These are the top 5 knives that have been getting the most attention from me in the month of January. One of these knives is not like the others.
My Top 5 Knives in January 2025 – What I’m Carrying
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Knife Sharpening For Dummies (Yes, I’m the only Dummy here!)
I needed to reprofile and sharpen the edge on the OK-223 knife that I want to test. So I thought I’d share the whole story of how a REAL amateur fumbles his way through knife sharpening on the Work Sharp Pro.
Cut Test: Sencut Pulsewave in 9CR18MoV
How well will this 9CR18 steel hold up to even moderate use? Can it hang with the big dogs? You might be surprised by the answer here!
Ontario RAT Model 1.5 Knife Review – The Prefect Bug Out Kit Knife!
If you’re looking for the perfect knife for an emergency or bug out kit, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better knife – or a better deal – than this one.
Cut Test: Spyderco Tenacious in 8CR13MoV
Although 8Cr13 gets a pretty bad reputation among most of the knife community, you may be surprised to see how well This Spyderco Tenacious came out in this cut test.
Vosteed Porcupine – Setting A Whole New Bar For EDC Greatness!
If the Moyarl and the Rosie had an illegitimate love child, this would be it! This is one you definitely don’t want to miss!
Cut Test: Sencut Serene in D2 Steel
Today I’ve got the Sencut Serene in D2 steel. So I have pretty high hopes for this knife.
Cut Test: CJJRB Pyrite Light in AR-RPM9 Steel
The CJRB Pyrite Light is one of the top rated EDC knives for 2024. I’m excited to see how this relatively new steel will hold up against some of the more well-known budget steels.
Sencut Pulsewave Knife Review: Budget Steel Done Right!
A lot of people turn their noses up at 8CR13, but I’m betting that a lot of people will be surprised when they see how this one holds up. Here’s the full review.
Spyderco Tenacious Review – The 8CR13 EDC That Defies Expectations!
A lot of people turn their noses up at 8CR13, but I’m betting that a lot of people will be surprised when they see how this one holds up. Here’s the full review.
Sencut Serene Knife Review – The Budget Knife That Feels High-End!
I got this Sencut Serene knife as a Christmas present so that we would have a good quality D2 steel knife that we can use to set a baseline in our Cut Tests. But it turned out to be a great knife!
Fintiso Atlas Knife Review – A Nice Affordable EDC Option
Fintiso is a relatively new player in the EDC knives space, but has already put out a good handful of very nice looking and affordable EDC knives with good budget steel options
OK-223 Knife Review – Needs A Little Work
Although the beautifully contoured carbon fiber scales feel great in the hand (just like the Spyderco Para 3 after which it is modeled) the quality control on the knife I received left a little to be desired.
A Knife From AliExp That Looks Like A McNees PM MAC2
I’m glad I decided to wait and pick up the 3.5” version of this knife that looks like the McNees PM MAC2 instead of the 3” version. The 3.5” version fits perfectly in the hand and basically delivers a full size cutting blade in a very EDC friendly size.
OK-223 Knife Mods – Lock Bar Access, Bearings & Problems
Here we go again with cutting away the lock bar access in the carbon fiber scales. But I also ran into lots of problems with burrs on the blade tang, bad bearings, and more.
Cut Test – Petrified Fish Beluga
The Petrified Fish Beluga is a beautiful full sized knife in Bohler K110 steel (=D2). Let’s see how it holds up in our cut tests.
A Knife From Temu That Looks Like A Miller Bros T-1 Custom
This massive full titanium knife with 1/4” steel blade is designed to look like a Miller Brothers T-1 Custom. When Temu had a Black Friday special on it, I decided to check it out.
Cut Test – Miguron Moyarl
In this video we’re continuing with some basic cut tests with a few well known knives (Miguron Moyarl here) to get a baseline of how well the edge holds up in cutting different material.
Cut Test: Civivi Vision FG
This is the first video in a brand new series that I want to do this year to see how the blade steel on some of the replica knives compares to the steel on “real” (non-replica) knives.
OKK Smock Mods – Adding Bearings & Pocket Clip Fail
I wanted to try swapping out the bearings and pocket clip on the Smock replica that I got from OKK. The Skiff bearings worked great, but the pocket clip was a big fail.
Knife Steel Comparisons – How Do Budget Steels Rate?
If you’ve ever been curious about how some of the less expensive knife steels compare, this is the video for you.
Knife Maintenance Kit – My Most Used Tools
I just thought I would share some of my favorite knife maintenance tools that I use almost every day. Let me know if you think I’ve missed anything important here.
My Top 10 Full Sized Knives of 2024
Here’s my Top 10 List of my favorite full sized knives that I picked up this year. I have them all ranked in order of most favorite to least favorite. But really, all of the knives in this Top 10 are my favorites.
My Top 10 EDC Knives of 2024
As we wrap up a great year of knife collecting, I figured it was time to start breaking out the “Top 10” lists. So we’re starting it off with my Top 10 EDC Knives of 2024.
A Knife From OKK That Looks Like A CRK Inkosi
After carrying the replica of the Umnumzaan for a couple of months, I wanted to try another full size knife that was similar but had a few different specs. So I picked up this knife from OKK.
1K Drawing Winners Announcement
A huge THANK YOU to all of the channel subscribers! You guys have been awesome to learn from and talk to this year. So here are the winners of the 1K Subscribers Celebration Giveaway Drawing.
OK81 Knife Review – A Carbon Fiber & M390 Tribute to the SPY PM2
A few of the channel members recommended this knife, so I decided to give it a try. Let’s see how this OK81-CF compares to the Spyderco PM2.
OKK Inkosi Mods – Adding Perforated Washers & Ti Clip
I’ve really been enjoying this CRK Sebenza25/Inkosi lately. So I wanted to upgrade the washers to the larger perforated “spoke” washers like you see inside the real Sebenzas. I’m also adding a new deep carry titanium pocket clip.
OK81 Knife Mods – Cutting Away The Compression Lock Access
I recently picked up the OK81-CF, which is their “tribute” knife very similar to the Spyderco PM2. But for some strange reason, OK doesn’t cut away the access to the compression lock button.
1k Subscribers Giveaway Drawing!
Instead of making you sit and watch me talk for an hour and half before getting to the giveaway, I thought I’d just make it easy for you to enter to win some free knives.
A Knife From Temu That Looks Like A Mini Freek
I picked this knife up from Temu about 6 months ago and just haven’t had a chance to share it yet. It looks like a BM Mini Freek but I don’t think that it’s a real one. Let’s take a closer look & see what we can find.
A Knife From OKK That Looks Like A Smock
The Spyderco Smock was first released back in 2019 to mixed reviews. As one of the first button compression lock knives, it quickly captured the interest and attention of the entire industry. I picked up this knife from OKK to see if I would enjoy carrying it.