WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.280 Coming up, we talk about the Benchmade balisong. In the 2 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:07.440 first tool in the state of the collection, I get a really great new 3 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.160 artisan cutlery knife designed by Ray Laconico. And then 4 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.200 we're going to talk about 12 great full 5 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:17.880 titanium folders. I'm Bob DeMarco. This is the Knife Junkie 6 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:18.480 podcast. 7 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.560 Welcome to the Knife Junkie podcast, your weekly dose of knife 8 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:29.320 news and information about knives and knife collecting. Here's your 9 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.360 host, Bob the knife junkie DeMarco. 10 00:00:34.860 --> 00:00:37.980 Welcome back to the show. One of my favorite comments from this past week is 11 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:41.740 from Sean Clark, who says, great video. Can't wait to 12 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:45.412 get the 001 the decal agent 13 00:00:45.508 --> 00:00:49.220 001. And I want one of those Zippos. What? What's he talking about? 14 00:00:49.220 --> 00:00:52.860 Zippos? I have these. I have these Knife Junkie Zippos. 15 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:56.700 I keep making little batches of them. People keep buying them, so I'm going. To 16 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:00.480 keep doing that. So if you want a Bench, a Benchmade, if you want 17 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:04.160 a Knife Junkie Zippo, get in touch with me. Let me know 18 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.200 at the Knife Junkie gmail dot com. I'm going to be ordering some more. 19 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:12.720 I'm loving them. They're great for cigars, especially if you. Put the 20 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.440 little jet insert in. And then he was also talking about the agent 21 00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:19.480 001. This is like a plug. I don't mean this to be a plug, but 22 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.320 this was one of my favorite comments. Agent001 is the 23 00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:26.950 TEL knives collaboration with the Knife Junkie. 24 00:01:27.670 --> 00:01:31.270 Go check it out. It is now on sale and ready to be 25 00:01:31.270 --> 00:01:34.990 ordered. Not on sale, like at a discount, but it 26 00:01:34.990 --> 00:01:38.670 is now ready to be ordered on the TKL website. Just go 27 00:01:38.670 --> 00:01:41.510 to the knife junkie.com 28 00:01:41.829 --> 00:01:45.196 TKEL and use the coupon code knife 29 00:01:45.304 --> 00:01:48.990 junkie. All one word and get 10% off purchase. All 30 00:01:48.990 --> 00:01:52.630 right, next up was from Long Rider. We know him as James. He says, hello, 31 00:01:52.630 --> 00:01:56.470 James here. Well, I did it. I dropped the hammer and bought 32 00:01:56.470 --> 00:01:59.830 the K Bar Dog's Head knife. I will get it on Friday. 33 00:02:00.070 --> 00:02:03.350 Not sure why I bought it since I have the USMC K Bar, 34 00:02:03.830 --> 00:02:07.430 but since that is now a collector's item. I will keep it safe. 35 00:02:08.230 --> 00:02:11.990 James, I feel you. I feel you. Now I got the. The K Bar 36 00:02:11.990 --> 00:02:15.710 Dog's Head. I don't know, I guess maybe six months ago 37 00:02:15.710 --> 00:02:19.190 at this point. I have a bunch of K bars, a number of them, 38 00:02:19.540 --> 00:02:22.740 historical ones like this one that my brother gave me and. 39 00:02:23.540 --> 00:02:27.300 But I always wanted that dog's head with the asymmetrical 40 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:31.140 guard. And the hammer pommel. And I got it and I've 41 00:02:31.140 --> 00:02:34.340 always loved it. I just really love that knife. So, James, 42 00:02:34.660 --> 00:02:38.500 sometimes you don't know why you have to get this knife, this 43 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:42.340 or that knife, but sometimes you just know you have to. So 44 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:45.780 well done, sir. I'm glad you were listening to your inner voice, the 45 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:49.410 quiet voice inside, and. You got that 46 00:02:49.410 --> 00:02:53.010 knife. Thanks, guys, for commenting, watching, listening, 47 00:02:53.010 --> 00:02:56.610 etc. All right, let's get to a pocket 48 00:02:56.610 --> 00:03:00.370 check. What's in his pocket? Let's find out. 49 00:03:01.970 --> 00:03:05.610 Here's the knife junkie with his pocket check of knives. In my front 50 00:03:05.610 --> 00:03:09.170 right pocket. Today I had the Cold Steel 4 51 00:03:09.170 --> 00:03:12.970 Max Scout. My 4 Max Scout is 52 00:03:12.970 --> 00:03:16.610 wearing beautiful cocobolo scales from Alien 53 00:03:16.610 --> 00:03:20.290 Scales, a sort of parallel business that Rob 54 00:03:20.290 --> 00:03:23.930 Penna of Snaggletooth Tactical has. When he has 55 00:03:23.930 --> 00:03:27.410 free machine time. He. He mills out beautiful 56 00:03:28.050 --> 00:03:31.770 scales for various knives. And man, when I 57 00:03:31.770 --> 00:03:35.330 saw he had these, I had to jump on them because I love my 58 00:03:35.330 --> 00:03:39.050 formax scouts. But the grivory 59 00:03:39.050 --> 00:03:42.740 handles, I don't know, left me kind of cold. And 60 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:46.380 this seemed like the perfect solution. So. Did a beautiful job on these. 61 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:50.660 This is a knife that's just big enough and just heavy enough that 62 00:03:50.660 --> 00:03:54.340 it doesn't get as much carry as it should. But I carried it 63 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:58.100 yesterday and today and made 64 00:03:58.100 --> 00:04:01.940 a little fire pit fire with that. I made some fatwood 65 00:04:01.940 --> 00:04:05.580 feather sticks with. It and it did great. I mean, it should, 66 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:08.830 right? It's a sharp, nice knife, but love those 67 00:04:08.830 --> 00:04:12.270 scales. So keep your eyes on alien scales. 68 00:04:12.670 --> 00:04:16.430 For more drops like that. Second, in my front 69 00:04:16.430 --> 00:04:19.790 right pocket, I had the Case Canoe. 70 00:04:21.150 --> 00:04:24.870 This, this is one of the few CV 71 00:04:24.870 --> 00:04:28.670 or chrome vanadium canoes that Case 72 00:04:28.670 --> 00:04:31.790 makes. And this is in their amber jig bone. 73 00:04:32.840 --> 00:04:35.920 And I love this knife. It's got the. Let's see, let me get it right. 74 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:39.680 It's got that Indian in his canoe. 75 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.160 There etched onto the handle. I love how that the 76 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.520 blade angles down from the handle and with that big belly, it's. 77 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:50.600 It's actually a very, very good cutter. And 78 00:04:51.080 --> 00:04:54.880 yeah, I just. I've always really loved this knife. I've. I've talked about it before. 79 00:04:54.880 --> 00:04:58.720 I have a short story that I've begun. I've begun 80 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.360 to write, but I haven't finished it. And it's based 81 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.680 around this Case canoe. The Case 82 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:09.200 canoe is sort of an incidental character. It's not really about 83 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:12.760 it, but that knife gets traded between 84 00:05:12.760 --> 00:05:16.320 different characters and kind of see an 85 00:05:16.320 --> 00:05:19.840 overarching theme. We'll get to that. We'll finish that up. One of these 86 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:23.400 years. But I love that knife and it. Inspired 87 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:26.600 literary greatness for me. Or future literary great. 88 00:05:27.510 --> 00:05:31.190 Next up, I've been carrying this since Halloween. This is 89 00:05:31.190 --> 00:05:34.550 my agent 001Tkal knives. Agent 001 90 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:38.110 in the zombie dress. You got that blood 91 00:05:38.110 --> 00:05:41.350 spattered sort of look on the blade 92 00:05:41.910 --> 00:05:45.190 with that laser etching. And then the toxic 93 00:05:45.270 --> 00:05:48.830 green handles, battle lock 94 00:05:48.830 --> 00:05:52.590 GRN handles, which are so grippy 95 00:05:52.590 --> 00:05:56.350 and they're such great handles. I love these battle lock grips. But 96 00:05:56.350 --> 00:05:59.350 this, this whole setup, I gotta say, be a hundred, 97 00:05:59.750 --> 00:06:02.310 100% honest, would have turned me off 98 00:06:03.590 --> 00:06:07.390 a couple of years ago when I was so over the zombie thing. But now 99 00:06:07.390 --> 00:06:11.030 that the zombie thing is kind of far enough back in our rear rear view 100 00:06:11.030 --> 00:06:14.750 mirrors, this setup here on this teal almost 101 00:06:14.750 --> 00:06:18.070 seems retro. And I, I love it. Carried it on 102 00:06:19.510 --> 00:06:22.710 Halloween, showed it off to a couple of people at the Halloween party. 103 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.120 Um, and I don't know, I just love it. I love me my, 104 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.040 my, my zombie 001. This 105 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.320 TK knives agent 001 design 106 00:06:34.320 --> 00:06:38.040 collaboration with yours truly. The second drop of it just went 107 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.640 live on November 1st. So go. You can go order these 108 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:45.200 now in any configuration you like from 109 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:48.840 the website. Again, knife junkie.com. if you go through the 110 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:52.600 knife junkie.com/decal and then put 111 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.120 in knife chunk, you. Get 10% off your purchase. 112 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.600 But there's that. This one was available even before 113 00:07:00.320 --> 00:07:04.080 that November 1st drop, as was the Lightning 114 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.760 one. So it's got lightning on the blade with a blue handle. 115 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.600 If you like the fancy editions, go check those out. 116 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:15.600 Last up. My Esk today, My emotional support knife 117 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.470 today was the beautiful Kutamon Bowie. 118 00:07:19.270 --> 00:07:23.070 Kudamon is a Spanish company. I think they're 119 00:07:23.070 --> 00:07:26.750 associated with Joker somehow. But 120 00:07:26.750 --> 00:07:30.470 I love this knife. I don't even remember how I got wind 121 00:07:30.470 --> 00:07:34.190 of this. I guess I saw some random video. With this knife in 122 00:07:34.190 --> 00:07:37.830 it and I had to have it. It's got this classic look to me, 123 00:07:39.190 --> 00:07:42.870 like it is a classic Bowie 124 00:07:42.870 --> 00:07:46.670 with that straight handle. And that blade 125 00:07:46.670 --> 00:07:50.510 is beautiful. So, I mean, really, that's 126 00:07:50.510 --> 00:07:53.390 the only reason why I bought it. I thought it looked cool. I thought it 127 00:07:53.390 --> 00:07:57.230 looked like something that. Would be on the hip of a. Cowboy from like 128 00:07:57.230 --> 00:08:00.790 a, a pulp fiction novel. So 129 00:08:01.190 --> 00:08:04.990 I just love it. And I had this in my bag today. Nice full 130 00:08:04.990 --> 00:08:08.710 steel guard on this molybdenum. 131 00:08:08.710 --> 00:08:12.320 I can never say this. Molybdenum. Molybdenum, 132 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:16.160 vanadium steel, which is something you see on a lot of Spanish knives. 133 00:08:16.640 --> 00:08:20.480 I don't know exactly what all that means, but it is 134 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.120 very sharp and. A pretty tough knife. I have used this 135 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.920 outside. I haven't baton with it because it's. Got a hollow grind, 136 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.880 but it's a. Pretty, pretty sweet knife and a great. 137 00:08:31.880 --> 00:08:35.720 Outdoors knife, I'd say. All right, this is what I had on 138 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.270 me today. Let me know what you had on you. I had the cold 139 00:08:39.270 --> 00:08:42.910 steel Formax scout with the special cocobolo scales. 140 00:08:43.230 --> 00:08:46.790 Whoops. Almost spilled my coffee there. I had the case 141 00:08:46.790 --> 00:08:50.270 Canoe in chrome vanadium steel and amber jig 142 00:08:50.270 --> 00:08:53.230 bone. I had my Zombie edition 143 00:08:53.870 --> 00:08:56.110 detail knives. Agent 001 144 00:08:57.630 --> 00:09:01.310 and I had my Kudamon Bowie on me. Look at that thing. 145 00:09:01.310 --> 00:09:04.110 That is beautiful. For emotional support. That was my 146 00:09:04.110 --> 00:09:07.920 estate today. Next up, I just want 147 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:11.680 to briefly tell you about the Gentleman Junkie knife giveaway. 148 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:15.400 If you're a Patreon member at the Gentleman 149 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:18.800 Junkie level, or if you are a member here on 150 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.640 YouTube, which is the Gentleman Junkie level, this is what you stand 151 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:25.680 to win in November. Yes, a second run 152 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:29.760 PKEL knives agent001 this one would be beautiful. 153 00:09:29.920 --> 00:09:33.680 Layered black and blue G10. Just, 154 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.600 just made basically for your hand. These things 155 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.160 are super comfortable. This is in 156 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:44.680 aedl. They also come in ad CRV too, if 157 00:09:44.680 --> 00:09:48.519 you're wondering. And that's what we're giving away. So 158 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.240 become a patron. 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This is a cool 191 00:11:52.950 --> 00:11:56.750 fixed blade knife designed by Vincent Rizzo. It's called the 192 00:11:56.750 --> 00:12:00.550 Kaiser Rook. It's an outdoor fixed blade knife and 193 00:12:00.870 --> 00:12:04.470 obviously takes inspiration from the classic 194 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:07.510 Nessmuk outdoors knife. This has a 195 00:12:07.510 --> 00:12:11.320 3.1-inch modified Nessmuk. It's got a 196 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.160 sort of harpoon swedge there. Now this comes in four different 197 00:12:15.160 --> 00:12:18.560 steels, AEBL D2 198 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.920 or two sort of collector's editions. One in 199 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:25.520 CPM10V and the other in a three layer 200 00:12:25.680 --> 00:12:29.400 composite. Four different handle or 201 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:33.160 three different handle materials. You have G10 Micarta, two 202 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:36.960 different kinds of Micarta and Rich light. I'm a big fan of that rich light. 203 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.460 It's like a paper micarta and it comes with a Kydex 204 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:43.340 sheath with a Tek Lok style 205 00:12:43.660 --> 00:12:47.060 attachment. This is available in the end of November 206 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:50.700 2025. We're kind of at the start as we record this, so 207 00:12:51.020 --> 00:12:54.740 coming out by the end of the month. Look kind of a handsome knife 208 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:58.060 even in the sheath there. I love the look of that handle. Looks like it's 209 00:12:58.060 --> 00:13:01.900 going to be very. Comfortable, but a 3 inch blade and it looks like not 210 00:13:01.900 --> 00:13:05.610 too much bigger than a three and a half inch handle there. 211 00:13:06.010 --> 00:13:07.370 It's nice and compact. 212 00:13:07.770 --> 00:13:11.410 2.81 ounces. And this will 213 00:13:11.410 --> 00:13:14.010 be $90 MSRP. 214 00:13:15.050 --> 00:13:18.330 Next up from Boker Knives. Now this one I saw at Blade show 215 00:13:18.650 --> 00:13:22.370 and it wowed me. I thought it was pretty darn cool. And I've seen it 216 00:13:22.370 --> 00:13:26.130 on a couple of channels. Well, one channel I think. Melissa Outdoors 217 00:13:26.130 --> 00:13:29.450 has one of these. It's the Boker extension 218 00:13:29.530 --> 00:13:33.380 knife. It looks pretty aggro, looks 219 00:13:33.380 --> 00:13:36.980 pretty tactical. But this is billed as an outdoors knife 220 00:13:37.300 --> 00:13:41.100 but it's indeed an outdoors folder. And you say Bob, but I 221 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:44.660 see. A sheath in that picture. But it this is a 222 00:13:44.660 --> 00:13:48.460 knife that converts from a 7.3 223 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:52.260 inch D2 recurve like you see in that picture 224 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:56.020 to a more practical but still imposing 225 00:13:56.640 --> 00:14:00.080 4.7 inch drop point when 226 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.520 retracted. So you can see from the picture. On your screen here. Now 227 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:08.000 this is a folding knife. It's just not A blade that fits 228 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.640 in the handle when it's fully extended in its 229 00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:15.400 7.3-inch configuration, which is large, that's about 230 00:14:15.400 --> 00:14:18.800 the size of a KA bar blade. It's got a beautiful 231 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.630 recurve. They're saying kukri, but not 232 00:14:22.630 --> 00:14:26.470 really. It's like more like a bolo but like a clip point 233 00:14:26.470 --> 00:14:29.870 bolo with a swedge and a nice deep recurve. 234 00:14:30.670 --> 00:14:34.110 And then when you fold it the other way on that 235 00:14:34.110 --> 00:14:36.670 somewhat symmetrical handle, it is 236 00:14:37.950 --> 00:14:40.910 very utilitarian drop point. 237 00:14:42.670 --> 00:14:45.150 The handle in this is based on the 238 00:14:45.790 --> 00:14:49.320 Bazlard short sword from, from the medieval days. 239 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:53.080 And it's got FRN scales. It's got two safety 240 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.920 features including a screw down bolt. 241 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.880 So if you're not so feel not feeling so safe and 242 00:15:00.880 --> 00:15:04.120 secure with having such a big sharp blade 243 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.480 folding and. You can just bolt it down. 244 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.480 This thing is 15.6 ounces. It's got a 245 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.480 Kydex sheath set up for the shorter configuration, as you 246 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:19.080 can. See kind of see here in this picture. And it's available 247 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.640 April of 2025 for 248 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:25.560 $215 MSRP. I think it's really 249 00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:28.440 cool. I think it's really cool. I I 250 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.600 this is a, this is one I would consider getting because 251 00:15:32.760 --> 00:15:36.280 just it would fit in the demarco museum. 252 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.120 Of blade and cutlery very well because 253 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:43.890 it's pretty unique. Okay, next up. This is 254 00:15:43.890 --> 00:15:47.170 from bestech. This is the best tech mas 255 00:15:48.370 --> 00:15:52.010 these names, man. The Mothus. This is from Kombu. Our, 256 00:15:52.010 --> 00:15:55.410 our good friend Kombu. He's Gregor Grabarski from 257 00:15:55.410 --> 00:15:59.010 Poland. He's been on the show a couple of times. A great guy 258 00:15:59.010 --> 00:16:02.530 and an outstanding designer who works exclusively 259 00:16:02.770 --> 00:16:06.410 with Bestech. This is a 3.47 inch 260 00:16:06.410 --> 00:16:09.900 drop point 14C 28N 261 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:13.780 with a thumb disc. And that beautiful vivid, vibrant 262 00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:17.620 handle there that you see on screen is G10. I thought 263 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:20.940 it was aluminum when I was looking at the pictures until I. Went to the 264 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:24.380 website and looked a little closer. That is milled G10 265 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:27.900 with beautiful swoops and arcs and such in the handle 266 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.980 per Kombu's usual. 267 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:35.700 This one has a crossbar lock, as you can see, beautiful drop point with 268 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:39.480 the thumb plate. And so it's basically ambidextrous with the 269 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.200 thumb plate for a deployment. The crossbar 270 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:47.040 lock and the swappable pocket 271 00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:50.480 clip. This thing is fully ambidextrous. It comes in 272 00:16:50.640 --> 00:16:54.320 seven super colorful options. Actually, a couple of the options 273 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:58.120 aren't that colorful. Like the carbon fiber is just kind of black and 274 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.840 black. But you know what? I'm saying you get this beautiful lilac. A 275 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:05.680 bright red, a purple, blue, all sorts of beautiful colors on this. 276 00:17:06.549 --> 00:17:09.189 This is available now and it is 277 00:17:09.349 --> 00:17:11.829 $68 MSRP. 278 00:17:13.109 --> 00:17:16.909 All right, lastly in our knife life news for today, this 279 00:17:16.909 --> 00:17:20.149 is from one of my favorite knife makers out there, Jason 280 00:17:20.389 --> 00:17:24.069 Knight. This is from W.E. knifeco and Jason Knight. It's the 281 00:17:24.069 --> 00:17:27.669 W.E. essential. This has a 282 00:17:27.829 --> 00:17:31.349 3.6 inch harpoon clip point blade. 283 00:17:31.780 --> 00:17:35.380 I mean that is a handsome knife there. Harpoon clip point 284 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:38.740 blade, that's M390 blade steel. It seems like we knife 285 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:41.780 vacillates between 20cv and M390 286 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:46.380 quite fluidly. So this one has M390 flipper 287 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:48.180 and fuller deployment. 288 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:53.460 So you can middle finger flick this. Or, or just use your, 289 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:57.880 your forefinger. Or thumb to flip that out with. The, with 290 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:01.320 the blade flipper. The handle definitely 291 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:05.040 evokes a sort of Jason Knight look 292 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:08.440 with that horse roof pommel and overarching, 293 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.680 overarching arc. 294 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:16.760 Say that a couple times fast and just the general look of this 295 00:18:16.760 --> 00:18:19.320 is. Definitely quite Jason Knight. 296 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:24.200 This has three subdued colorways. You're looking at one 297 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:27.800 of them that's. Like a, a battle worn, apocalyptic 298 00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:31.560 finish on the, on the titanium. Now I can't 299 00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:35.320 tell if that's topographic or not. I can't tell if you can actually. Feel that 300 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:39.040 or not. 4.03 ounces. This is 301 00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:42.280 available at the end of November 2025. 302 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.120 And this one goes for 303 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:48.040 $351, so check 304 00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:51.800 it out. All right. Still to come on the Knife Junkie podcast, we're 305 00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:55.360 gonna get to the first tool. We're going to talk all about 306 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:59.120 a specific knife. And that knife is the original 307 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.520 Benchmade bally saw. You're listening to the Knife Junkie 308 00:19:02.520 --> 00:19:06.280 podcast. Here's some cool knife history with the knife junkies. The 309 00:19:06.280 --> 00:19:10.120 first tool. There is something mesmerizing about the motion. Of a 310 00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:13.760 butterfly knife. The way it's twin handles swing open, 311 00:19:13.840 --> 00:19:17.680 spin and come together with a clack. But behind that 312 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.950 hypnotic, hypnotic deployment lies a story of migration, 313 00:19:21.190 --> 00:19:24.550 craftsmanship and controversy. A knife that 314 00:19:24.550 --> 00:19:27.830 fluttered from island roots. To the heart of American 315 00:19:27.990 --> 00:19:31.510 innovation. The Balisong, as it's called in the 316 00:19:31.510 --> 00:19:35.190 Philippines, began as a commoner's tool. Simple, 317 00:19:35.190 --> 00:19:39.030 tough and easy to carry. It was used to cut rope, sharpen 318 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:42.870 bamboo, or slice fruit. Its folding 319 00:19:42.870 --> 00:19:46.310 design wasn't about flash. It was about practicality. 320 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:50.340 It was indeed the original one handed folder. 321 00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:55.380 The blade hid safely between split handles. With 322 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:59.220 one quick hand motion, it was ready for work. In Tagalog, 323 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:03.300 balisong loosely means broken horn, a Nod to the 324 00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:06.580 carabao horn, often. Used for early handles. 325 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:11.060 But when American soldiers returned from the Pacific after World War II, 326 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:14.620 some brought Balisong's home, and a new fascination was 327 00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:18.140 born. The knives quick action caught 328 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:21.580 attention stateside, especially among collectors and martial 329 00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:24.940 artists. By the 1970s, it wasn't just a 330 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:27.660 curiosity, it was becoming a movement. 331 00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:32.180 Enter Les Diasis, a California machinist and 332 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:36.020 knife enthusiast. In the late 1970s, he met Maker 333 00:20:36.020 --> 00:20:39.740 Jody Sampson, the guy who made the. Conan the Barbarian sword. 334 00:20:41.090 --> 00:20:44.850 And together they reimagined the balisong with modern materials, 335 00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:48.210 tighter tolerances, and a craftsman's precision. 336 00:20:49.090 --> 00:20:52.770 They founded Benchmade Knives, and their first major success, 337 00:20:52.770 --> 00:20:56.090 the benchmade Balisong Model 68, was a 338 00:20:56.090 --> 00:20:59.410 revelation. Suddenly, this once rustic 339 00:20:59.490 --> 00:21:02.690 Filipino knife had aerospace grade handles, 340 00:21:02.930 --> 00:21:06.530 razor sharp steel, and engineering so smooth it 341 00:21:06.530 --> 00:21:10.350 felt alive in hand. Of course, that success 342 00:21:10.430 --> 00:21:14.270 came with a shadow. Hollywood noticed. Action movies turned the 343 00:21:14.270 --> 00:21:17.470 butterfly knife into a visual shorthand for danger and 344 00:21:17.470 --> 00:21:20.430 rebellion. And soon, laws followed. 345 00:21:21.310 --> 00:21:25.150 By the mid-1980s, several US states restricted 346 00:21:25.230 --> 00:21:28.030 and banned Bally songs outright, 347 00:21:28.590 --> 00:21:32.310 branding them as switchblades, which is hilarious because it. Takes a 348 00:21:32.310 --> 00:21:35.880 lot more skill to flip open a ballet song, then push a button. 349 00:21:36.520 --> 00:21:40.240 Benchmade adapted and expanded into other knife designs, but 350 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.920 the spirit of the ballet song remained in their DNA. It 351 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:47.760 was bold, mechanical, and beautiful with a 352 00:21:47.760 --> 00:21:51.480 purpose. Today, flipping a ballet song is 353 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:55.240 as much about performance as function. A ballet of 354 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:58.280 motion, muscle memory and precision engineering. 355 00:21:59.010 --> 00:22:02.530 It's a knife that crossed oceans and eras, changing shape 356 00:22:02.770 --> 00:22:06.490 but never losing. Because the butterfly knife, 357 00:22:06.490 --> 00:22:09.690 like the butterfly itself, has always been about 358 00:22:09.690 --> 00:22:13.010 transformation, turning utility into art 359 00:22:13.490 --> 00:22:16.130 and motion into mastery. 360 00:22:17.810 --> 00:22:21.610 That's the Benchmade ballet song, ladies and gentlemen. And that original one 361 00:22:21.610 --> 00:22:25.440 had what's called. A wee hawk blade. All 362 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:29.240 right, we're gonna get to the state of the collection, but before we do, 363 00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:33.080 I want to remind you about Thursday night knives. It is 364 00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:36.360 the beginning of the weekend. It's my favorite night of the week. 365 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:40.200 Especially my favorite weeknight. We get together here from 10 366 00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:44.200 to 12 Eastern Standard Time on YouTube and 367 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:47.560 we talk. You talk to me, we talk back and forth. 368 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:51.500 This has become a very, very popular feature. The Knife 369 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:55.300 Junkie podcast. I love meeting you guys. I love bantering with you. 370 00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:58.900 And we give away knives, too. We give away knives 371 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:02.980 pretty much on. A weekly basis due to the generosity of our good friends like 372 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:06.340 OG Blade reviews. So come check it out. That's 373 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:10.060 Thursday nights, 10pm Eastern Standard Time. We go to 374 00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:13.900 12 and we talk knives. So come join 375 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:17.550 us. Adventure delivered your monthly subscription for 376 00:23:17.550 --> 00:23:21.150 hand picked outdoor survival EDC and Other cool 377 00:23:21.150 --> 00:23:24.790 gear from our expert team of outdoor professionals. The knife 378 00:23:24.790 --> 00:23:28.550 junkie.com battlebox first up, 379 00:23:28.550 --> 00:23:32.070 in the state of the collection, I got these kind of by 380 00:23:32.070 --> 00:23:35.470 surprise. They showed up at my door, and 381 00:23:35.710 --> 00:23:38.270 I absolutely love them. I've been seeing them 382 00:23:40.190 --> 00:23:43.980 on various people's YouTube channels. It looks like 383 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:47.380 a lollipop with a scorpion embedded in it, but really, 384 00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:52.220 it is a GTFO device. This is a get off 385 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:55.460 me device. It looks like a lollipop, but it's got 386 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:59.500 super high tensile. What do you call 387 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:03.140 this? A fiberglass handles with a 388 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:06.900 sharpened point. So it's another one of those 389 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:10.460 hiding in plain sight sort of weapons 390 00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:13.980 that I love. I love these kind of. I. I call them 391 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:17.740 loosely implements of chaos because they're the sort of things 392 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:20.940 that become useful when chaos erupts. 393 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:24.860 They do have a little plastic 394 00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:28.420 bottom. Here, a little rubber bottom that you. Can put over the 395 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:32.260 bottom so that you're not cutting yourself up or stabbing. Yourself if you put it 396 00:24:32.260 --> 00:24:36.020 in your front pocket. I carried one of these for the first time on 397 00:24:36.020 --> 00:24:39.760 Halloween. This was in my front pocket. I had a bunch of stuff on me, 398 00:24:39.760 --> 00:24:43.560 and this was one of them. And I figured it was very apropos, given the 399 00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:46.080 nature of the weapon. It looks like a piece of candy. 400 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:51.560 This is from Malice Company. You can check 401 00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:55.040 them out on YouTube. He does Sunday 402 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:59.240 drops, I think, once a month. So you 403 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:02.960 might not be able to just go right there and buy it immediately. 404 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.000 I think he's had a big influx of customers 405 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:10.840 since Blade show, but he sent these to me, and I. I 406 00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:14.520 really love them. I'm gonna be giving one to my daughters 407 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:18.960 so that especially my teenage daughter, when she goes 408 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:22.199 out, which she doesn't really go out, but 409 00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:25.720 she will be soon, I'm sure, and I would like. Her to be able to 410 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.400 take care of herself. And this is just one of the things, one of the 411 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.130 tools in her. Toolbox that she'll be carrying with her. This 412 00:25:34.130 --> 00:25:37.690 is the Malice company, Scorpion King. 413 00:25:39.610 --> 00:25:43.050 Yes. I like it. I like these kind of things. 414 00:25:43.690 --> 00:25:46.930 Can I say. All right, next up from Artisan 415 00:25:46.930 --> 00:25:50.410 Cutlery. They just sent me this knife, and, man, I am 416 00:25:50.970 --> 00:25:54.570 so grateful. I love this knife. I've loved the look of this knife 417 00:25:54.810 --> 00:25:58.610 ever since it dropped. And I just kind of hadn't gotten. Around to 418 00:25:58.610 --> 00:26:01.890 getting it. This is a Ray Laconico design. 419 00:26:02.210 --> 00:26:05.810 It's called the Revel. And it's just 420 00:26:06.370 --> 00:26:09.890 the. It's another beautiful clip point 421 00:26:09.970 --> 00:26:13.650 design by Ray Laconico. When I think of him, I think of more 422 00:26:14.050 --> 00:26:17.650 beautiful drop points. Very graceful lines, and Everything but this one. 423 00:26:18.370 --> 00:26:22.090 Man, it is sweet. I, I have not 424 00:26:22.090 --> 00:26:25.730 used it yet. It's got the AR RPM 9 blade steel on it. 425 00:26:26.370 --> 00:26:30.170 This just arrived as I record this last night, or at least I opened. The 426 00:26:30.170 --> 00:26:33.570 box last night. Very thin blade stock for a 427 00:26:33.570 --> 00:26:36.930 pretty. Broad clip point blade. You've got a 428 00:26:37.330 --> 00:26:41.130 point that's slightly lower than center. So really 429 00:26:41.130 --> 00:26:44.530 great for utility. If you're one of those people who. Complains about clip points 430 00:26:44.850 --> 00:26:48.530 not being good for utility, this is an exception. 431 00:26:48.690 --> 00:26:51.890 You've got a big belly on it and then the 432 00:26:52.370 --> 00:26:56.170 straight portion of the. Blade is downward arcing. This is a new 433 00:26:56.170 --> 00:26:58.770 color for them. It's called mint green 434 00:26:59.890 --> 00:27:03.650 and it pretty much looks like how you see it on screen. So 435 00:27:05.490 --> 00:27:09.090 it's, it's walking a fine line. Between blue and green, but 436 00:27:09.490 --> 00:27:13.250 they're calling it mint green. Got great deployment here. You've got a, 437 00:27:14.050 --> 00:27:17.770 an excellent button lock. I like the way Artisan 438 00:27:17.770 --> 00:27:21.360 does their button locks. See that little squared off 439 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:25.160 pocket there. On the tang of the blade? I like that better than 440 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:27.160 the conical shape you see on most 441 00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:32.920 plunge locks or button locks. To me that, that 442 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:36.720 scooped out cut that's got 90 degree walls really 443 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:40.560 captures. The bolt well and really keeps it in there. 444 00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:44.120 I think it's very strong and it's also seems to be smoother 445 00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:48.290 than the. Conical sort of depression thing. You've 446 00:27:48.290 --> 00:27:51.690 got swappable loop over pocket clip 447 00:27:52.010 --> 00:27:55.850 and really nice FRN handles here. So 448 00:27:56.010 --> 00:27:59.770 I'm loving this knife. This would be a cool knife to 449 00:27:59.770 --> 00:28:03.050 see in. Well, 450 00:28:03.050 --> 00:28:06.250 cjrb, who's their, their younger brother company 451 00:28:06.970 --> 00:28:10.650 does one of their pyrites and it makes it look like a 452 00:28:10.650 --> 00:28:14.260 case 110. So I think that this one or. A, 453 00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:18.020 a buck one pen. I think that this one would look really cool 454 00:28:18.020 --> 00:28:21.700 with the brass and wood. Personally, but that's just 455 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:25.460 me. All right, so this is the Revel. 456 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:27.700 By artisancutlery and 457 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:33.020 Ray Laconico. This next one is on loan to me from my good 458 00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:36.820 buddy Jock, who's also a gentleman junkie. 459 00:28:38.430 --> 00:28:42.190 It's from Offensive Industries. This is a 460 00:28:42.190 --> 00:28:45.990 guy I've been following a long time and a knife I've wanted to get for 461 00:28:45.990 --> 00:28:49.670 a long time. And it's kind of catches catch can. He'll make 462 00:28:49.670 --> 00:28:53.470 them, post them and basically. Sell them right away. Jock was 463 00:28:53.470 --> 00:28:56.990 lucky enough to snag one. This is his Varger 464 00:28:58.270 --> 00:29:01.990 and I love the. Well, I've really grown to love the. 465 00:29:01.990 --> 00:29:05.720 Look of the blade. I used to not like the way it looked and 466 00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:09.240 then it grew on me visually and now that I have it in hand. Oh 467 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:12.840 my God, I love it. It's so comfortable. It's got this 468 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:16.640 really nice bulbous pommel that gives you. Well, 469 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:20.200 it's great and comfortable in hand, but it also gives you an 470 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:23.720 awesome option for changing 471 00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:27.520 your grip on the, on the blade because it's bulbous 472 00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:31.170 both in both aspects in profile 473 00:29:31.170 --> 00:29:34.850 and then. From the top down. So really 474 00:29:35.330 --> 00:29:39.170 cool knife. And it's got a beautiful ambidextrous sheath here 475 00:29:40.610 --> 00:29:42.850 with a DCC clip on it. 476 00:29:44.610 --> 00:29:48.410 So I'm gonna have to get one. Of these, one of these vargers. I 477 00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:52.170 think this is 80 CRV2. I know it's 478 00:29:52.170 --> 00:29:55.900 sharp. It. It has a very sharp blade. It also has a 479 00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:59.660 very sharp spine. So if you want to use this as a, as 480 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:02.940 a little camping or what am I 481 00:30:03.260 --> 00:30:06.980 like backpacking and woodcraft knife? 482 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:10.460 You could definitely. It seems like it would be good for that too though. It 483 00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:14.460 definitely has a defensive bent to it, but with that 90 degree spine 484 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:17.900 you can throw sparks. You can, you can make little curls. Off your 485 00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:21.420 fatwood and then with that super sharp edge 486 00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:25.620 you can do whatever else. So really, really excited to 487 00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:29.140 have had this on loan. Now I have to send this over to 488 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:32.860 Jock. So thank Jack for letting me check that out. 489 00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:37.220 Last up. I just wanted to. I know you're all wondering. You need an 490 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.980 update on my. On my station nine 491 00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:44.740 number 12. How are you carrying it, Bob? Because I've been complaining about how I. 492 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:46.620 Just haven't found the right way to carry it. Well, 493 00:30:48.550 --> 00:30:52.310 this is how I carry it now and I carried it first during 494 00:30:52.310 --> 00:30:56.030 Halloween under my costume and it 495 00:30:56.030 --> 00:30:58.710 went great. Man, it was so comfortable. So this is the 496 00:30:59.510 --> 00:31:02.470 shoulder rig for Bastinelli knives 497 00:31:03.590 --> 00:31:07.310 and I figured why not? I used to have the. The sear 498 00:31:07.310 --> 00:31:11.070 knife from station 12 on this or station 9 on 499 00:31:11.070 --> 00:31:14.750 this. So why not this knife? And then I discovered that none of the 500 00:31:14.750 --> 00:31:18.390 holes really lined up, so I. Use zip 501 00:31:18.390 --> 00:31:21.910 ties and it works great. This is the 502 00:31:21.910 --> 00:31:25.750 knife. It is VG10 double edged 503 00:31:25.750 --> 00:31:29.269 with that really incredible serration running on the back. 504 00:31:29.269 --> 00:31:32.750 Reminds everyone a little bit of the Goblin knife from 505 00:31:32.910 --> 00:31:36.710 the 80s and 90s. But when you have 506 00:31:36.710 --> 00:31:40.270 it in reverse. Grip like that, the point kind of. Reaches out 507 00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:44.240 much like a pacal knife. So you have a deep curve 508 00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.560 and an upsweep, but you still have that point basically 509 00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:52.200 center line due to the. Angle down of the 510 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:55.200 blade. So such an awesome knife. Really great 511 00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:58.160 protection, self protection knife and 512 00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:03.920 goes very well. Is light enough that hanging around 513 00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:08.320 your. Shoulders and hanging this under your arm, 514 00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:12.280 it works great. I'm a big Fan. I 515 00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:15.840 love it. So check it out. All right, we're going to get to 12 516 00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:19.680 great full titanium folders. But first I want to show 517 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.800 this new design from Jim. My other knife is 518 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:26.680 sharper and we've got a T shirt here. 519 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:30.520 But you can get this in an apron, you can get this in a. Mug, 520 00:32:30.520 --> 00:32:34.200 you can get this on a hat, all manner of tote bag 521 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:37.960 or whatever you want. Just go to the knife junkie.com shop 522 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.000 and check out all of these cool. Designs that Jim has come up 523 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.520 with. This one's cool. It's got sort of a Becker 524 00:32:45.520 --> 00:32:49.320 ish looking knife on it and it says my other knife, 525 00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:52.280 he's sharp. All right, 526 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:56.880 12 great full titanium folders. This was 527 00:32:56.880 --> 00:33:00.390 inspired by the fact that I got a couple of a number of these somewhat 528 00:33:00.390 --> 00:33:04.110 recently. My roots in knife collecting 529 00:33:04.110 --> 00:33:07.710 are fixed blade knives and well 530 00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:11.270 born of, of early TV shows. Well, TV 531 00:33:11.270 --> 00:33:14.870 shows early in my life. In the 70s and 80s and then. Really 532 00:33:15.190 --> 00:33:18.870 reinforced by Rambo and Predator and 533 00:33:19.430 --> 00:33:23.270 Commando and these kind of movies in the 80s that really got me going. 534 00:33:23.270 --> 00:33:26.822 On big fixed blades. But somewhere around 2012, 535 00:33:26.998 --> 00:33:30.790 2013, I really. Really got into folders 536 00:33:30.790 --> 00:33:34.350 and expanded my. Folder collection and was basically 537 00:33:34.430 --> 00:33:38.270 in, in mired. I shouldn't say mired, that makes it sound negative. 538 00:33:38.510 --> 00:33:42.270 I was happily dancing in fields of folding 539 00:33:42.270 --> 00:33:45.910 knives for a good 10 years. Now I'm an equal 540 00:33:45.910 --> 00:33:49.470 opportunity collector, more bent on fixed blades again. 541 00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:53.000 Uh, but now it means that when. I get a folder, 542 00:33:54.520 --> 00:33:58.280 when I go. Out and buy a folder, it, it 543 00:33:58.280 --> 00:34:01.480 means a little bit more to me right now. And so I've gotten a number 544 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:05.160 of. Those in, in the past year and. A, and a bunch here recently. 545 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:08.280 So I wanted to show them off. The first one is 546 00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:12.760 arguably my current absolute favorite. 547 00:34:13.560 --> 00:34:16.950 This is by Sharif Manganis and Mangana 548 00:34:16.950 --> 00:34:20.670 Steel. This is the Aurelia. This is his most recent 549 00:34:20.750 --> 00:34:24.430 design. And I've had 550 00:34:24.510 --> 00:34:27.950 major respect for Sharif's 551 00:34:27.950 --> 00:34:31.550 designs for a long time. He was definitely 552 00:34:32.110 --> 00:34:35.790 people on Thursday night. Knives definitely pushed me to go check him out. 553 00:34:35.870 --> 00:34:39.190 And when I did, I was like, oh yeah, I know, I know this, this 554 00:34:39.190 --> 00:34:43.000 guy's work. I had him on the show and he's such 555 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:45.720 a nice guy and just like really fun to be around. 556 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:50.040 We hung out a little bit in. A, in a group in the pit. 557 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:54.200 After Blade show this year and it's. Just a super cool 558 00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:58.040 guy. But this knife, 559 00:34:58.520 --> 00:35:02.120 fool or not, like I don't, I don't care who designed this knife. 560 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:06.040 It is one of my favorite. It just so happens that he a really 561 00:35:06.040 --> 00:35:09.580 awesome dude this designed it beautiful. Magna cut 562 00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:13.420 clip point blade. I love that long clip and and 563 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:16.980 a good short. It almost looks like a subtle recurve on the 564 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:20.620 edge. You know Sharif's designs are 565 00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:24.460 pretty elegant modern folding knives but 566 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:27.940 he is inspired by people like Ernest 567 00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:31.780 Emerson especially actually loves those kind of 568 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:35.430 tactical knives and little Terzuola in there 569 00:35:35.830 --> 00:35:39.670 and you can sort of, well you can, you can 570 00:35:39.670 --> 00:35:43.310 feel the lineage when you hold this in your hand. It doesn't really look like 571 00:35:43.310 --> 00:35:47.110 anything else. But it, it has a classic, classic look. 572 00:35:47.110 --> 00:35:50.350 It looks like this knife has been around forever. This is the 573 00:35:50.350 --> 00:35:53.830 Mangana steel Aurelia in in Magnacut 574 00:35:53.830 --> 00:35:57.510 super super sharp produced by Reate Knives. 575 00:35:58.630 --> 00:36:02.280 So and all that that implies. Great, 576 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:06.120 great, great knife. Next up this is 577 00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:09.600 one I got a few years back and I've carried pretty 578 00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:13.280 obsessively for those few years. This is the 579 00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:16.720 Resco Instruments Goose Works 580 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:21.240 MDCF or Mekong Delta Combat folder. So the 581 00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:24.880 the longest knife title in this list 582 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:27.680 but this is from Resco Instruments. They're the guys 583 00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:32.440 former Navy Seals and. Frogmen or maybe active duty still I'm. 584 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:36.240 Not sure to be honest who have 585 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:39.720 come up with a really great watch brand that's well 586 00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:43.400 loved amongst the high speed low drag set. But they also 587 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:47.160 have released a couple of knives and the knives come 588 00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:50.960 out much more sparsely than the than 589 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:54.130 the watches. They're more of a watch company. Uh but 590 00:36:54.530 --> 00:36:58.130 this here the Mekong Delta Combat folder is 591 00:36:58.930 --> 00:37:02.730 their latest and they're really hard 592 00:37:02.730 --> 00:37:06.450 to come by. I would just kind of go to their website every once in 593 00:37:06.450 --> 00:37:09.770 a while and check it out and you might catch them on a drop. They've 594 00:37:09.770 --> 00:37:13.610 done this with Micarta half scales. Or you know 595 00:37:13.610 --> 00:37:17.410 bolsters and Micarta scales. They've done this with a hollow grind 596 00:37:17.810 --> 00:37:21.320 and then obviously this Jane version it is 597 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:25.000 produced by Bestech Knives. It has the 598 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:28.800 feel of a Spartan blades or a 599 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:32.600 Chris Reeve in hand. It so best tech 600 00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:36.280 does a really great job at making sort of 601 00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:39.160 traditional classic modern combat 602 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:43.880 USA folders. It's with washers, it's got a 603 00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:47.930 super hydraulic washer feel. 20cv blade 604 00:37:47.930 --> 00:37:50.330 steel. Somewhat of an oblique grind 605 00:37:51.610 --> 00:37:55.410 but the way the 606 00:37:55.410 --> 00:37:59.170 way my car Microtech has a super like 607 00:37:59.170 --> 00:38:02.969 sort of oblique but wickedly sharp grind. So tough 608 00:38:02.970 --> 00:38:06.490 and strong as the day is long. This Mekong 609 00:38:06.490 --> 00:38:10.330 Delta Combat folder, I love this thing. Don't ask 610 00:38:10.330 --> 00:38:13.730 to buy it because I ain't selling. All right, next up 611 00:38:14.370 --> 00:38:18.170 another Ray Laconico design. We were showing you the Revel 612 00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:21.850 before. Well this is the Bison and this 613 00:38:21.850 --> 00:38:25.690 one I waited about six months to jump on this, but I should have 614 00:38:25.690 --> 00:38:29.410 done it sooner. I love this knife. Comes in a bunch of different color 615 00:38:30.290 --> 00:38:33.930 color combinations, including ones in 616 00:38:33.930 --> 00:38:37.330 with two tone anodization where this 617 00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:41.820 bow inlay is anodized. Different color yet not knurled. 618 00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:46.140 But this one is a beautiful S35VN 619 00:38:47.020 --> 00:38:50.660 clip point Bowie style blade, double guarded. 620 00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:54.460 Which I really love. It's got the guard down here and. The guard 621 00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:58.060 up here. So a, a classy knife but 622 00:38:58.060 --> 00:39:01.420 also ready for action. You know, ready for that, that 623 00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:04.620 push at the tip because you can. 624 00:39:06.430 --> 00:39:10.230 You. Can really guard against slipping up onto. The blade with 625 00:39:10.230 --> 00:39:13.950 these two finger guards. Really cool textured clip on this 626 00:39:14.430 --> 00:39:17.870 full titanium again frame lock. 627 00:39:18.270 --> 00:39:21.870 Just a beautiful, beautiful knife. This one has a 628 00:39:21.870 --> 00:39:25.310 4.12 inch so. Four and a quarter inch blade. 629 00:39:26.110 --> 00:39:29.790 And it's, it's a biggie, but it carries nicely. It's 630 00:39:29.790 --> 00:39:33.580 light and slender. So huge fan of this knife. 631 00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.980 These are still around. You can still get these. 632 00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:42.140 Next up is from North Mountain Blade. 633 00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:46.140 This is my one North Mountain Blade though. They have so many cool knives. 634 00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:50.180 I'd love to jump in on that tip more. But this is 635 00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:53.660 the BBMN designed by 636 00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:57.780 Dwayne Dwyer who is 1/2 of Spark of. 637 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:01.380 Of STR. Sorry, who was one 638 00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:05.060 half of Strider knives. And you can definitely see that in 639 00:40:05.060 --> 00:40:08.780 the blade shape. The handle is similar to 640 00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:11.420 Striders though this is more of a Dwayne Dwyer 641 00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:16.340 softening of this. This part of the handle and this. 642 00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:19.780 Back part of the handle. You can see that in a lot. Of his custom 643 00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:22.790 knives. This has that D 644 00:40:23.590 --> 00:40:26.230 SLT magic. Is that what it's called? 645 00:40:27.110 --> 00:40:30.590 SLD magic blade. So that's a 646 00:40:30.590 --> 00:40:34.150 VG10 core with I think it's 420 647 00:40:34.230 --> 00:40:37.590 over it. So a nice San Ma steel. 648 00:40:37.990 --> 00:40:41.510 This company, North Mountain Blade does a lot of that. 649 00:40:41.830 --> 00:40:45.230 You'll see this blade steel on a. Lot of their stuff. SLB 650 00:40:45.230 --> 00:40:48.700 Magic. This one has two fat 651 00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:52.540 slabs of titanium giving it a nice heft. Not too 652 00:40:52.540 --> 00:40:55.700 heavy though, giving it a nice heft and a nice 653 00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:58.900 solidity. And then you can see those 654 00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:02.900 phosphor. Bronze washers right there. Beautiful washer 655 00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:06.580 action on this knife. I love this knife. 656 00:41:07.060 --> 00:41:10.180 Super sharp. This is one of the ones that got me off of my 657 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:13.540 duff and back into getting 658 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:18.360 titanium. Just back into getting folders, especially 659 00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:22.560 these. Kind of full titanium folders. You got that Strider 660 00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:26.120 style clip on there, you've got your overextension 661 00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:30.480 guard there. Next 662 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:32.440 up, this one is from 663 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:38.040 George Knives Les George. This is his classic 664 00:41:38.040 --> 00:41:41.770 vsep, a knife that Was kind 665 00:41:41.770 --> 00:41:44.770 of a testing ground for the whole midtech. 666 00:41:46.850 --> 00:41:50.370 Paradigm. Mid tech knives refer to knives where 667 00:41:51.570 --> 00:41:55.250 makers have their parts milled out 668 00:41:55.250 --> 00:41:58.850 by third party machinists and such 669 00:41:59.010 --> 00:42:02.770 and then they assemble them and sharpen them and. Do all the critical 670 00:42:02.770 --> 00:42:05.490 work. That is kind of a, 671 00:42:06.490 --> 00:42:10.250 a rote process. Now lots of 672 00:42:10.250 --> 00:42:13.850 people use that process. But when the VSEP first came out it was kind of 673 00:42:13.850 --> 00:42:17.530 a new concept and he had his 674 00:42:18.970 --> 00:42:22.330 rockeye design which is that profile there 675 00:42:22.570 --> 00:42:26.170 and he wanted to bring it to a larger audience 676 00:42:26.730 --> 00:42:30.570 and a lot of people were wanting that knife. So this is where 677 00:42:30.570 --> 00:42:34.420 the, the mid tech 678 00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:38.100 idea came from. He just figured he could streamline 679 00:42:38.100 --> 00:42:41.540 his process, drop his price a little bit and 680 00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:46.260 deliver the lockeye look to a broader 681 00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:49.700 audience. So good in hand. This is a, 682 00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:52.740 I think this is a number, a 683 00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:57.300 generation two. I have changed the clip. It came with a spool, 684 00:42:57.300 --> 00:43:01.110 a spoon bill clip. So it. I'm pretty 685 00:43:01.110 --> 00:43:02.990 sure this is a generation two. 686 00:43:04.910 --> 00:43:08.510 I've done the research and then I've forgotten and then I've done the research 687 00:43:08.510 --> 00:43:11.870 again and forgotten. But yeah, pretty sure that's what that is. 688 00:43:12.190 --> 00:43:15.350 You've got a really, really excellent by. The way and 689 00:43:15.350 --> 00:43:18.750 hydraulic feeling washer action for this. 690 00:43:20.590 --> 00:43:24.270 That's the VSEP by George knives. Next up, 691 00:43:24.390 --> 00:43:27.430 this is one that you're going to be hard pressed to find these days. 692 00:43:28.230 --> 00:43:31.590 This is the Dirk Pinkerton designed Night Horse. 693 00:43:31.750 --> 00:43:35.430 His take, his modernized take on the classic 694 00:43:35.430 --> 00:43:38.630 Spanish Navaja fighting folder. That's a 695 00:43:39.510 --> 00:43:43.270 four and a quarter inch blade. It's a nice big blade. 696 00:43:43.830 --> 00:43:47.190 That is S35VN I believe. 697 00:43:47.910 --> 00:43:50.710 This is made by Asymmetrical which was. One of the companies. 698 00:43:52.570 --> 00:43:55.930 That came out of beyond edc which was the umbrella company. 699 00:43:56.330 --> 00:43:59.610 They've gone fallow for a while. I hear they're coming back 700 00:44:00.090 --> 00:44:03.650 but that. Can'T be soon enough because they made some 701 00:44:03.650 --> 00:44:07.089 really awesome knives. They made a bunch of Pinkerton 702 00:44:07.089 --> 00:44:10.490 designs. And I'm a huge fan of Dirk's, Dirk's work. 703 00:44:10.890 --> 00:44:14.570 This has a really nice micro milled titanium handle 704 00:44:15.690 --> 00:44:19.370 in the shape of that steers horn like a traditional 705 00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:23.290 Navaja which gives you sort of a pistol grip 706 00:44:24.570 --> 00:44:27.610 grip on it. If you want major 707 00:44:28.170 --> 00:44:32.010 reach you can always come back here. It curves the point 708 00:44:32.010 --> 00:44:35.450 down and gives you a great, great reach. 709 00:44:35.690 --> 00:44:38.170 About 7 inches of reach if you come back here. 710 00:44:39.610 --> 00:44:43.290 So just a beautiful knife. This one is on washer or on 711 00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:47.980 bearings. Opens up very smoothly, closes up just as 712 00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:51.500 smoothly. Excellent jimping up here. These were 713 00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:55.500 not only asymmetrical which is. No longer 714 00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:59.260 producing knives at the Current moment. But also they were 715 00:44:59.660 --> 00:45:03.380 Smoky Mountain knife work exclusives. So you 716 00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:06.860 could get this one for like 150 bucks or you could get the 717 00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:10.500 G10 14C version for like 25. It was 718 00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:14.290 ridiculous. A ridiculous spread. One 719 00:45:14.290 --> 00:45:18.130 was so inexpensive and that G10. Model was 720 00:45:18.210 --> 00:45:21.810 so good. It was such a great knife. It was 721 00:45:21.810 --> 00:45:25.330 shocking that they were selling it for so little, but they did. 722 00:45:26.050 --> 00:45:28.850 So hopefully they come back with these in the future. 723 00:45:29.810 --> 00:45:33.530 To weight non relieved slabs 724 00:45:33.530 --> 00:45:37.130 here. Very substantial knife and jimping 725 00:45:37.130 --> 00:45:40.420 on the clip which I love. Aids, aids in the draw. 726 00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:46.020 Next up from Auxil. 727 00:45:46.100 --> 00:45:49.860 I'm sorry, from arcane design we 728 00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:53.220 have the antimatter. Now this is my only 729 00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:56.980 folding dagger. My non out. My only non 730 00:45:56.980 --> 00:46:00.820 out, the front folding dagger. So you got dual 731 00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:04.540 edges there and. You have to be very 732 00:46:04.540 --> 00:46:08.150 careful when. Closing this knife because it's got two edges. 733 00:46:08.630 --> 00:46:10.870 So usually I press on the quillion. 734 00:46:13.190 --> 00:46:16.870 Like this and then you can just hold it like that 735 00:46:17.190 --> 00:46:20.830 and just let. It drop back in. A beautiful double edged 736 00:46:20.830 --> 00:46:23.590 design. And you can see from that 737 00:46:24.870 --> 00:46:28.550 very broad handle that it's not just for 738 00:46:28.550 --> 00:46:32.070 the good looks but it's also to accommodate that double age. 739 00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:36.240 A double edged blade so that it. Does not peek up 740 00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:39.680 above and cut. You really 741 00:46:39.680 --> 00:46:43.360 nicely engineered. And this one was also made 742 00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:46.960 by Reate oem by Reate and it's got 743 00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:50.440 that classic futuristic 744 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:54.000 horror movie, sort of fantasy movie, sci fi movie 745 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:57.680 look that you get from Israel Bacchus 746 00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:00.610 designs. I love that sort of energy 747 00:47:00.930 --> 00:47:04.770 conductor thing. I don't know what, what that is. Tesla 748 00:47:04.770 --> 00:47:07.970 coil right on the clip. Very cool. It sort of 749 00:47:08.690 --> 00:47:11.410 really sells the futuristic look of it. 750 00:47:13.490 --> 00:47:17.130 Super fond of this knife especially seeing as it's a 751 00:47:17.130 --> 00:47:20.890 true double edged. It's a true folding dagger and I love 752 00:47:20.890 --> 00:47:24.730 it. Also really good in reverse grip because you have that peak to 753 00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:28.120 wrap your thumb around. So if you need to get 754 00:47:28.120 --> 00:47:31.760 combative with a double edged folder, this is. This is the one to do it 755 00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:35.240 with. There's only a few of them out. There and that's, 756 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:39.400 that's the one I have. All right, next up, this is from 757 00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:42.280 Les George and Alan Alishowitz. 758 00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:46.440 This is the EK integral holder. 759 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:50.360 So all milled. This handle is milled out of one 760 00:47:50.520 --> 00:47:54.050 solid slab of titanium. You can see, see there 761 00:47:54.130 --> 00:47:57.210 are no seams on the spine here. There's no 762 00:47:57.210 --> 00:48:01.010 backspacer, no standoffs. It's just 763 00:48:01.250 --> 00:48:05.010 one solid hunk of titanium that's 764 00:48:05.010 --> 00:48:08.770 been milled. So cool. It's an expensive process. 765 00:48:08.930 --> 00:48:11.810 There's a lot of material wasted and 766 00:48:13.010 --> 00:48:16.690 I think at this point it's probably down to a science, but 767 00:48:17.010 --> 00:48:20.760 I know that in the past, getting the lock. Bar right was 768 00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:24.440 a problem for making these 769 00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:28.160 integral holders. Beautifully modeled after the 770 00:48:28.160 --> 00:48:31.080 classic EK Commando. Dagger, which first 771 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:36.079 debuted in World War II. Has that exact shaped handle with the 772 00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:39.720 three bolts and the scoops, and it gives you just 773 00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:43.520 great purchase on this blade. I got this 774 00:48:43.520 --> 00:48:46.930 at Blade Show 2024. This was my 775 00:48:46.930 --> 00:48:50.770 fancy knife of the show, My fancy titanium knife of the 776 00:48:50.770 --> 00:48:53.570 show. This blade steel is 777 00:48:54.210 --> 00:48:57.010 20cv and it is 778 00:48:57.330 --> 00:49:00.850 wickedly, wickedly sharp, especially for a 779 00:49:01.330 --> 00:49:05.090 relatively shallow bevel grind, because 780 00:49:05.090 --> 00:49:08.450 it is a daggerish grind. It's more of a bayonet grind 781 00:49:08.450 --> 00:49:12.290 technically, but it's a spear point with symmetrical. 782 00:49:12.290 --> 00:49:15.950 Bevels, so close enough. It'll do to the 783 00:49:15.950 --> 00:49:19.790 dagger. Gets it. But a cool tip of the 784 00:49:19.790 --> 00:49:23.550 hat to the original EK designs. Putting the maker's 785 00:49:23.550 --> 00:49:25.270 mark there. And then. 786 00:49:27.590 --> 00:49:31.110 Les George and Alan Elishewitz put their maker's mark there. 787 00:49:31.510 --> 00:49:34.790 Did I say 20 CV? This is Magna Cut. Sorry, guys, 788 00:49:35.350 --> 00:49:39.120 Magna Cut. It's got a stupendous action, too. This 789 00:49:39.120 --> 00:49:42.840 drops right in also. This 790 00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:46.560 is a first for me for a flame anodized anything. 791 00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:50.600 And I think that looks so beautiful there on the. On 792 00:49:50.600 --> 00:49:54.280 that integral titanium handle. All 793 00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:58.000 right, next up. This one is from Chris Reeve Knives. 794 00:49:58.720 --> 00:50:01.360 This is the, um. 795 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:05.930 This is the Tonto Umzon, as you can see plainly. See 796 00:50:06.490 --> 00:50:10.130 what a great knife this. I was kind of vacillating between this and the 797 00:50:10.130 --> 00:50:13.530 Sebenza. And no, I think I carried the Sebenza more often. 798 00:50:13.850 --> 00:50:17.610 This one with its full titanium scales. My Sebenza 799 00:50:17.610 --> 00:50:20.090 has inlays, Micarta inlays. 800 00:50:21.210 --> 00:50:24.770 I figured this would be a better one to show off. I love the cross 801 00:50:24.770 --> 00:50:27.850 hatching. I love the way it looks and feels. 802 00:50:28.330 --> 00:50:32.090 And the blasted titanium on this is awesome 803 00:50:32.090 --> 00:50:35.640 because it just patinas and snail trails and wears 804 00:50:35.640 --> 00:50:38.080 in and just is 805 00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:42.800 gorgeous. This one has that. That super glassy 806 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:49.840 washer action to it. One of the few knives that came with a. 807 00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:52.080 A lanyard that I actually left on 808 00:50:52.720 --> 00:50:56.400 S35VN is the blade steel on this. This is an older 809 00:50:56.800 --> 00:51:00.450 example. Deep hollow grind. And then that 810 00:51:00.450 --> 00:51:04.210 stout chisel tip. And then on the. On 811 00:51:04.210 --> 00:51:07.930 the back side, the clip side, you see the lock bar 812 00:51:09.770 --> 00:51:13.410 stabilizer there with the Chris Reeves logo on it. And 813 00:51:13.410 --> 00:51:17.210 Idaho made huge fan of this knife. I love 814 00:51:17.210 --> 00:51:20.490 this thing. I got this from a guy who used to show up to Thursday 815 00:51:20.490 --> 00:51:24.330 night. Knives and now I don't remember his. Name, but he was a 816 00:51:24.330 --> 00:51:28.070 good dude and he gave me a good deal on that. All 817 00:51:28.070 --> 00:51:31.470 right, next Up. This one I got and wore 818 00:51:31.710 --> 00:51:35.390 carried all summer long. This is the 819 00:51:35.390 --> 00:51:38.950 JW Collab Tango, the first from the 820 00:51:38.950 --> 00:51:42.710 JW Collab lineup. That's Jack Wolf knives collaborating 821 00:51:42.710 --> 00:51:46.470 with other. Designers and makers to come up 822 00:51:46.470 --> 00:51:50.270 with. Knives that Ben wouldn't have come up on his own. Look at this 823 00:51:50.270 --> 00:51:54.070 beautiful beauty. It's like a sponto grind. You've got the flat up front 824 00:51:54.230 --> 00:51:57.950 and the deep hollow in the. On the straight portion of the 825 00:51:57.950 --> 00:52:01.470 blade. That's s 90 volts, as 826 00:52:01.470 --> 00:52:05.150 per usual. With Jack Wolf 827 00:52:05.150 --> 00:52:08.950 knives. It is a front flipper and thumb stud deployment. 828 00:52:09.750 --> 00:52:13.430 This was the one from this series. That wasn't a bolster 829 00:52:13.430 --> 00:52:16.920 lock, but a full titanium frame lock. Got that beautiful 830 00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:19.760 radial pattern coming from the. 831 00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:23.600 From the pivot again, gorgeous 832 00:52:23.600 --> 00:52:27.280 blasted titanium that snail trails oh so 833 00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:31.080 nicely. I love how that looks. And 834 00:52:31.080 --> 00:52:34.240 this knife just feels great. It cuts great. 835 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:38.480 This was an excellent knife to have. In light shorts all 836 00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:41.960 summer long. And it came super 837 00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:45.450 smooth, and it's become even more. 838 00:52:45.530 --> 00:52:47.610 More smooth. So. 839 00:52:49.610 --> 00:52:53.290 Loving, loving this knife. And I hope they do a re tread 840 00:52:53.290 --> 00:52:56.650 of this, do a reissue of this. I'm loving the JW 841 00:52:56.650 --> 00:53:00.250 Collab knives just in general. As a matter of fact, in my pocket right now, 842 00:53:00.410 --> 00:53:03.530 I have the Scuffle, another one. So 843 00:53:05.050 --> 00:53:08.170 I would have shown that one off, but I don't have the full. Titanium 844 00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:12.500 version of that beautiful knife, the Tango. 845 00:53:12.660 --> 00:53:16.500 All right, last, penultimate, in this is 846 00:53:16.740 --> 00:53:19.700 the American Blade Works model two. 847 00:53:20.580 --> 00:53:24.260 This thing, to me, not only is. A great cutter with that. 848 00:53:24.740 --> 00:53:28.180 With that thin ground, magnacut sheepsfoot 849 00:53:28.180 --> 00:53:31.780 blade, but to me, this thing looks like a masterpiece, modern 850 00:53:31.780 --> 00:53:34.830 masterpiece of, like, art deco work. 851 00:53:35.390 --> 00:53:37.630 When it's closed, it's beautiful. 852 00:53:38.990 --> 00:53:42.550 I love the way this thing looks closed. Also. It goes really 853 00:53:42.550 --> 00:53:46.350 nicely with my American Blade Works slip joint. 854 00:53:47.070 --> 00:53:50.830 They're. They're sort of similarly themed and 855 00:53:51.230 --> 00:53:54.270 looked. Very, very nice together. 856 00:53:54.750 --> 00:53:58.390 This has a liner lock. Most of these that I've shown you. Actually, 857 00:53:58.390 --> 00:54:01.960 all of these that I've shown you have been frame 858 00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:04.280 locks, with this one exception. 859 00:54:05.560 --> 00:54:09.160 So it's got sort of a clamshell construction there with 860 00:54:09.160 --> 00:54:12.840 the. With the liner lock 861 00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:16.200 nesting nicely in the titanium handle. 862 00:54:16.600 --> 00:54:20.280 Beautifully milled with these lines. Gives great texture and 863 00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:21.560 just a great look. 864 00:54:24.040 --> 00:54:27.150 This was one of the first knives I got where you could see. See the 865 00:54:27.150 --> 00:54:30.830 grind lines on the blade itself, the milling 866 00:54:30.830 --> 00:54:34.670 lines. I think it looks really sweet. Now, this is a knife I'd 867 00:54:34.670 --> 00:54:37.670 love to see in a wharncliffe. And you're like, bob, that is a Warren Cliff. 868 00:54:37.670 --> 00:54:41.350 No, that's a sheep's foot. A wharncliffe would have the continuous curve 869 00:54:41.830 --> 00:54:45.630 from the thumb ramp to the tip. And I've seen him 870 00:54:45.630 --> 00:54:48.070 do that. I've seen 871 00:54:50.710 --> 00:54:53.960 Mike Miller. I'm sorry, that's not his name. 872 00:54:54.040 --> 00:54:57.240 I've seen them make on the model. One, 873 00:54:57.640 --> 00:55:01.360 the, the wharncliffe. I'm sorry, I'm getting 874 00:55:01.360 --> 00:55:04.800 all wrapped around the axle here, trying to remember his. Name and trying to remember 875 00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:08.600 the word wharncliffe. What can I say? Beautiful 876 00:55:08.600 --> 00:55:12.240 milled clip. Everything about this knife is really, really 877 00:55:12.240 --> 00:55:15.880 sweet. All right, that is the American blade works 878 00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:19.570 model two. All right, last up in my list of 879 00:55:19.730 --> 00:55:23.410 favorite full titanium folders has 880 00:55:23.410 --> 00:55:27.090 to be this. This is the Spartan Hary 881 00:55:27.090 --> 00:55:30.690 folder. That full 4 inch blade of 20cv blade 882 00:55:30.690 --> 00:55:34.410 steel. A downward angled drop point with 883 00:55:34.410 --> 00:55:38.250 a. You gotta, you gotta really put on your glasses, but you can see 884 00:55:38.250 --> 00:55:41.650 a. Slight recurve on that. I think that's just there to 885 00:55:41.650 --> 00:55:44.930 sharpen through, you know, because the belly is. Is 886 00:55:45.410 --> 00:55:48.610 Michael Martin is his name. Sorry guys. 887 00:55:50.130 --> 00:55:53.810 You can sharpen through that belly as you use it. Use it over time. You're 888 00:55:53.810 --> 00:55:57.050 going to use the belly the most. So if you give a little extra on 889 00:55:57.050 --> 00:56:00.690 the belly as you continue to sharpen through that, you're still going to. Have a, 890 00:56:00.690 --> 00:56:04.370 a useful blade shape. This one, full titanium. 891 00:56:04.370 --> 00:56:08.010 I bought it Plain Jane and then Curtis 892 00:56:08.010 --> 00:56:11.740 Iovito offered to put my logo 893 00:56:11.740 --> 00:56:15.380 in it. So I sent this to him and he etched my logo in there. 894 00:56:15.380 --> 00:56:19.100 So this, this knife means a whole lot to me, but it's 895 00:56:19.100 --> 00:56:22.940 also just one of my absolute favorite designs, period. I 896 00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:26.740 love Bill Harsey Jr's design 897 00:56:26.820 --> 00:56:30.340 language. I love what he designs and I feel like everything 898 00:56:30.340 --> 00:56:33.980 he makes, everything he designs is 899 00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:37.790 identifiably his design without looking. A 900 00:56:37.790 --> 00:56:39.590 lot like the one that came before it. 901 00:56:41.590 --> 00:56:44.790 This one has open construction with super 902 00:56:45.190 --> 00:56:48.990 wide standoffs. You could definitely run this thing 903 00:56:48.990 --> 00:56:52.710 over with a truck. And it's not going to flatten out. Or anything like that. 904 00:56:52.950 --> 00:56:56.310 I mean, I'm imagining I've never done. It and I'm not going to. But 905 00:56:57.270 --> 00:56:59.910 just the stout, most stout 906 00:57:01.310 --> 00:57:04.430 build pretty much of anything on this table. 907 00:57:06.510 --> 00:57:10.190 So that is the Spartan Hary folder. And that is 908 00:57:10.910 --> 00:57:14.670 my. Those are my 12 favorite. There are others in my collection 909 00:57:14.670 --> 00:57:18.350 and I love them all. But these are my 12 favorites and 910 00:57:18.750 --> 00:57:22.430 12 that you can go out pretty much, maybe with an exception or two. 911 00:57:22.510 --> 00:57:26.350 And buy today if you've got the ducats. So 912 00:57:27.550 --> 00:57:31.070 thanks for joining me, I really appreciate it. 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