Awesome Knives

This pocket tool combines a 2.625″ Tanto blade with spring-loaded scissors. The scissors are more useful than those on other pocket tools thanks to their larger size, along with their micro-serrated edge. The knife features a fine-edge sandblasted blade, a liner lock, and deploys with one hand from its anodized aluminum handle.

If you have more than one pocket knife in your collection, it shouldn’t be lying in some drawer. Treat these tools with the respect they deserve by storing them in a case. Everyday Carry shares five of their favorite knife cases, from a rugged, hard-shelled box with foam cutouts to a tool roll that keeps your knives safe in the minimum space.

This versatile pocket knife sets itself apart with its blade-swapping feature. Its holder accepts nine sizes of scalpel/hobby blades, and its flipper mechanism includes a liner lock. A sturdy titanium handle has a built-in bottle opener, window breaker, and quick-release clip. There’s also a slot for a tritium glow tube and a keychain ring.

Spyderco is known for premium-quality knives with uses ranging from hunting to survival to kitchen tasks. Everyday Carry picked 15 of the best Spyderco knives you can buy, like the infallible Paramilitary 2, pocket-friendly Lil’ Temperance 3, and easy-to-grip Para 3 Lightweight. You can’t go wrong with any of their picks.

At first glance, RovyVon’s carabiner looks like it’s just for holding keys. But look closer, and you’ll see that the titanium tool has a pocket knife built into its edge. It takes standard #11 scalpel blades, which are great for opening boxes, cutting twine, and hobby projects.

This tough and versatile everyday knife features a 3.4″ clip-point straight blade set into an aluminum body. Its deeply-textured glass-reinforced nylon handles offer exceptional grip, while its lockback mechanism ensures it won’t open unless you really mean it.

SOG makes some of the best-looking pocket knives you can buy. The guys from Everyday Carry picked out some of their favorites from SOG’s current catalog. The collection includes the budget-friendly Tellus ATK, the super compact Rapid Edge, and the versatile Flash MT multitool.

This artful pocket knife has a titanium alloy body and a colorful enamel inlay. It features a smooth, one-handed flipper mechanism and a liner lock for safety. Its dagger-style blade is machined from sturdy M390 steel, and it comes with a removable deep-carry pocket clip. Choose from a sandblasted silver or coated black finish.

Kershaw makes some of the best and most reliable knives. If you’re seeking the best of the best, look no further than Everyday Carry’s feature on the 10 best Kershaw knives you can buy today. From the budget-friendly Kershaw CQC-6K folder, to the high-end Kershaw Lucha balisong, there’s lots of great blades to choose from.

Many of us carry a pocket knife, but if you hunt or fish, a fixed blade is a must. These knives feature full-tang blades, so they can handle the kind of force that skinning and butchering tasks require. Everyday Carry rounded up 10 of the best hunting knives, from classic wood-handle designs to sleek steel and carbon fiber models.

This handmade weapon combines the shape of a gun with a slingshot mechanism to fire a blade. Sabatkay Project shows us how he made this dangerous contraption that uses a modified kitchen knife as its projectile. Mixing elastic bands and knives seems like a recipe for disaster, so definitely don’t try this at home.

It may look like a Sharpie, but this former permanent marker hides a razor-sharp hobby knife inside. Vital Carry takes Sharpie barrels and fills them with a CNC-machined blade holder that keeps them securely in place with a set screw instead of those wobbly friction holders. Available in aluminum, copper, titanium, or brass.

We’ve seen knives made from some unusual materials before. Knives Project took a box of metal arc welding electrodes, sanded off the slag layer, then forged them into a block which he hammered, cut, and polished into a knife blade. The finished piece is unique work of art – and incredibly sharp.

Metal is such a wondrous material because it can be melted down over and over to make new things. In this video from domicscpy7h, they show how they melted some gold charms into an ingot, cast it into a bar, then shaped and refined it into what is basically the world’s smallest functional kitchen knife.

This little fixed-blade knife is ideal for slicing through shrinkwrap and opening cardboard boxes and letters. It measures just 3″ long and is made from stainless steel with handle scales made from an upcycled vinyl record or rosewood. The vinyl edition comes in classic black or a randomly-selected color.

This lightweight folding knife from Benchmade has an appealing orange design. Its 3.5″ clip-point blade is made from CPM-154 steel. It’s just as capable of field dressing after a hunt as it is at preparing meals. Its Grivory handle scales offer excellent grip, and its blade deploys with a no-catch thumbhole.

While folding pocket knives are great for many everyday tasks, fixed-blade knives offer an uncompromising stiffness that make them ideal for hunting, whittling and other tasks that require leverage. Everyday Carry presents their favorite fixed-blade knives that fit comfortably on your belt loop or hung from a pendant.

Stonewall, Canada’s Origin handcrafts each of these beautiful fixed-blade knives from recycled file steel. The minimal utility knife is great for carving, cutting cords, and opening packages and features a 2″ cutting edge. It comes with a leather carrying case in brown or black.

The James Brand now makes some of its everyday carry gear in vibrant colors. The Bright Collection includes great tools like The Ellis, unique carabiner clips like The Mehlville, and the sharp and purposeful The Carter pocket knife. The new hues include red, yellow, and blue, as well as some items in orange or purple.

An everyday version of CRKT’s Provoke, replacing the curved karambit blade with a more practical shape. It still features designer Joe Caswell’s unique kinematic folding, which deploys with the push of a button. Its electric blue aluminum handle has a hole for a pendant or spinning it around your finger like we would dor.

This versatile pocket knife is ready for everyday adventures. It packs in a dozen functions including a large main blade, bottle opener, wire stripper, flat and Phillips screwdrivers, can opener, toothpick, tweezers, a wood saw, and more. Available in classic red, black, or army green camouflage.

North of the Border’s latest clay creation knife. But this is no ordinary knife. According to the maker of tiny nerdy things, Knifey is “a red sentient murder unicorn from High on Life.” If we were forced to bring a knife in a gunfight, this is the blade we’d go with.

This value-priced pocket knife from Kershaw features a SpeedSafe assisted-opening mechanism for quick, one-handed deployment, and a liner lock for securing it once its blade is open. In addition to its 3.5″ stainless steel blade, it has a carbide glass breaker and a seatbelt cutter built in, making it a great tool for emergencies.