S&R Knives is pretty much the go-to place for knives in Toronto. Owned by Sean and Rodney for over 25 years, the store moved to a new location just three minutes away from its old home at the Woodbine Mall. The visit below was during their soft opening. I will be back soon to update with their latest stock.
Blades of all shapes and sizes from spears to neck knives (this is one side of the store..i missed getting a full pic of the other side…oops)
Ok let’s start with Tops knives
And my favourite knife of the day, the Tac Ops karambit…this thing is SICK!
I would be hesitant to spin it but here it is in retracted and extended grips
Next, the Kuma Tac-Ri, designed by a martial artist, holding it makes you just want to destroy things and the only thing that diminished its impressiveness was that I just finished handling the Tac Ops Karambit lol
Smaller Tops fixed blades on display, including the mini Tracker.
I have a Beck Tracker on order and I am a big fan of the design…wow they are not kidding about this being a mini version!
Next Fox knives out of Italy
Including this SUPER RARE kempo Banty, designed by Borut Kincl, Official trainer of Slovenija Army
The knife has a lot of great features like a handle shaped for use as an impact tool (very similar to the Spyderco Yojimbo), integral glass breaker, secondary lock, divots for grip transitions etc.
Next Spyderco..
i was most anxious to see the Introvert, again designed by a martial artist as a sort of folding version of Fred Perrin’s famous LaGriffe. It is the first flipper lockback and I really like the deployment. I was glad it was sitting next to a P’Kal for size comparison as I have one of those so it was a good reference.
Tons of folders from Cold Steel
As well as impact tools. The British Police Truncheon is a lot heavier than you would think
My favourites were the boomerang
And Steven Seagal walking stick
More knives from…Spartan Blades
Esse
Fallkniven
My first time handling a Medford…well deserving of its beefy reputation although the Micro Praetorian was a bit small for my hand
Zero Tolerance
Ka-Bar
Including my favourite, the TDI
CRKT
Including a Kasper Fighting Folder, one of my favourite knives of all time (I have two Crawford customs)
Kitchen knives and other accessories
So that should give you sense of why S&R is reputed to be one of, if not the top knife store in Canada. As I mentioned, I will be back very soon and will be sure to post a review of my visit.
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