Awesome Knives

A nice knife can be a great accessory so it makes sense that the talented jewelry artists at Son of a Sailor would add their touch to the classic French Opinel to make tasteful, hand-painted pieces like the Whiskey and Foxtrot.

Designed by Andrea Ponti, each Fusion kitchen knife is handmade from a single piece of wood, either ebony or white maple. Available in two different lengths and in serrated and non-serrated versions. Contact Andrea to order.

An upcoming product from Quirky, the RotoBlade is a more versatile version of the box cutter. A knob lets you change the blade’s orientation so you can use it to scrape or rip in addition to cutting.

Inspired by stone age cutting implements, designer Michele Daneluzzo’s primitive knife for Del Ben eliminates the handle in exchange for a tapered handgrip, and a curved, razor-sharp blade edge.

Expert Weaponsmeister and Prop Poobah Tony Swatton regales us again with his fascinating fashioning of Batman’s deadly batarangs. Notice they’re even more deadlier. (Thanks Austin!)

The latest knife from Victorinox offers one-handed operation with a lock blade, serrated gut hook, bone saw, and philips screwdriver. Perfect for hunting, hiking, or surviving a zombie apocalypse.

When he’s not working on his higher end blades, Logan Pearce handcrafts these unusual knives from old tools and hardware such as box wrenches, bolts and steel rebar, transforming one tool into another.

A folding knife that doubles as a flashlight. The Blade Light has 3 LEDs on either side of the handle, eliminating shadows when the blade is unsheathed. The handle has a waterproof rating of IPX-7.

While this curved triple blade will look bad-ass hanging on your wall, we imagine that holding and throwing it poses as much of a danger for its thrower as their intended target.

A chopping combo perfect for camping and outdoor cooking. The wooden case of the stainless steel knife doubles as a chopping board, complete with slip resistant feet. Available in two sizes.

Like the Hobo Knife, it has a knife and a fork with a bottle opener, but it also has a spoon. The pieces are made from stainless steel and are separable. Skip to 2:20 in this video for a demo.

Andyalm doesn’t just turn a railroad spike into a knife, he hand-forges one of the most badass precision cutting instruments we have seen. The carrots show how easily you can take off fingers.

In addition to its blade, the RangerGrip 90 offers tools including needlenose pliers, wire cutter, screwdrivers with real bits, wrench, a cutting reamer, awl, can opener and a metal saw and file.

Iain Sinclair’s wallet-sized folding knife gets an upgrade. The new version includes a stiffer body, and a safety lock to prevent it from accidentally opening. Custom engraving available too.

The Wiss Auto-Retracting Utility Knife has a retracting spring that automatically pops the blade back in as soon as you clear a cut, even if you still have the switch in the “open” position.

A twisted weapon designed by Tony Marfione. The Jagdkommando has an extremely sharp 7″ stainless steel blade, a hollow handle and a screw off butt cap with a glass breaker and lanyard hole.