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Wha-wha-where the Jason Voorhees was this Husqvarna backpack chainsaw when I was a kid on Halloween? Back in the days when the whole block turned into a nightmare on Elm Street and kids could get pillowcases full of candy...

All the bad boys who don't even miss her, get free. FreeReelin'. Good girls who love your mama, you can FreeReel too. Everybody's free to reel with MPD's versatile cord and hose management system...

Atwood Rope MFG's Micro Cord Dispenser doesn't contain the kind of rope that's going to help you scale walls and rappel down buildings - its tensile strength is only around 100 pounds - but if you're wonder what the truck...

In designing the 0022 flipper knife Tim Galyean gave Zero Tolerance a tiny task: build the smallest ZT the blade brand has ever made...

Inspired by the Japanese Kiridashi knife, BISON GEARS' Kiridashi Pocket Knife shortens and fattens the classic blade to perfect finger nugget size...

Logosol's Smart Splitter shares the same log- and kindling-splitting goals of the Kindling Cracker and Vipukirves Leveraxe: speed and safety. But from a design and usage standpoint, it's different than both...

Forty-four inches capped off with an 8-inch 2Cr13 stainless steel precision cast head - maybe we should fear this Reapr. Or rather, anything getting in the way while we're wielding the Survival Spear should...

Forj ahead with neither a broken tow chain link nor your daughter's decapitated baby doll slowing you down. Forj is a container of thermoplastic repair tape-ribbon that molecularly fuses to itself in seconds after you...

The Wood's Powr-Grip is a flat vacuum cup with an ABS handle for suction cupping yourself up the sides of skyscrapers for a fun publicity stunt onto glass, or any other nonporous flat surface, to give you better grip...

Now this is a special snowflake. Though originally designed for snowboarders, creators of the HexFlex found that carrying the pocket multi-tool around on their keychains drew the admiration of those who might not be into...

Kizer's Pry-Axe takes its inspiration from the classic medieval battle axe. And when I first saw it I was like, "Raaawwwrrr! I come to destroy your dead tree limbs and the old coffee table you left out for the trash with...

I'm no fisherman, but I am a man who eats a lot of fish. And I love no fish more than the freshwater trout. Mmmm, Gerber Processor Shears that baby down, clean it up, slice off the fillets, and saute them up with some...

Barebones' Pulaski Axe is named for Ed Pulaski, a Forest Service ranger and volunteer firefighter who led 45 men into the flames of the August 1910 "Big Burn" along the Idaho-Montana border. They were forced to take...

A 3D compass isn't so much an invaluable outdoor tool as it is a nifty demonstration of physics and Earth's magnetic field. Don't get me wrong, it might be the most accurate compass you'll ever use. But being made of...

Gilligan, little buddy, where was this Victorinox Skipper Pro Swiss Army Knife before we shipwrecked on that damn island? According to Victorinox, "Beautiful, stress-free, ready-for-anything days on the water require...

Spyderco's Squarehead has trimmed down. Shed some USDs. The Squarehead Lightweight shares the same design concept and usability as the original Squarehead folding knife, but sells for about $30 less than its predecessor...

Got the Brass (Capsule Stitcher) to sew up your torn gear and popped buttons on the fly? Maybe literally on the fly. Or on your tent, pack, or coat when you take this emergency gear repair kit with you into the world...

TRAK's roots are as a utility knife for commercial divers, and its name suggests the mini blade has been redesigned for runners. But TRAK's makers say the ultra-lightweight titanium anywhere knife will be a welcome piece...

When you're camping and need to take a whiz in the middle of the night, why use some weak ass lantern or stick flashlight to shine a hazy path in front of you when you can use an X9R Marauder 25,000 lumen flashlight to...

If you're goin' fishin' for some rebar, best not forget your 1,000-pound pull force fishing magnet! Yes, that's right. One. Thousand. Pounds. Of pure neodymium attraction. Best also not forget and slip this thing in your...

Just a few lucky ducks will be able to jungle boogie down with this Jungle Dagger. Ryan Johnson has designed and produced a pre-production run of the blade for RMJ Tactical, 50 pieces total, handcrafted to ensure their...

Gerber's Pack Hatchet is a little dude with a big mouth. At just under 9-1/2" long, the camping axe is easily packed into or clipped onto outdoor gear. Gerber beefs up its functionality with a full tang construction and...

The Microsilk-handled Nyala Knife is Best Made's second collaboration with industrial biotechnology firm Bolt Threads. Following the success of 2017's Cap of Courage, Bolt suggested spinning their same bio-engineered...

Grovemade used the Japanese higonokami knife as inspiration for their new Titanium Minimalist Knife, so if you don't have $200 to spend on a new pocket folder, feel free to get an actual Japanese higonokami for minus...