The popular image of a machete knife might be corrupted into the use of one as a macabre weapon, but the truth is that machetes are incredibly versatile bladed tools with an impressive array of use cases. For hundreds of years they have been a tool of choice when it comes to a wide range of tasks related to agriculture, wildland management, and much more.
Here are some of the most...
Folding knives can be opened in a lot of different ways, each of which will impact the knife’s utility for a given task. This post will cover some of the more common methods of folding knife deployment.
The Nail Nick
The nail nick is the oldest deployment method commonly used and is still nearly universal on slipjoint folders, including pretty much all traditional patterns like stockman...
Just like a knife, you can tell a lot about a sword by its blade profile. Fundamentally, these are both bladed tools, and the maxims by which you can determine utility don’t disappear just when you zoom out (or in, for that matter).
Case in point, just by looking at the pattern of a sword, or by its profile, you can tell what that sword is intended to do. At the very least, you can...
Let’s say you have a militarily significant bayonet such as an M1 bayonet, or something even older like an M98 butcher bayonet. These military collectibles are relatively rare, historically valuable, and when properly cared for, hold their value well.
The keyword there, however, is care, qualified by “properly”. Here are some tips to keep your military collectibles in good...
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