Awesome Knives

Mantis Knives’ long and skinny frame-lock model has a stubby 1-1/2″ drop-point 420 steel blade but opens to a total length of 6″, providing plenty of grip space on its aluminum handle. It also has a built-in bottle opener.

Designed by blade maker Jon Graham for CRKT, the Razel GT features a snub-nosed straight blade with a chiseled tip that’s great for push-cutting and scraping. It has a smooth-opening ball-bearing pivot and supports easy one-handed closing. Its 3″ long blade is made from 8Cr13MoV steel, while its handle is 6061 aluminum.

Random Hands shows how they turned a stack of stainless steel rulers into a unique Damascus pattern, which he sandwiched around high-carbon steel to make a beautiful Japanese-style meat cleaver. He fitted it with a hexagonal wood handle and a hand-stitched leather sheath. We’d love this knife in our kitchen, but sadly, this one isn’t for sale.

Most knives have an uninterrupted cutting edge, but this unique blade has a serrated edge that makes it look like a metal feather. Knives Project shows us how they created the knife by forging a hunk of steel, cutting and grinding its edge, and then etching a pattern into its blade. The shiny brass handle gives it a truly elegant look.

Gerber’s Hike Kit bundle includes the Armbar Cork multitool for opening bottles and quick fixes, the Stowe fixed-blade knife for food prep, and the Devour multi-fork utensil for chowing down. The Around Camp kit replaces the knife with a Tri-Tip mini cleaver and upgrades the utensils to the ComplEat kit.

This tiny knife from Lonfell is the perfect companion to any gear bag or backpack with MOLLE webbing. It’s designed to clip on easily to MOLLE straps and releases quickly with a press on its plastic holster. It can also be hung from a lanyard and comes in black, green, or orange.

A pocket knife is only as good as the sharpness of its blade. While modern knives have given us better edge retention than ever, you still need to maintain your blade. Everyday Carry ranked the top five pocket knife sharpeners you can buy today, including benchtop, portable, and motorized models.

This compact folding knife from Fox Knives is a great tool to keep in your pocket. It’s got a stubby but useful 1.75″ curved steel blade with non-slip jimping on its spine. Its G10 handle scales come in green, orange, or black, complemented by a satin-finish blade in stonewashed natural or black finishes. Measures 4.375″ long when closed.

This slimline folding knife from ActMax has a replaceable #60 scalpel blade that’s great for craft projects and light-duty carving. It has a titanium body, an easy-to-deploy flipper mechanism, and a liner lock. You’ll also find a tungsten steel glass breaker, a removable pocket clip, a keychain/lanyard hole, and slots for adding glow-in-the-dark tritium vials.

Designed by Philip Booth for CRKT, this versatile pocket knife is ideal for bartending and picnicking. It packs a 2.51″ drop-point blade for everyday tasks, a foil knife for wine bottles, a corkscrew, and a bottle opener, all set into a smooth Pakkawood handle.

Just because a knife is inexpensive doesn’t mean it has to be cheaply made. Everyday Carry selected five of the best wallet-friendly blades, with prices from $15 to $50. Models like Opinel’s classic wood-handled knife, Victorinox’s 9-function Swiss army knife, and Morakniv’s modern fixed knife offer a variety of blade types and capabilities on a budget.

Everyday Carry is back with another color-coordinated collection of gear. Their Storm Grey loadout is as neutral and practical as it gets, with a great Gerber Truss multitool, a compact Nitecore Tip SE flashlight, a titanium Ridge Gunmetal wallet, and more grey goodies for your pocket.

WESN’s stubby little pocket knife weighs just 1oz. and measures just 3.75″ long when opened, but its D2 tool steel blade is still super useful for everyday tasks. It has Grade 5 titanium handle scales with optional G10 on one side. It has ceramic bearings, a frame lock, and a thumb flipper for quick and confident deployment.

Victorinox’s special-purpose knife is a great everyday carry for wine lovers. It’s got a 5-coil corkscrew that’s long enough to cleanly extract corks, a straight-edged locking blade, bottle opener, and a foil cutter. Its wooden handles are available in olive or walnut, and can also be engraved.

This mini knife hangs from a pendant or your keychain and opens packages, cuts paper, or punctures things. It has a unique case design that opens up like the wings of a beetle, protecting its blade when not in use and providing a handle once opened. It comes with a quick-release magnetic connector for fast deployment.

These precision tweezers from Giriaitus are great for removing splinters, plucking hairs, and working with tiny parts. But slide them back inside their steel case, and you’ll find another retractable tool hiding inside – a straight-blade utility knife for cutting rope, whittling, or opening boxes.