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Knife chat: The Spyderco Bug- is this the perfect EDC knife?

Is this the perfect EDC knife? The Spyderco Bug is small enough to always be carried on either neck lanyard or keychain.

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Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Slim Cut and Slim Drive

Released in 2021, the Gerber Armbar Slim Drive and Cut multi-tools focus in on different features of their larger Armbar Drive cousin

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Knife chat: Adding functionality on trail with Leatherman accessories

Leatherman produce a small range of handy accessories that may mean a repair of specialised gear can be carried out on trail

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Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Drive

The Gerber Armbar Drive provides the means to carry a small multi-tool that includes not only a decent sized blade, but also an awl and scissors, alongside a quarter-inch hex drive to enable repair and maintence while on trail

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Knife chat: Leatherman Juice S2

The Leatherman Juice S2 may provide a compact set of tools for the backpacker requiring more than just blade and scissors

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Knife chat: No.07 Mon Premier Opinel

No.7 My First Opinel is an affordable introduction for inexperienced young people to learn safe knife use

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Knife chat: The Victorinox DofE ‘Pocket Tool’

The DofE Pocket Tool supplies a unique combination of tools alongside a 'child-friendly' blade

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Knife chat: First time ‘Vics’

My First Victorinox knives are an ideal stepping stone into learning correct and safe use of a blade

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Knife chat: Derma-Safe razor

The Derma-Safe razor is little more than a really (really) sharp folding blade- and it's ridiculously cheap too!

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Knife chat: Slim, attractive… No, not me, it’s the often overlooked Victorinox Excelsior

Victorinox still offer a much overlooked slim and simple knife in their 84mm range. This is the Excelsior

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Knife chat: Is this the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available? It bloody well might be!

Is the Nitecore NTK05 the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available for backpacking- it bloody well might be!

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Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager

While theVictorinox Classic is one of the most popular choices […]

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Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic

The majority of backpackers frequently choose one of the excellent […]

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Knife chat: Opinel knives

French manufactured Opinel knives have a long history- they celebrated their 130th birthday in 2020. These are ideal lightweight knives for backpacking

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Knife chat: Victorinox Money Clip- useless clip, great knife

The 74mm range from Victorinox doesn’t get much attention. There […]

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Knife chat: SOG Snippet- the best scissors you will find on a mini multi-tool

The SOG Snippet is a keychain multi-tool that brings the finest pair of small 'precision-cut' scissors to the backpacker

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Knife chat: Leatherman Juice B2

In 2017, Leatherman announced two new tools intended to extend their popular mid-size Juice series. And neither of these would have pliers.

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Knife chat: The Leatherman FREE T4

US company Leatherman was founded in July 1983 and released their first multi-tool the same year. Numerous and varied multi-tools, most based around a set of pliers, have joined their […]

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Knife chat: A ‘memorable’ Victorinox- but what’s the point?

In 2005 a range of little multi-tools was introduced by […]

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Knife chat: A ‘best-seller’ from Gerber- the Paraframe Mini

Gerber have released a number of different Paraframe models over […]

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Knife chat

Knife chat: The Spyderco Bug- is this the perfect EDC knife?

Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Slim Cut and Slim Drive

Knife chat: Adding functionality on trail with Leatherman accessories

Knife chat: Gerber Armbar Drive

Knife chat: Leatherman Juice S2

Knife chat: No.07 Mon Premier Opinel

Knife chat: The Victorinox DofE ‘Pocket Tool’

Knife chat: First time ‘Vics’

Knife chat: Derma-Safe razor

Knife chat: Slim, attractive… No, not me, it’s the often overlooked Victorinox Excelsior

Knife chat: Is this the best, lightest, sharpest, folding knife available? It bloody well might be!

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Midnite Manager

Knife chat: breaking down the Victorinox Classic

Knife chat: Opinel knives

Knife chat: Victorinox Money Clip- useless clip, great knife

Knife chat: SOG Snippet- the best scissors you will find on a mini multi-tool

Knife chat: Leatherman Juice B2

Knife chat: The Leatherman FREE T4

Knife chat: A ‘memorable’ Victorinox- but what’s the point?

Knife chat: A ‘best-seller’ from Gerber- the Paraframe Mini