10 New Custom Knives Too Cool for Summer

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)

• 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)

• 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