Video: Spartan Blades – Spartan Harsey Fighter I had the chace to get my hands on the Spartan Harsey Fighter quite early, thanks to the help of Lorenzi – Feinste Stahlwaren und Schleiferei here in Vienna. Since I also got the Harsey Difensa and a Ka-Bar USMC 7″ fighting knife, I decided to do a […]
Review: Vosteed – Nightshade LT A german version of this review can be found in the german Tacticalforum. Introduction The Vosteed Nightshade was a knife I was not familiar with. When looking into the company I was surprised about their product line-up as well as their designs. In the last few months I had the […]
Eine deutsche Version dieses Reviews kann im Tacticalforum nachgelesen werden Introduction Like so many other visitors to IWA, I was completely surprised by the impressive booth of Acta Non Verba Knives in Spring 2019. Feeling as if it came out of nowhere, the booth was an inviting attraction with a multitude of knives in the […]
The Team of Kizlyar Supreme is coming to IWA for several years now and every year you find something new and interesting at their booth. By now all of their knives are produced completely in Russia again and you can see and feel the positive difference in quality immediately. Next to new knife designs they […]
The semi-custom knives of Bark River are always a pleasure to see, own and use. Jenni from Klingenwelt was showcasing the newest additions to the line up and was at the show to answer any relevant questions. With all the high tech materials and designs it is always nice to see some old school blade […]
For the second time (after some time), Microtech Knives was at IWA 2018 and showcased their excellent Out the Front knives (OTFs). Microtech is looking to expand into the European market, making their knives more available. I certainly hope they manage to do so, since I consider these knives among the best OTFs out there.
I am currently processing hundreds of pictures, so bear with me. Starting my IWA 2018 galleries with Spartan Blades. Mark and Curtis are always a pleasure to catch up with and this year they had several new things to show. New knives like the Formido, the Hybris or the Kranos New limited Editions of the […]
Interesting news from Extrema Ratio this year – next to a few new knife designs, they also did a cooperation with the Austrian Jagdkommando to create a new combat knife.
Always when I doubt my love for knives I find it again with these gems:
Some treasures by Mark and Curtis of Spartan Blades:
