Summer might be hot, but these custom knives stay cool with innovative designs, expert craftsmanship, and cutting-edge materials.
Tighe Fighter (Brian Tighe)
- BLADE LENGTH: 3 7/8”
- BLADE MATERIAL: Damasteel damascus
- HANDLE MATERIAL: Titanium
- LOCK: Button-lock flipper
- CLOSED LENGTH: 5 1/16”
- SKULL STUFF: Pierces Skull Design waterjet cut with a .015-inch-diameter stream; titanium engraved over the piercing to enhance detail
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,500
Straight Razor (Chris Taylor)
- BLADE MATERIAL: Stainless steel and 410 over 1084 carbon steel core in a san-mai construction by Randy Haas of HHH Knives
- BLADE GRIND: Hollow
- HANDLE: Bronze lightning-strike carbon fiber
- PINS: Bronze
Desk Knife (John Young)
- KNIFE TYPE: Fixed utility
- BLADE STEEL: RWL-34 stainless
- HANDLE: Sambar stag
- BOLSTER: 416 stainless steel
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $650
Kwaiken (Mike Walton, Matt Gregory)
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- KNIFE TYPE: Fixed fighter
- BLADE LENGTHS: 4”
- BLADE STEEL: CPM S60V stainless
- HANDLE MATERIALS: Stingray and tsukaito
- INSIDE SCOOP: Made as a matched pair
AbOhlone (D Rocket Squared Collaboration)
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- KNIFE TYPE: Dress locking folder
- BLADE LENGTH: 2.75”
- BLADE STEEL: CTS-XHP stainless
- HANDLE & FRAME: Titanium
- APPROXIMATE CLOSED LENGTH: 3.5”
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $850
Dress Locking Folder (John Doyle)
- BLADE LENGTH: 3 1/8”
- BLADE STEEL: W2 tool
- HANDLE: Blackwood w/koa inlays
- FRAME: Titanium
- BOLSTER: Checkered blackwood
- SPECIAL STUFF: Jeweled titanium liners, bronze fileworked backspacer
- CLOSED LENGTH: 4”
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,350
The Gambler (Andrew A. Griggs)
- KNIFE PATTERN: Fixed hunter
- BLADE LENGTH: 4.25”
- BLADE MATERIAL: Damasteel AB Munin pattern
- HANDLE: Desert ironwood
- OVERALL LENGTH: 9”
- SHEATH: Leather by CC Leathers
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $600+
Bowie (Wade Colter)
- BLADE LENGTH: 7.75”
- BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus
- HANDLE MATERIAL: Ancient walrus ivory
- FITTINGS: Nickel silver
- OVERALL LENGTH: 12.5”
Hunter (Feldman Custom Knives)
- BLADE LENGTH: 4 5/8”
- BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus
- HANDLE MATERIAL: Dinosaur bone
- FITTINGS: Stainless steel
Linerlock Folder (Tony Miller)
- BLADE MATERIAL: Devin Thomas twist pattern stainless damascus
- HANDLE MATERIAL: Mammoth ivory
- BOLSTERS & BACKSPACER: Same as blade
- LINERS: .045-inch-thick titanium
- FITTINGS: Stainless steel
- MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $545
