What’s New: Top Knives—Damascus, Stainless Steel And More

Damascus, high-performance stainless and straight carbon steel standouts.

Always on the lookout for the new and exciting when it comes to edged gems, Blademag.com has collected a bevy of beautiful new knives hitting the market. This includes both custom and factory knives with a particular eye towards damascus, high-performance stainless and straight carbon steel standouts in this round.

Bertie Rietveld: Flirt

BLADE LENGTH: 7”
BLADE MATERIAL: Nebula damascus
BLADE GRIND: Hollow
FRAME MATERIAL: Zirconium
BOLSTER: Zirconium
ENGRAVING: Of fine silver by Bertie Rietveld
KNIFE TO KNOW: Stanhope lens in butt of handle
OVERALL LENGTH: 12”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $6,000
MAKER: Bertie Rietveld, rietveldknives.com (SharpByCoop image)

Keith Barthelmes: Serpent Chef’s Knife

BLADE LENGTH: 9.5”
BLADE GRIND: Flat that tapers to a convex edge
BLADE MATERIAL: Serpent damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel steels
HANDLE MATERIAL: Curly koa
BOLSTER: Black canvas Micarta®
OVERALL LENGTH: 15”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,600
KNIFE TO KNOW: Keith is an ABS apprentice smith and hopes to take his ABS journeyman smith test in two years
MAKER: Keith Barthelmes (Jocelyn Frasier image)

Matt Humphreys: Lockback Folder

BLADE LENGTH: 3.5”
BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus forged by Jim Poor
BLADE GRIND: Hollow
HANDLE MATERIAL: Ancient ivory inlay, 24k-gold and fine silver inlay, 14k-gold and sterling silver chain
FRAME MATERIAL: 4130 carbon steel
ENGRAVING: By Matt Humphreys
CLOSED LENGTH: 4.5”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $5,500
MAKER: Matt Humphreys, outlawwaterjetdesign.com (SharpByCoop image)

Shayne Carter: Coffin-handle Bowie

BLADE LENGTH: 8.25”
BLADE MATERIAL: A mosaic explosion damascus pattern of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel-alloy steels
BLADE GRIND: Flat
HANDLE MATERIAL: Mammoth ivory
FRAME MATERIAL: Damascus
OVERALL LENGTH: 13.25”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $3,200
KNIFE TO KNOW: Shayne Carter is a master smith in the American Bladesmith Society (ABS)
MAKER: Shayne Carter, (SharpByCoop image)

CRKT: Monument 4001

DESIGNER: BLADE Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame® member Michael Walker
BLADE LENGTH: 3.07”
BLADE MATERIAL: Rose damascus by Damasteel
BLADE GRIND: Flat
BLADE PATTERN: Modified sheepsfoot
HANDLE: Titanium w/white dragon scale inlay
PIVOT: Damascus in a Bluetongue pattern by Damasteel
ACTION: IKBS ball bearings
LOCK: Linerlock
POCKET CLIP: Deep-carry design
WEIGHT: 3.9 ozs.
CLOSED LENGTH: 4.17”
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
MSRP: $500
COMPANY: CRKT, crkt.com

TOPS Knives: Steel Eagle 105C

BLADE LENGTH: 5.13”
BLADE MATERIAL: 1095 carbon steel
BLADE THICKNESS: .25”
BLADE FINISH: Black Traction Coating
HANDLE MATERIAL: Black linen Micarta®
WEIGHT: 15.3 ozs.
OVERALL LENGTH: 10.5”
SHEATH: Black Kydex w/rotating spring clip
WEIGHT W/SHEATH: 18.6 ozs.
MSRP: $240
KNIFE TO KNOW: Sawteeth, full-tang construction
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.A.
COMPANY: TOPS Knives, topsknives.com

Spartan Blades: Poros

DESIGNER: Curtis Iovito
KNIFE PATTERN: Flipper folder
BLADE LENGTH: 3.75”
BLADE Steel: 154CM stainless
BLADE GRIND: Flat
BLADE FINISH: Black titanium nitride coating
BLADE PATTERN: Drop point
PIVOT: Ikoma Korth Bearing System (IKBS)
HANDLE MATERIAL: Scalloped black G-10
LOCK: Linerlock
HARDWARE & LINER: Stainless steel w/electro-deposit powder coating
POCKET CLIP: Deep carry
WEIGHT: 5.28 ozs.
CLOSED LENGTH: 5.25”
MSRP: $180
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.A.
MAKER: Spartan Blades, spartanbladesusa.com

Hardcore Hardware: MILF-02PS

KNIFE TYPE: Tactical flipper folder
BLADE LENGTH: 3.54”
BLADE STEEL: CPM S30V stainless
BLADE @ WIDEST: 1.18”
BLADE GRIND: Hollow
BLADE FINISH: PVD coated
WASHERS: Phosphor bronze
HANDLE MATERIAL: G-10
FRAME & LINER: 420J2 stainless
LOCK: Framelock
POCKET CLIP: Reversible tip up or down, ambidextrous
WEIGHT: 7.34 ozs.
CLOSED LENGTH: 5.51”
MSRP: $280
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia and Taiwan
COMPANY: Hardcore Hardware Australia, hardcorehardware.com.au

Civivi: Vaquita II

DESIGNER: Nate Matlack
KNIFE TYPE: Fixed blade
BLADE LENGTH: 3.2”
BLADE Steel: Nitro-V stainless
BLADE GRIND: Flat
BLADE PATTERN: Kukri
BLADE FINISH: Black stonewash
HANDLE MATERIAL: Dark green canvas Micarta®
WEIGHT: 1.28 ozs.
OVERALL LENGTH: 6.23”
SHEATH: Black Kydex
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China
MSRP: $69.40
COMPANY: Civivi, civivi.com

Morakniv: Bushcraft Knife

BLADE LENGTH: 4.05”
BLADE STEEL: Recycled Swedish stainless
BLADE THICKNESS: .098”
BLADE PATTERN: Drop point
HANDLE MATERIAL: Bright ash wood
CONSTRUCTION: Full tang
WEIGHT: 6.8 ozs.
OVERALL LENGTH: 8.38”
SHEATH: Vegetable-tanned leather w/belt loop; compatible with the Morakniv Dangler 10 w/button
KNIFE TO KNOW: Blade spine compatible w/a fire starter
MSRP: $240.07 (at press time rate of exchange)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
COMPANY: Morakniv, industrialrev.com

DP Custom Creations & Zero Down Forge: Fighter

BLADE LENGTH: 7.5”
BLADE STEEL: 300-layer, 4-bar, alternating twist damascu
BLADE GRIND: Flat
HANDLE: Blond claro walnut, thorn and vine accent copper spacers, and copper pin
FITTINGS: Twisted damascus guard and center spacer
OVERALL LENGTH: 12.5”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,100
KNIFE TO KNOW: Don Penny is an ABS apprentice smith
MAKER: DP Custom Creations & Zero Down Forge, (Jocelyn Frasier image)

Tony Cetani: Chef’s Knife

BLADE LENGTH: 9”
BLADE STEEL: RipTide damascus by Baker Forge & Tool
BLADE GRIND: Flat
HANDLE MATERIAL: Amboyna burl w/copper pins and liners
OVERALL LENGTH: 14.25”
MAKER: Tony Cetani, HourGlass Knives, hourglassknives@gmail.com (Baker Forge Studios image)

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