Category : Stories
Today, we’re back with our highly popular segment “10 questions with” and I had the opportunity to speak with Jim Stewart of Bark River Knives. Jim has a passion for knives and has a unique design style all of his own. He’s also one of the nicest guys you can possibly meet. Q: Jim
Another Bark River Knives Grind-In is in the books. The annual Fall Grind-In is sponsored by Ron LaBella, owner and chief knife aficionado at the Jerzee Devil Forum. Although not a requirement to be a member, many of the knife makers who descend upon Escanaba, MI are loyal members of Ron’s forum. There was near record
Today, we sit down with Lon Humphrey. Lon is one of our favorite knife makers, specializing in high quality forged knives built to work. Check out our selection of Lon Humphrey Custom Knives. Q: Lon, let’s jump right in. What first drew you to knife making? A: When I was a kid, I didn’t own a knife
Recently, I reached out to Andy Roy, owner and president at Fiddleback Forge and to do my “10 questions with” segment. This blog post is a verbatim transcript of that discussion. As you will see from Andy’s answers to my questions he is one incredible knifemaker and an even better human being. With that let’s
You want to buy a new knife… A good knife. You’ve had enough of cheap knives that get dull quickly and never really get sharp in the first place. Maybe you have one that rusts when the weather report says “rain tomorrow” or the edge, more and more after every use, looks like grandma’s serrated
This post has been written from the individual perspectives of each male employee at DLT Trading Paul – The best groomsmen gift I have ever received was a Kershaw Skyline. This is the knife that started my personal interest in knives, and it started a growing collection. Many men will go through life and be
Two or three times per year Bark River Knives opens their doors to anyone who has the desire to make a knife for an event called a Grind-In. Male and female makers all of ages descend upon Escanaba, MI for this three day event. Any level of experience is welcome at these events; there are
In the long search for a suitable everyday carry knife I stumbled upon the Benchmade 531. After having it in my hand, I could not get over how light and thin it was compared to most of the knives that I have previously carried. This was also my first foray into the Axis lock, or
The Swiss Army knife has been a staple in the knife community for over 100 years. Most people think of red plastic, a corkscrew, tweezers, toothpick, a blade and some other tools. The Victorinox Swiss Army Cadet breaks the typical plastic handled mold with an all textured aluminum handle. The Cadet doesn’t include tweezers, toothpick,
I’ll dive into what I have on my mind shortly but it seems my first blog post here requires a bit of introduction. My name is Mike Palmer. Like the rest of you who wander about the pages of DLT Trading, I love the outdoors. As a boy, I was a suburban Cub Scout. I
