Discover the restoration of a broken trench pocket knife found at a German military camp site. This handmade knife, crafted by a soldier and buried for decades, had a broken blade and heavy rust.

CJRB’s new Maximal offers a pretty compelling mix of blade, handle, deployment/locking mechanism, ambidextrousness and price.

I’ve been lucky enough to own and handle many of the best pocket knives, including production and custom blades. Now, the Fifth Amendment protects me from self-incrimination, so I won’t say how many ...

I will say the profile of this knife is a little wider than some of the other pocket knives on this list ... so I think it just needed to be broken in. Gerber made this design totally ambidextrous ...