Every year, Portland-based knifemaker Benchmade releases a tiny handful of knives that it dubs “Gold Class.” Typically iterating on models already in Benchmade’s lineup, the designs bridge the gap ...

After spending much of the last year testing EDCs that push the limits of how small and light a pocket knife can be, I felt like I needed a changeup. So when Benchmade sent a sample of the Crooked ...