by Gavin | Apr 26, 2021 | Knife Steel
8Cr13MoV and S30V are pretty much on the opposite ends of the steel spectrum. 8Cr13MoV is a budget steel and S30V is a premium steel. They couldn’t be further apart. Yet, there are reasons you may actually want to choose 8Cr13MoV over S30V. What are those...
by Gavin | Apr 19, 2021 | Knife Reviews
A pretty long time ago, I was given a Kershaw Brawler as a gift. It was among one of the first Kershaw knives I had ever had–and it was also one of the first assisted opening knives I’d ever gotten my hands on. It felt like I was really stepping into the knife...
by Gavin | Apr 12, 2021 | Knife Steel
Both 8Cr13MoV and 14C28N are budget steels–and with budget steels, it’s often pretty tough to know the difference. After all, they’re nearly all the same. So, which one’s better? 8Cr13MoV and 14C28N are both useful in different scenarios: 14C28N takes a better...
by Gavin | Apr 8, 2021 | Knife Reviews
The Shuffle is a little multifunction knife made by Kershaw. It started a line of similar blades (like the Shuffle II or the Antic). But how is the original Shuffle? Does it actually have much utility? I ended up getting two Kershaw Shuffles (due to a mix-up with my...
by Gavin | Apr 5, 2021 | Knife Reviews
SOG Specialty Knives, Inc.–more commonly known as SOG (which stands for “Studies and Observations Group”)–began in 1986, but the story went back as far as the Vietnam War. A highly specialized US special ops team carried a unique knife in their covert...
