Style is one thing, but making a good EDC knife takes a lot more. Thankfully, interested parties will be happy to know Cold Steel didn’t skimp on materials, either. The Black Sable’s curved blade — ...

This style of folding blade is typically called a Persian knife. It is a pared-down take on a sword called a Shamshir, a kind of curved sabre which dates back to between the 12th and 16th centuries.

As you can see, the Quokka’s aggressive clip-point blade harkens to its fighting knife ancestry. However, this knife is not a chunky chopper — it’s much more discreet and easy to carry. The 14C28N ...