Toor Knives & Skallywag Tactical: Blade Perfection

We've been on a little bit of a knife kick lately, and today I've got two brands I think you're going to love: Toor Knives and Skallywag Tactical. Three blades, all fixed, all serious.

First up (and honestly I should have saved my favorite for last) is the Toor Valor in Bomber Black. It's just under 11 inches overall, a fixed blade in CPM CruWear with G10 grips, coming in just under 10 ounces. Not too heavy, not light: you feel like you've got something good in the back of your hand. This is such a fantastic knife that it's now the blade I keep on my kit. It ships with a nice sheath that has a screw hole up top so you can attach it to whatever you want. Price is right around $350 (they run sales occasionally) and for what you're getting, it's absolutely worth it.

Next is the Toor Karsumba in Phantom Gray, and this style of knife has been creeping up on me. I had a similar blade from another brand that I'd started to enjoy; this thing takes it to a whole new level. CPM M4 steel, G10 grips, about 6.6 inches overall with a 2.5-inch blade, and only around five and a half ounces. It's a grip-it-and-rip-it fighting knife with a finger hole, and it's light and small enough that you could conceal carry it in a pocket no problem, or run it on your kit or in the glove box. A little over $200, comes with a sheath, and that gray colorway is just sick.

The last knife is the biggest of the bunch: the Riptide Spearpoint Serrated from Skallywag Tactical. Twelve inches overall, a blade just under 6.5 inches, D2 steel, G10 grips, and right about 11 ounces of heft. The sheath has a locking mechanism: engaged, the knife physically can't come out until you push the lock and it flips open, which is a really cool touch. They make a clean-edge version too, but this is the serrated spear point, and between the size and those serrations there's a multitude of uses here. If it weren't as big as it is it'd probably ride on my gear; instead it goes in my get-home bag slash go-bag slash whatever the hell you want to call those things these days. Right around $300.

Both of these companies make a ton of other knives, and everything of theirs I've had in my hands has been super quality. Full transparency: the links on our site are affiliate links (that's how we keep bringing products onto the channel) and we'd really appreciate you using them if one of these blades speaks to you.