My backyard is… a wilderness. I have to knock down some pretty serious bushes to try an eco-friendly weed removal technique. Basically it consists of cutting everything down and putting plastic over it. This will get to 160+ degrees in the summer heat and bake all of the plants/seeds under it. Hopefully sterilizing the ground so I can plant grass or prairie seed bundles at the end of the year. Just down the hill is where I’ll have a small veggie garden… that’s another reason for not using chemicals.

Any way… I was looking around for a machete. With my love for gadgets/tools/sharp things I found a “few” sites with some American made knives and such.

• Ontario Knives can be found at Discount Cutlery Where I found a nice selection of Machetes.
• Leatherman (I feel naked when I don’t have my c33 in my pocket)
• Case Knives
• Buck Knives
• Ka-Bar Knives
• Kershaw Knives had some stuff made in the USA (Under the ZT brand also.)
• Tops Knives
• Bear and Son Cutlery
• Bark River Knife and Tool
• Silver Stag Knives
• Great Eastern Cutlery
• Schatt & Morgan
• Remington Cutlery
• Spyderco
• Colonel Coon
• Queen cutlery
• Cripple Creek cutlery
• Schrade Knives
• Heckler & Koch -  I couldn’t find knives on their site
• Masters of Defense
• Kissing Crane – I couldn’t find a website
• Randall King Knives
• RAT Cutlery (Now EESE knives)
• Wilson Tactical
• Fehrman Knives
• Entrek USA
• Marbles – Their website was broken.
• Bradley Knives
• Outdoor Edge
• Gerber

That is about all I could find. Comment if you know of more.

Update:

Found another while reading “Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life” By Neil Strauss

• Mad Dog Knives

Update again:

• Boye Boat Knives – Made with a cobalt alloy to be completely rust free, hold an edge, and sharpen quick.

My first impression upon opening the package… This thing is light. It actually freaked me out a little. The glass filled Nylon must is very light, along with the metal of the carabiner.  But it keeps a good balance with the blade. Once I felt the “action” of the knife I fell in love.

Opening the knife with the thumb stud takes some effort. This is good, I’ve had other knives open in my pocket… not a good end result. the Carabiner clips easily on a  belt loop.

I own another knife, it has been good, but This Leatherman is a Leap up in quality and craftsmanship. I can’t wait to buy more Leatherman tools now.

∞Leatherman C33

Update: I have had some time to use this thing in the “wilderness”. I love everything about it.   Very well crafted knife. I also love that the Bottle opener captures the bottle cap. No need to chase the cap under the fridge   My only regret is that I may have enjoyed carying the c33t, With the included screwdrivers.

Made in Minnesota.

Epicurean has an impressive selection of Cutting boards and Knife holders. I have been looking for a Magnetic Knife Holder for a while.
If you are in the market for a Cutting board, You can buy Epicurean on Amazon.

Epicurean via American Pride, American Products

Rada cutlery has some great reviews on Amazon.  Made in Waverly Iowa.  These look like excellent quality, My next cutlery purchase will be from Rada, Maybe a Rada Cutlery Pizza Cutter, Aluminum Handle, Made in USA.

Purchase Rada Products on Amazon.

Rada Cutlery

I was searching for a good spatula or hamburger flipper.

A friend and I went to a Restaurant supply warehouse near my home.  I ran across the Dexter Russell 6in. by 3in. Hamburger turner. Let me tell you, it’s awesome. I don’t have any trouble getting under eggs or any other potential stick-to-the-pan foods I normally run into problems with.  This is one of the best pieces of kitchen equipment I own.

They also have a serious line up of Cutlery

• Sani-Safe – Holypropylene Handle
  
• Connoisseur – Rosewood Handle
  
• V-lo – Rubberized Grip
• SofGrip – Soft Rubberized grip
• Traditional – Wood Handle

Please note, not all of their cutlery is made in the USA (I’m still waiting on confirmation of one series of cutlery), They do have some German Steel too.

∞Dexter-Russell

Hello, My name is Ryan, and I’m addicted to Atwood’s pocket tools.

Seriously, is there a support group out there for this? I have only a few of these.   Peter’s tools are so popular he had to start a lottery to purchase one, to be fair to everyone. On the First go at the lottery guess who wins?  Yes I did.  If you are interested in getting one, Watch his Blog for announcements on items for sale or lottery. 

G4 Prybaby, TiBottleBug, TiBaby, and a PryBaby that I carry with me everywhere.

If you are lucky enough to get your hands on one, they are all designed to be multifunctional. I regularly use my PryBaby(Bottom) to open boxes, Schlafly Beer, take out nails or pushpins, or anything else that needs prying, screwing, or scraping.  I have attacked some serious tasks with it, and won.  

I lust after a SOPThing… Preferably a black one with the v-notch… Maybe one day.

Thanks for what you do Peter.

∞Atwood Knives