Category Archives: EDC

Pocket Dump: Northwoods & Prometheus

Ok, so this may be lousy wallpaper, but it sure is a cool pocket dump. It’s a QR flashlight from Prometheus, which makes a great light and has gotten some undeserved bad press. I love mine. The knife, of course, is a Northwoods … Continue reading

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Northfield Grinling Whittler

Here’s another look at the Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Grinling Whittler. Unlike the Tidioute we posted the other day, however, this one bears the Northfield UN-X-LD marque. And in place of Black Camel Bone, this one’s scaled in Burnt Stag. … Continue reading

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Zero Tolerance ZT0566

Zero Tolerance and Rick Hinderer have joined forces again, and here’s the result — the ZT0566CFM390. Unscrambling that alphanumeric mouthful, we find a more compact version of the ZT0560 with carbon fiber and M390 stainless. Repeat after me: WOW.

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Great Eastern Cutlery: Patina grows, character shows

Before the advent of mass-produced stainless-steel knives, virtually all blades were made of carbon steel. When a knife, like this three-blade GEC, developed a patina of gray or even black, the change in color simply was an indication of use. … Continue reading

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Tidioute Grinling Whittler

The classic whittler pattern is one of the most useful slipjoints we know of, and we especially love the Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Tidioute Grinling Whittler with its tapered serpentine frame. We thought it couldn’t get any better — and … Continue reading

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Bark River Little Carver 3V, in the garden

Those of us who live in colder northern climes soon will be preparing our gardens for the growing season. It’s a lot of work and, to be honest, it can be tempting to postpone it ’til we find a bit … Continue reading

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Zero Tolerance ZT0808

The Zero Tolerance ZT0808 just landed — it is sweet!

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Northwoods Norfolk Whittler

In this bigger-is-better world, every now and then it helps to stow the Bowies and return to the simple pocketknives our granddads carried. The Northwoods Norfolk Whittler is such a knife — three blades, the biggest of them a handy … Continue reading

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Great Eastern Cutlery #15 in Blood Orange Camel Bone

We had an SFO from Great Eastern Cutlery that was strikingly beautiful. We threw 50 up on our site, and 50 sold almost as fast. If you picked up one of these, count yourself lucky. For the rest of us, … Continue reading

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Great Eastern Cutlery #61 Congress

I can’t help it. I love this Great Eastern Cutlery knife. The #61 rides completely effortlessly in my pocket.  

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