The best pocket knife this month is a surprise. Why?
Because…
Of all the engraved Kershaw knives we sell, the most popular is the Ember 3560-K. Why is it so popular?
Kershaw® Ember 3560-K The best pocket knife of January ’19, according to Logo-knives.com is…….
Boker Leopard Damascus II Knife 111054dam We chose this knife because of its value as a retirement gift. The spear blade is damascus, which is painstakingly made of many layers of steel. This steel is very special. It is recycled out of the gun barrel of the German battle tank Leopard I. It has an extreme Rockwell hardness of 65-67. Click for more information about this collector knife.
The newest best pocket knife this year is made by Leatherman®.
These are the features that earned it our highest approval:
Here are the Best Assisted-Open Pocket Knives all in one place. All 2 dozen of them. Different knife manufacturers make knives that are easy to open. Once you start to open one of the assisted-open knives, it takes it the rest of the way. These are not switch-blades. These are much safer and easier to use. The best feature is, you only need one hand to operate them. The mechanism that Kershaw uses their own “Speedsafe” system.
Here are my 2 favorites. One by Kershaw, and the other one by Kutmaster….
Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Black 1620 
Easy Open Rescue Knife 95-1838L
I found the best rescue pocket knives on display in Cleveland Ohio last week. Gordon Blake, of Big River Marketing is showing us the Heavy Duty Rescue Knife (with yellow bolster). In his other hand is the “Ball Bearing Assisted Opening Professional Grade Rescue Knife”. It opens with a breeze, using only one hand. Both knives are made by Utica Cutlery Company (the Kutmaster line).
More details can be found by clicking the pictures below:
Heavy Duty Rescue Knife 95-1837L Easy Open Rescue Knife 95-1838L Do you want to be prepared for any emergency? One of these may be the best pocket knife for you.
Rescue knives can:
Kutmaster Compact Rescue Knife 95-1832L 
Starline Elemental Survival/Rescue Knife MK110
Based on popularity, these are the 3 Best Engraved Kershaw Knives.
Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Camo 1620
Kershaw “Leek” Knife 1660 
Kershaw® Volt 3655 Kershaw is an American company based in Oregon. Their designs shown here are not tactical, but more accurately described as “modern”. All their knives are well-constructed, and the opening and locking mechanism works extremely well.
The best pocket knife for Christmas 2017 is a popular rescue knife made by Kutmaster:
Kutmaster Compact Rescue Knife 95-1832L Why this knife?
How do you choose the best pocket knife? Some of the new tactical knives have really cool designs. But, since they don’t have a history of popularity, they can’t be considered in this contest. They may be popular now, but that might be short-lived.
The winner must have a history of popularity for many years. How about 1964? If a knife style was invented in that year, like the Buck 110 Folding Hunter, would that be a long enough history? What about the 1600’s? That time frame would certainly be a long enough history. That’s 400 years, or 4 centuries. If a pocket knife style is still as popular now, as it was 400 years ago, that would make it the winner. So that’s how I came up with the winning knife. If you don’t agree, please post your comments here.
I believe the Best Pocket Knife of All Time is the Barlow Knife. Once used by George Washington, and Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
Schrade Jackmaster Barlow