Today’s pocketknives come in assorted locks, no locks, blades, handles and more.
Eyes always peeled, we’re on the look out for the latest and the greatest. We think we’ve found a bevvy of them this March. So, with out further adieu, here’s our latest round of new knives.
Stanley Buzek Single-Blade Slipjoint
Blade length: 3 3/8”
Blade steel: Feather damascus forged by ABS journeyman smith Mike Tyre
Blade grind: Hollow
Blade pattern: Clip point
Blade opener: Nail pull
Scales: Mammoth ivory
Liners/bolsters: 416 stainless in an integral construction
Engraving: Alice Carter, including 24k-gold inlay
Knife to know: Fileworked liners and acorn shield
Closed length: 4.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,800
Maker: Stanley Buzek, sbuzekknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Michael Zieba Nine Silver Kois
Knife type: Side flipper
Blade length: 4.126”
Blade steel: CPM MagnaCut stainless
Rockwell hardness: 62-63 HRC
Blade grind: Flat
Blade @thickest: .159”
Pivot: Ceramic ball bearing washers
Handle & pocket clip: Titanium w/24k-gold koi, lotus and moth inlay
Weight: 5.07 ozs.
Closed length: 5.5”
Knife to know: Air pockets for weight reduction; ceramic detent; white brass skull spacer
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $3,300
Maker: Michael Zieba, (SharpByCoop image)
Curt Zimmerman Flipper Folder
Blade length: 3”
Blade steel: Feather damascus
Blade grind: Flat
Blade pattern: Clip point
Lock: Linerlock
Scales: Ancient walrus ivory
Bolster: Stainless steel engraved by Alice Carter w/24k-gold inlay
Liners: Titanium; fileworked and anodized
Screws: 24k-gold plated
Closed length: 3 15/16”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,500
Maker: Curt Zimmerman (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Rothman Knives Backpocket
Knife type: Dress slipjoint
Blade length: 3.25”
Blade steel: Feather damascus forged by Adam Deville
Blade grind: 14” hollow
Blade pattern: Clip point
Scales: Interior mammoth
Bullet shield: Dark mammoth
Frame: 416 stainless in an integral construction
Closed length: 4.75”
Knife to know: Fileworked liners and embellished backspring; Michael Rothman is a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,500
Maker: Rothman Knives, rothmanknives.com (SharpByCoop image)
Jeremy Marsh Mini Assassin
Knife to know: A collaboration between Jeremy Marsh and Jonathan Quill
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade steel: Damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels forged by Quill and finished by Marsh w/a dark, deep etch and “a great deal of hand finishing”
Scales: 10,000-year-old bog oak from Ireland w/a coarse-grained, oily look
Liners: Feature a distressed rock finish along the edges applied by Marsh and traditional vine filework applied by Quill Bolsters, thumbstuds and hardware: Zirconium toned lightly bronze and burnished for highlights
Embellishment: Quill engraved the bolsters and pocket clip in a Celtic/Norse theme
Closed length: 4.5”
Make’s price for a similar knife: $8,000
Maker: Jeremy Marsh (Mitchell Cohen image)
Maverik Knives Dress Slipjoint
Blade length: 3”
Blade steel: CPM 154 stainless
Blade grind: High flat
Blade pattern: Clip point
Scales: Black paper Micarta®
Frame: Brass
Bolster: Straight twist damascus
Hardware: Titanium
Closed length: 4”
Knife to know: Maverik Murdock is an ABS apprentice smith
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $750
Maker: Maverik Knives, maverikknives.com (SharpByCoop image)
WE Knife High-Fin XL
Designer: Gavko Knives
Blade length: 3.48”
Blade steel: Hakkapella damascus by Damasteel
Rockwell hardness: 59-61 HRC
Blade grind: Hollow
Blade pattern: Reverse tanto
Pivot: Caged ceramic ball bearings
Handle: Satin-polished 6Al4V titanium in a diamond-pattern texture
Pocket clip: Crystallized gray 6Al4V titanium; blade tip up, right-handed
Lock: Framelock
Weight: 4.03 ozs.
Closed length: 4.67”
Country of origin: China
MSRP: $740
Company: WE Knife, weknife.com
David Kulis Spectre XL
Knife type: Dress tactical flipper folder
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade steel: Dragonskin damascus forged by Bertie Rietveld
Blade grind: 8” hollow
Blade shape: Recurve
Handle: Purple/orange/green burl
Liners: Titanium
Knife to know: All titanium hardware anodized to match the Timascus pocket clip
Closed length: 5.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,500
Maker: David Kulis (SharpByCoop image)
Takach Forge Dress Locking Folder
Blade length: 2 5/16”
Blade steel: Damascus
Blade grind: Flat
Blade pattern: Wharncliffe
Blade opener: Thumb stud
Scales: Carved pre-ban elephant ivory
Bolster: Damascus w/24k-gold inlay
Embellishment: Filework, micro-texturing, coloring, 24k-gold inlay
Liner material: 15N20 nickel-alloy steel
Lock: Linerlock
Closed length: 3.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,776
Maker: Takach Forge, takachforge.net (SharpByCoop image)
SOG Knives Escape 2.0 Hi Viz Orange
Knife type: Rescue folder
Blade length: 3.4”
Blade steel: AUS-8 stainless
Blade mechanism: Assisted opening
Handle: 6061 aluminum
Lock: Linerlock
Pocket clip: Low carry
Weight: 4.4 ozs.
Closed length: 4.6”
Knife to know: Belt cutter and glassbreaker in the butt; spare blade for the belt cutter stores in the handle
Country of origin: China
MSRP: $54.95
Company: SOG Knives, www.sogknives.com
Jerry Fisk Saddlehorn-Style Slipjoint
Blade length: 3.33”
Blade material: Damascus
Blade pattern: Clip point
Blade opener: Nail pull
Scales: Wood from one of the last walnut trees planted by President George Washington
Bolster: Spring steel engraved by Jerry Fisk Maker’s price for a similar knife: $5,900 (includes a bottle of whiskey from George Washington’s Distillery)
Knife to know: In 1999, Jerry Fisk was named a National Living Treasure by the Museum of World Cultures at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Maker: Jerry Fisk (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Chris Richardson Lockback Folder
Blade length: 3.25”
Blade steel: CPM 154 stainless
Blade grind: Flat
Blade pattern: Modified wharncliffe
Handle inlay: Mammoth ivory
Thumbstud inlay: Angelskin coral
Bolster: 416 stainless in an integral construction
Closed length: 4.75”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $850
Maker: Chris Richardson (Jocelyn Frasier image)
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