When people hear the words ‘handmade’ or ‘hand-forged,’ they imagine a big hairy sooted guy, sweating and hammering away on steel in front of a furnace. On the other hand, ‘machine made’ has a more modern, technologically advanced, and cleaner persona. Also, when people need to rank ‘handmade’ versus ‘machine-made’ knives, they will probably ran...

If I ask you to close your eyes and imagine the 4th of July… What do you see? Backyard barbecue, fireworks, happy times with friends and family? That is what you should see. If not, it is time to reprogram your mind because those things are what the 4th of July should be about. But sadly, a new trend is emerging where the backyard bbq's are repl...