Author Archives: Wilson

Coast Products Rapid Response Folder Review

Because I legally carry a handgun in my right front pants pocket when I leave the house, I naturally tote a clipped folding knife in my left pocket.  I would never, ever, ever, never place anything into the same pocket … Continue reading

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Szanto 1000 Series Field Watch Review

Several months back, I had the pleasure of conversing with Mr. Barry Cohen, founder of the Luminox Watch Company.  The story of how he came up with his Szanto Watch line was an interesting listen.  Cohen told me that two … Continue reading

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Zero Tolerance/Todd Rexford 0801CF Prototype

I am still finding Blade Show 2013 photos in my cache.  This is a prototype for the Zero Tolerance model 0801CF, which is based upon custom knifemaker Todd Rexford’s Singularity.  One’s eye immediately gravitates to the 6K twill weave carbon-fiber … Continue reading

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Benchmade Bali-Song Model 35 and Model 32

I have owned balisong knives since the late 1980’s.  It might be the only-slightly-diluted Filipino blood flowing through my circulatory system, but I love the bladed bi-fold handle action.  My very first Bali-Song®, that in this form is the Benchmade … Continue reading

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Cool Carbon-Fiber Pocket Clips from KnifeSupplies.com

I was perusing the aisles at Blade Show 2013, when something caught my eye and altered my course.  Carbon-fiber pocket clips!  A bin of them!  I moved in for the kill.  KnifeSupplies.com produces some very nice looking replacement clips from … Continue reading

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Szanto Watch Teaser

I received some boxes from Szanto Watches this week.  The slogan “Time Rediscovered” is apt.  A few months back, I interviewed Szanto’s owner and designer Barry Cohen, the founder of Luminox Watches.  Suffice it to say, the resemblance between the … Continue reading

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Bad Blood Knives

Bad Blood Knives are an offshoot of Hallmark Cutlery, which markets products under the Robert Klaas, Chief, Super, and other monikers.  Bad Blood is anchored by tactical fixed and folder offerings from knifemakers Sean Kendrick and David Mosier. The fixed … Continue reading

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Pohl Force Knives

Dietmar Pohl is a German knife designer with over a decade and a half’s experience in the Soligen knife industry.  Pohl is the owner and designer for Pohl Force Knives, which are currently made by LionSteel in Maniago, Italy. I … Continue reading

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Hogue/Elishewitz EX-F02 New Fixed Blade

This is the only shot I got at Blade Show of the new Hogue Knives Elishewitz-designed fixed blade called the EX-F02.  The blade steel will be A2 tool steel with an unnamed black coating.  Hogue cryogenically treats the blades and … Continue reading

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New Neck Knives From Hogue and Elishewitz

Here are two new neckers from Hogue Knives that were designed by Allen Elishewitz.  I was told at Blade Show that these prototypes had been hand ground by Mr. Elishewitz just before their arrival at the event.  One of the … Continue reading

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