22 Nov
Fend off would-be (wet) attackers with brass knuckles & a blade

Say your out taking a stroll through a light drizzle, just trying to mind your business and not got in anyone’s way, when unexpectedly you start getting punked by a roving band of street ninjas. What are you gonna do, run? Throw your duck boots at them? Well if you had this handy Umbrella Sword […]


Ibberson — one of Sheffield, England’s oldest cutlery firms — brings you these steel blades in either a two-blade option or a three-blade option because, well, sometimes one blade just isn’t enough. One of the blades is an old school can opener and the other is something else that is, well, sharp. Another is something […]


5 Apr
The kitchen knife gets thrown for a curve

This knife designed by Phil Longstaff is kinda curvy, like a crescent moon, or what the Italians would call a “mezzaluna.”  Not only is it meant for easier cutting, but the name “Longstaff” kind of sounds like it comes from a man who knows what he’s doing. And that’s important. I mean, would you buy […]


Are you old, crippled or otherwise ambley challenged? Do you fancy yourself somewhat of a bad ass? Perhaps an assassin, ninja or other mustache-twirling shadow in the night? If you said yes to the above questions, then man do Burger Knives have something or you: an entire collection of Sword Canes. Yes you read that […]


22 Mar
Well faux ivory and faux layered-steel, but still

Take it back to the days of the barber shop assassin with this limited edition DOVO faux layered-steel bladed straight razor.  Though they try to pass the handle off as real ivory, it’s actually made from a polymer material referred to as Micarta. So you pay for the layered steel and ivory, and instead get […]


18 Feb
Lüneburg Black Forge one piece blade

While it’s always nice to have a some fine J.A. Henckels, Kasumi or Wusthof knives to lay down the slicing law in your kitchen, there’s a lot to be said about the brute beauty of a hand-forged, one piece blade like the one above. In today’s cooking, there are a thousand knives designed for a […]


21 Dec
The ever clever CardSharp credit card-sized folding knife

What do you get the plane hijacking terrorist that has it all? A boxcutter necklace? Gunpowder Nikes? An “I’m With Obama!” tshirt? Not bad ideas, but a bit too obvious in these post-TSA groping days. A good place to start would be the CardSharp credit card-sized folding knife, a handy blade that you can fold […]


21 Sep
Modeled after actual famous blades

Sure, purchasing chopsticks shaped like samurai swords is a no brainer. But what makes these even more priceless is that they’re imported from Japan, not some Sri Lankan sweatshop (I like my novelty toys to be as authentic as possible). Second, the swords are actual reproductions of real blades, famous swords from feudal Japan — […]