Knives - More Than Just Surviving

For my first review of 2021, I figured it would be fun to court controversy by taking a look at Dalstrong knives, Specifically the Shogun Series X 10.25″. Now to some of you sitting at hom...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/dalstrong-shogun-series-x-review/

The Svord Peasant knife is a century old design that was brought back to the mainstream by B.W. Baker. This is a knife I have used and owned for a good long while, but have always been on th...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/svord-peasant-friction-folding-bushcraft-knife-review/

Back in 2015, I reviewed the original Kershaw Shuffle. I don’t normally review newer models because usually the differences are so slight (Paramilitary 2 vs Paramilitary 3 for example), bu...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/kershaw-shuffle-ii-blackwash-multi-function-edc-knife-review/

Reviewing the Helle Mandra offers insight into my (honest) bias. In a lot of ways, I have to compare my feelings for this little “neck knife” to the conclusion I reached in my review of ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/helle-mandra-les-stroud-small-bushcraft-knife-review/

I think many of you will have seen this review coming. When Kershaw announced the “Pub” by Dmitry Sinkevich, I was beyond excited. It seems to me that Spyderco was always the de facto �...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/kershaw-pub-sinkevich-multi-function-keychain-knife-review/

Ever since Kershaw announced their collaboration with Ernie Emerson, I have been waiting for a knife like the CQC-10K to arrive. The first Emerson collabs were in the same vein as the previ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/kershaw-emerson-cqc-10k-folding-edc-knife-review/

TV personality knives have always gotten a bad rap from the bushcraft community. Far too often companies overplay their hands and throw in marketing crap into a tool that is supposed to be p...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/helle-temagami-les-stroud-survival-knife-review/

After I published my process for reviewing knives, some of you wanted me to do some quick reviews on the blades I own, but for various reasons, are undeserving of a full review. These are qu...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/quartermaster-baladeo-boker-tops-knife-reviews/

The Boker Plus Exskelibur line of knives has been a mainstay of the Boker catalogue, and for good reason. This Burger/Skellern custom design features unique quirks that no other production ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/boker-plus-exskelibur-i-titanium-framelock-knife-review/

Over the past few years, the amount of Spydercos I’ve reviewed has dwindled. A lot of this is due to the relative high cost of the new stuff (Mamba anyone?) or what I would define as thor...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/spyderco-roadie-little-big-edc-slipjoint-knife-review/

When I heard that Jens Anso and Jesper Voxnaes were the designers behind the Spyderco Pingo, I was ecstatic. I always loved the unique minimalism that Anso and Vox brought to the table and ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/spyderco-pingo-slip-joint-everyday-carry-knife-review/

Schrade has had a rocky history with a lot of us, from its traditional American beginnings to the rebadged “New Schrade” owned by Taylor Brands LLC (of reformed mall ninja fame). I have ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/schrade-sch304-heavy-duty-folding-knife-review/

The Benchmade 940  (also referred to as the Benchmade Osborne) is one of the few knives that has truly achieved iconic status. I don’t often review Benchmade products due to the relativel...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/benchmade-osborne-940-edc-pocket-knife-review/

The Lansky World Legal is one of the more interesting knives in my newly started “slipjoint” collection. The name “World Legal” implies a sense of legislative submission or social ne...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/lansky-world-legal-uk-friendly-edc-folding-knife-review/

In 2004, Spyderco took a huge risk and introduced the UK friendly UK Pen Knife (UKPK) for the first time. It was G-10 with a premium blade steel and in all ways but one, it fit the Spyderco ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/spyderco-uk-penknife-ukpk-slipjoint-edc-knife-review/

Since arriving back in the UK, my EDC choices have become quite heavily restricted by British Legislation. Instead of moping around the house clutching my over-sized Cold Steels, however, ...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/douk-douk-traditional-slip-joint-pocket-knife-review/

Throughout the past three years blogging here, I have had countless requests to review the SOG Flash II. It’s definitely one of the most popular mainstream EDC knives, and while I normall...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/sog-flash-ii-lightweight-edc-folding-pocket-knife-review/

The Cold Steel Finn Wolf has, by a considerable margin, been my most requested knife to review. If you’ve ever checked out this bad boy – this makes perfect sense. I have owned this fol...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/cold-steel-finn-wolf-scandi-outdoor-folding-knife-review/

It’s no secret to those who have stumbled even for a moment on this blog before that I have long been a Spyderco fanboy. Regardless of the sometimes undeserved high price or sporadic qual...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/spyderco-squarehead-edc-folding-dog-tag-knife-review/

The Cold Steel Hold Out II is what happens when the sick minds over at Cold Steel HQ look at a classic Scottish Sgian Dubh dirk knife and think to themselves, “What happens if we drenched...

https://morethanjustsurviving.com/cold-steel-hold-out-ii-tri-ad-lock-edc-pocket-knife-review/