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Superior Abrasives 2” ceramic roloc is all I buy for my shop as far as grinding discs. I like SAIT for 3” cutoff wheels. Abrasives...

For construction prybars, I like Vaughan's Superbar, a Stanley gooseneck wrecking bar, the Marshalltown Burke Bar an Estwing cat's paw...

My favorites are the old school screwdriver handled ones from Snap-on. They don't make them with that handle anymore, and I don't love...

I still have the Leatherman tool my dad gave me 25+ years ago when we went on a family camping trip. That one means quite a bit more to...

I'll be honest, I'm surprised some kind of "rescue knife" isn't a standard part of gear for a first responder. I would have figured...

Spyderco makes specific "rescue" knives designed to do what you do. They're probably not great for EDC, but I suspect they're way more...

Are you attached to that blade shape?

They are in fact, excellent fidget toys. I have a Benchmade Precipice and have spent lots of idle time just firing it in and out...

I get it. I hoofed it a mile and change back to the parking lot to avoid giving my benchmade to the security guards at a concert I...

I feel like once you’re in the multi-tool world, a Leatherman or Gerber beats a Swiss Army Knife for everything except compactness. I...

I was mostly just listing some brands that I happened to own for a point of comparison, not necessarily ones that you can go buy right...

Just because I'm curious, what other makers do you consider to be their competition? I'm looking at the $150-$350 bracket EDC knife...

That's the secret. By spending a few hundred bucks on a knife, I'm much, much more in tune with where it is. I have lost several $30...

My current daily driver is a Benchmade Casbah. It has spoiled me to the point where I don’t think I could go back to a non-automatic...

Why does this surprise you? Both companies make a great product for a somewhat premium price, but are still affordable for a lot of...