this year. SOG has become well established as a manufacturer of multi-tools and knives and is a personal favorite of Patrick.

Is it a machete? Is it an axe? A throwing knife? A saw? A shovel? Yes. The answer is “yes.”

Bill Geissele has started a new company called Abraham & Moses. You can see the company name engraved into the side of the billet aluminum CNC sheath.

SOG, maker of specialty knives and innovative multi-tools, was out at this year’s Industry Day for SHOT Show. They had multiple new items to showcase including some new multi-tools and unique batons.

Not every problem can be solved by a bullet. Right tool for the job, and all. So when you need to chop something, the Wrath CrashHawk combines the best features of a tomahawk and a crash axe in a solid tool that is sure to be as useful as it is fun. The Wrath, by Filo Bladeworks, is on display at the Doublestar booth.

This is Part II from TFB’s visit to the Imperial War Museum in London.

If you’re in London please take time to visit one of the Imperial War Museums.

Dmitry Shevchenko is a Ukrainian knife maker, who among conventional knives makes ones from all kind of unusual sources. For example, ha has knives made of motorcycle engine piston connecting rods, cables, bicycle chains etc. However especially interesting are his knives made of Mosin-Nagant rifle barrels.

First Edge Knives & Tools announced a new fixed blade knife called the Outdoorsman’s Tactical Skinner. The new knife has a 4.3″ long blade with a full tang for an overall length of 9.4″ The blade thickness is 0.21″ and it is made of ELMAX steel. The blade has a drop point design with a black oxide finish.

In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the relatively rare or new knives, bayonets and multi-tools of Russian armed forces and special police units. Some of these edged weapons are adopted in small quantities by special forces, others are newly adopted and are being widely supplied to Russian armed forces. I’ll skip the well known and old ones like AK-47 and AK-74 bayonets, about which there is a plenty of information available. Also, this post doesn’t include machetes and axes. So, without further ado, let՛s get started (in no particular order):

White River Knife & Tool announced the availability of a new survival knife. The knife will come in three models: FC-4, FC-5 and FC-7. Each of the models are similar with the number in the model ID representing the length of the blade in inches.

Wilson Tactical, the knife and tool division of Wilson Combat, is currently offering a handmade Les George knife called the Damascus Sicario. The Damascus Sicario is a very limited edition folding knife with only 10 being made.

Everyone’s favorite uber-tactical clothing company continues to expand its product offerings, this time in a rather inexplicable direction. Partnering with Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics, the 5.11 VTAC Operator Axe is a multi-functional battle implement that would make a true viking or Goth swoon.

The Marine Corps Times (not affiliated with the USMC) released an article detailing the activities of Marine Infantrymen from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines while undergoing training in the Cultana Training Area of South Australia. Post OIF/OEF, infantry battalions traveling to Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force Darwin, UDPs (Universal Deployment Program) to Okinawa, or the usual MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) has become the new routine for the Victor units of the Fleet (active duty infantry battalions). However, with this particular exercise in Australia, I noticed something interesting about the units live fire attack.

To some hunting season is right around the corner and for others it’s year-round; whenever and wherever you hunt, this new bag might interest you. This is more than just a bag for toting stuff around, though. It’s the ScentPURGE BigMOUTH Bag, and if it delivers as promised it would be a welcome addition to my own must-have hunting gear.

Jim Fuller of Rifle Dynamics posted this up on a facebook group called EDC – Every Day Carbine.

Wilson Combat has grown over the years and offers a wide range of products – from top tier 1911 pistols and AR-style rifles to ammunition and accessories. One of the company’s expanding lines is blades.