June 12, 2015

Loveless Drop Point knife: forever classic

In the knife world, no name has greater magic than R.W. Loveless. During the peak of Loveless’ popularity, if you wanted an original, you had to be prepared to wait three years or pay thousands of dollars because the demand outstripped supply for three decades. Even though all of his creations are real masterpieces the most famous one that has immortalized his name is known as "Loveless Drop point Hunter".

July 7, 2014

Legendary Tracker "The Hunted" Knife

The picture of the knife at the top is manufactured by CFK Cutlery company from Oregon.

As the story goes the Tracker knife (also known as WSK (Wilderness Survival Knife)) started its life line in 1980s designed by a renowned survivalist Tom Brown Jr. and made in collaboration with a custom knife maker David R. Beck. The knife became famous after it appeared in the movie "The Hunted" (2003) starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Torro where Tom Brown Jr. was a technical consultant. The movie appearance made the Tracker knife so famous and popular that to satisfy a demand TOPS USA started producing a factory version of the knife known as Tom Brown's Tracker knife.

January 15, 2013

Buck 110: classic folding camping knife

Where does a regular person get a "camping knife" from? Most likely at a local hardware store. And most likely they would not know much about knives and they would look at a display and try to pick something. It so happens that such a knife is the one readily available in many stores and many people choose to buy it as their first or the only camping or outdoor knife. Let's try to understand why.