Opinel No8 review

Opinel No8 review

In this article, I’m going to provide you with a lot of in-depth information about the Opinel Carbon Blade Number 8 (No8) folder, and I’ll also compare it to a variety of other Opinel knives that are on the market today, as well.  By the end of the article, I hope you will feel that…

Kershaw Zing review

Kershaw Zing review

It feels a little churlish to say that there are too many affordable knives in the world, but sometimes that’s the way it feels.  Top-tier designs from Spyderco, Kershaw, Cold Steel, and others made it clear that a new paradigm for what we should expect from a cheap knife had been established.  Bad fit and…

Kershaw Cryo review

Kershaw Cryo review

Rick Hinderer has been enjoying a few years of seemingly uninterrupted success.  His XM-18 became one of the sought-after knives in the world—prices on the secondhand market were oftentimes more than double the original.  Then came the series of collaboration knives with Zero Tolerance and Kershaw, a collaboration that continues to this day, but that…

Kershaw Link review

Kershaw Link review

We live in a time in the knife industry where the origin of manufacture is not an indicator of quality.  Amazing knives are being made in China, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, and the USA. But for American knife users, there’s a certain mystique associated with knives made in the United States. Unfortunately, the cost of…