Blade & Craft

Handmade Damascus kitchen knife set with rosewood handles, including chef knife, bread knife and cleaver, on a walnut cutting board with sliced vegetables
Damascus Kitchen Knives: Chef Knife, Cleaver or Set?
Close-up of three Damascus knife handles in bone, black Micarta and olive wood laid side by side on slate
Knife Handle Materials Guide
Wolf-head walking cane with its hidden sword blade drawn, resting against a leather armchair in a classic study
What Is a Cane Sword?
Medieval arming sword, brass-hilted rapier and wood-grip scimitar laid together on an oak table in a stone armory
Types of Swords: A Collector's Guide
Full-length hand-forged katana laid above its black and gold dragon scabbard, showing handle, blade and overall length
Katana Size Guide: Blade, Handle and Overall Length
Full-size OTF knife with wolf artwork handle beside a smaller black mini OTF knife, with keys, wallet and watch for scale
Mini vs Full-Size OTF Knives: Which Size Is Right?
Close-up of the layered Damascus steel pattern on a hand-forged hunting knife with rosewood bolster and camel bone handle
What Is Damascus Steel? Real vs Etched
Hand-forged Damascus survival knife with rose and olive wood handle on a mossy log beside its leather sheath in an autumn forest
How to Choose a Hunting Knife
Three-piece samurai sword set with black and gold dragon scabbards, katana partly drawn, laid on red silk over tatami
Samurai Sword Sets Explained: Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto
An OTF automatic knife, a side-opening automatic folder and a spring-assisted rescue folder laid side by side on a weathered oak table
OTF vs Side-Opening vs Spring-Assisted Knives
OTF automatic knife with carbon fiber handle and two-tone tanto blade extended out the front, on a dark workbench
What Is an OTF Knife? How Out-the-Front Knives Work
Three OTF automatic knives side by side showing a two-tone dagger blade, a tanto blade and a drop point blade
OTF Blade Shapes Explained: Dagger, Tanto, Drop Point
Curved katana with white handle wrap and gold tsuba beside a straight black ninja sword on a slate surface
Katana vs Ninja Sword: Differences Explained
Hand-forged Viking sword with brass guard beside its leather scabbard, and a blue dragon katana on a display stand in a collector's study
Decorative vs Functional Swords: How to Tell the Difference

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