The Best Fixed Blade Knife for Every Budget (2026)
Jacob Miller on September 23, 2026, in Best of, Style
Welcome to our list of the best fixed blade knives of 2026! We’ve separated them into seven price brackets; for each, we’ve included a fixed blade that fits these categories: So no matter your budget or how you plan to use your knife, we have a fixed blade for you! We Made a Video! You...
Best Kitchen Knives by Budget, Steel, Style & More
Jacob Miller on September 18, 2026, in Best of, Use
With the holidays right at our doorstep, we’re all going to spend a lot of time in the kitchen either cooking or stealing a bite of whatever is being thoughtfully prepared. No kitchen is complete without a great knife or two and boy do we have just the stuff to help your holidays go off without a hitch. Whether you’re carving up roast beast or putting together a veggie tray you’re going to need a knife to do it. Here’s our list of the Best Kitchen Knives of 2020. Let’s get to it!...
Best Steels for Your Budget
Jacob Miller on September 8, 2026, in Best of, Type
What’s the best steel for your budget? What’s the highest-value knife with that steel? If those are your questions, you’ve come to the right place! In this article, we’ll breakdown all the best steel types for high, medium, and low budgets, and present some of the highest-value knives on the market right now. In This...
Edge Retention & Ease of Sharpening: What’s the Difference?
Jacob Miller on August 31, 2026,
in Knife Knowledge, Learn
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Edge Retention, Sharpening
Are Edge Retention & Ease of Sharpening the Same? What’s the difference between edge retention and ease of sharpening, you ask? First off, it’s a good question! If you’re familiar with our Knife Steel Guide, you’ll know the four aspects we use to rate each steel: After perusing the various rankings, you may have noticed...
The Real History of National Knife Day [With Evidence] A Blade HQ investigation into the origins of August 24th's holiday
BladeHQ on August 21, 2026,
in News
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national knife day
Since 2011, the knife community has celebrated National Knife Day every year on August 24. But who actually started it? If you do a quick online search, you’ll likely find the same explanations repeated across the internet: The problem? Those stories don’t hold up well when you start looking for evidence. So we dug deeper...
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