Knife Profiles: A Glossary of the Various Blade Styles.

Tactical Knives

Knives 101: Knife Profiles and Their Purpose

Although you can do almost any job with almost any knife (within reason), there are specific profiles that are designed to make certain jobs easier. Some knife profiles are specific...

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Practical New Year’s resolutions designed to enhance your personal safety.

Skillset Magazine Uncategorized

Beyond Tradition: Practical Resolutions for a Safer New Year

Every year, people make New Year’s Resolutions, a tradition that dates back to 46 B.C. Yes, you read that right. The tradition began when the Romans adopted the Babylonian new...

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Included in this survival kit is a lighter.

Skillset Magazine

Testing the Coalcracker Bushcraft Field Fix Survival Kit

Dan Wowak’s reputation came the hard way. He stepped into the spotlight on Alone, the History Channel series that puts people in the wild with only skill and grit. Patagonia tested...

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Keep your mouth shut and listen to this advice on a good alibi.

Skillset Magazine

10 Ways To Absolutely Ruin A Good Alibi

We have all at one time or another wondered if we could get away with something immoral, illegal or otherwise dishonest. However, there are typically multiple aspects to making it...

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History of Thumb Openers: One-Handed Opening’s Forgotten Past.

Tactical Knives

Rediscovering the Lost History of Thumb Openers on Folding Knives

One defining feature of most modern folding knives is that they can be manually opened with only one hand. Studs, blade holes, and disks are so commonplace today that people...

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Modern Gentlemen’s Folding Knives: Elegance, Restraint, Functionality.

Tactical Knives

Elegant Refinement: Modern Gentlemen’s Folding Knives for Work & Play

By Reuben Bolieu

Tuff Possum gear has many innovative items and offerings.

Skillset Magazine

Checking Out Tuff Possum Gear

By Jim Cobb

TOPS Knives Abaniko: Bram Frank’s Bramp Is a BAMF!

Tactical Knives

Certified BAMF: TOPS Knives Releases Bram Frank’s Classic Abaniko Design

By Waysun Johnny Tsai

Understanding how to compose a scene is the key to taking a good photo.

Skillset Magazine

How To Take A Good Photo: Enough With The Mirror Selfies

By Fred Mastison

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The review and testing of the Nextorch Baton.

Skillset Magazine

The Protectors’ Playbook: Testing the Nextorch Baton

By Michael D'Angona

It's the holiday season, and there are plenty of reasons to drink! With that in mind, the guys and I decided it was only right that we serve up a cup of holiday cheer in this edition of Bottom Shelf with one of everyone's favorite yuletide drinks, eggnog.

Skillset Magazine

Bottom Shelf Holiday Edition: Evan Williams Egg Nog

By Skillset Staff

Knife Stopping Power: Understanding How to Stop a Threat.

Tactical Knives

Street Smarts: Three Levels of Knife Stopping Power with a Small Knife

By Michael Janich

The night market buzzes with energy as vendors showcase an array of tantalizing street foods.

Skillset Magazine

Exotic Eats: Asian Night Markets

By Reuben Bolieu

Fred loves 99 Bananas!

Skillset Magazine Uncategorized

Bottom Shelf Review: The 99 Bananas Tropical Nightmare

By Ben Tirpak

Don't ever be the kind of person who starts a bar fight. Practice your self-defense and be the nice guy who ends it.

Skillset Magazine

Skillset Fight Club: Five Moves To End A Bar Fight

By Marcus Torgerson

The Georgia Bushcraft Fall Gathering is amazing outdoor event.

Skillset Magazine

The Georgia Bushcraft Fall Gathering 2025

By Reuben Bolieu

Toyota shocked everyone by bringing out a side by side simple titled the Scion.

Skillset Magazine

Overland Spotlight: SEMA 2025 Overland Gear Roundup

By Curt Staubach

Is the YETI a real creature lost to time, hiding out deep where man dare not travel?

Skillset Magazine

Unmasking the Legend of the Yeti

By Tiffanie Kluchnik

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January's Free Gun Friday: Dan Wesson DWX Compact, Crimson Trace CT Rad, and Black Hills Ammunition

By Ana

Spyderco Knives Tour: Behind the Scenes of the Golden Knife Company.

Tactical Knives

Golden Tour: Going Behind the Scenes at Spyderco Knives Expansion

By Joshua Swanagon

Discover how the timeless design of classic lighters has transformed into the powerful, innovative plasma arc devices of today.

Skillset Magazine

Igniting the Future: A Deep Dive into Lighters

By Reuben Bolieu

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