Today’s modern construction techniques and steel allows these blades to be lighter and hold an edge longer than the old-school stiletto ... Fast “out the front” (OTF) knives have become ...

Many people think of the stiletto switchblades favored by mafiosos or maybe even a street rumble between the Jets and the Sharks. Benchmade has automatic OTF knives that modernize these old blades ...

With a sub-$300 price, the Axial Shift presents an attractive value proposition among automatic knives. Here's how it performs.