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While I’d been reading Chuck Karwan’s articles for some time, actually meeting him for the first time took me by a bit of surprise. Twenty some years ago I was…

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I have a carved-in-stone policy of judging all survival guides by how well they describe starting a fire with natural flint and steel. Flint and steel was the state-of-the-art fire-starting…

Cutting Through the Ages

As I pointed out in the last issue, modern woodcraft enthusiasts have turned Nessmuk (19th century outdoor writer George Sears) and his choice of cutting tools into something of a…

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I don’t know whether to call it a fad or a cult anymore, but the legendary outdoor writer George W. Sears seems to have a far larger following in the…

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It seems to be one of the most popular threads on the web: someone posts “I would buy a ‘model XYZ knife’ but it is priced too high! I think…

New York, NY: Helluva Knife Town

Back in the September 2007 issue of Tactical Knives, I mentioned I had recently visited what I thought was the last remaining cutlery shop in Mayor Bloomberg’s kingdom of Manhattan.…

Military Mystery Solved

Recently I noticed custom knifemaker Ed Fowler asking a question on a cutlery website about the knives issued to the men of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Given this was…

Disappearing Oldies

If you are a serious student of western arms and armor, you quickly discover most of the “good stuff” is scattered around Europe in various national museums. Whenever I’m reading…

The Anti-Knife Folly

Recently, I noticed an interesting web conversation on the subject of flying with knives. Ever since the 9-11 ban on sharp instruments in the passenger compartment of aircraft, knife buffs…

New York Survivor | NY Knife Store

There’s Only One Knife Store Left in New York.

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