Based on the brand's rugged Saddle Mountain Skinner, this knife boasts a standard-setting, head-turning steel.

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. Steel is an alloy that most of us take for granted. In its simplest form, it’s a mix of iron and carbon. But there are a lot of other elements in ...

“There definitely is a performance difference — it’s quantifiable,” says Martin Mills, who manages Benchmade’s technology center. The knife industry judges steel based on traits like corrosion ...

Rod Bremer followed in his boss’ footsteps when he left his job at Kershaw Knives to start his own knife company, Columbia River Knife and Tool. It was almost exactly what Pete Kershaw had done two ...

Does the steel your knife blade is made from really matter, or is it mostly marketing so companies can help you lighten your wallet? The answer is… Yes. Yes, knife steel is important, and yes, there ...

We take a close look at the Cold Steel SRK to see whether this classic fixed-blade holds up as a true bushcraft knife. From steel choice and edge geometry to ergonomics, strength, and real-world ...

I wholeheartedly believe in the adage “you get what you pay for,” but when it comes to EDC, multitools, and pocket knives, I couldn’t be less certain as to what it was I was actually paying for. In ...