WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.320 Coming up, the Gentleman Junkie giveaway knife for December 2 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:06.960 2025 Wild Turkey but not that Wild 3 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.560 Turkey and 10 great modern classic folders. 4 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:13.360 I'm Bob DeMarco. This is the Knife Junkie Podcast. 5 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.600 Welcome to the Knife Junkie Podcast, your weekly dose of knife 6 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.320 news and information about knives and knife collecting. Here's your 7 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.400 host, Bob DeMarco. 8 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.180 Welcome back to the show. A couple of my favor comments this past week were 9 00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:36.900 on my interview with KC from Knives 10 00:00:36.900 --> 00:00:40.700 Fast and Tempest Knives Angry Tom's Hat next door. A member here 11 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:44.540 says my two favorite channels. Of course that had to 12 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:48.300 be one. Of my favorite comments. And then that was followed up by Byron of 13 00:00:48.300 --> 00:00:52.060 Split and Slices who said I'll agree with Angry Tom's Hat. 14 00:00:52.220 --> 00:00:55.940 Pretty sure these are my favorite two YouTube knife channels for 15 00:00:55.940 --> 00:00:59.340 both the knowledge, passion and or drive to manage growth 16 00:00:59.830 --> 00:01:03.430 and improve. The two best market examples of this are the business 17 00:01:03.430 --> 00:01:07.110 relationships between KC and Tempest and 18 00:01:07.110 --> 00:01:10.870 Kubi knives as well as Bob with Tekel knives. Still 19 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:13.110 waiting for the 4 inch black Chinook 20 00:01:14.550 --> 00:01:18.230 AC says Byron. So thank you both very 21 00:01:18.230 --> 00:01:21.870 very much. I had to put those in there because they put wind in my 22 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:25.350 sails and hopefully they do the same for Bob. Casey, another great 23 00:01:25.430 --> 00:01:29.020 guy out there in the knife verse. All right, that 24 00:01:29.020 --> 00:01:31.260 said, let's get to a pocket check. 25 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:34.860 what's in his pocket. Let's find out. 26 00:01:36.460 --> 00:01:40.220 Here's the Knife junkie with his pocket. Check of knives in my front 27 00:01:40.220 --> 00:01:43.340 right pocket tonight. Today I should say the 28 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:46.700 beautiful. Tough knives 29 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:50.460 designed DeMarco by concept. So the concept DeMarco 30 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:53.820 designed by Jeff Blauvelt of Tough Knives. 31 00:01:54.470 --> 00:01:58.270 I love this knife concept 32 00:01:58.270 --> 00:02:01.510 sent this to me. They they wanted to know if I wanted to check out 33 00:02:01.510 --> 00:02:05.150 any of their knives because they saw a few a few 34 00:02:05.150 --> 00:02:08.990 worshipful videos I did of the bison. They thought well 35 00:02:08.990 --> 00:02:12.710 you like our knives, maybe you'll like some of these others. And I 36 00:02:12.710 --> 00:02:16.510 picked the DeMarco because I just think it's beautiful and I 37 00:02:16.510 --> 00:02:20.270 didn't even know at the time that it's a Jeff Blauvelt design 38 00:02:20.270 --> 00:02:24.100 knife. Now I love tough knives. He was tough thumbs 39 00:02:24.100 --> 00:02:27.620 way back in the day when he was just modding knives and I always 40 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:31.300 wanted one of his designs though his customs 41 00:02:31.300 --> 00:02:35.060 are obviously quite pricey. So to have this has been a pleasure. 42 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:37.500 S35VN A really cool 43 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:41.420 carbon fiber and. Big old titanium 44 00:02:42.140 --> 00:02:45.740 bolsters there. Great knife. Next knife. I had an 45 00:02:45.740 --> 00:02:48.940 old one in my pocket today. Old. This is relative 46 00:02:49.510 --> 00:02:52.870 when you have this many knives and I don't mean that as a brag 47 00:02:53.270 --> 00:02:56.870 but this is from the very beginning of Jack 48 00:02:56.870 --> 00:03:00.430 Wolf knives. The second knife I believe, or the third 49 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:04.190 knife. Ben Belkin and Jack Wolf knives ever released. This 50 00:03:04.190 --> 00:03:07.030 is the first release of the Little Bro 51 00:03:07.670 --> 00:03:11.390 and this did not go far and wide because there is an issue in 52 00:03:11.390 --> 00:03:14.710 manufacturing that my knife was not 53 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.520 victim to. So I got to keep it. And I absolutely 54 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.120 love this little sleeve board knife with 55 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.840 the gorgeous clip point blade. Very much like the great 56 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.560 eastern cutlery number 15 there on my 57 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:34.360 belt today, riding front scout is my beloved. 58 00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:40.400 Hob Tooth Knives Nova 2. This is 59 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.680 my collaboration with Matt Chase of 60 00:03:43.350 --> 00:03:47.150 Hog Tooth Knives. This is the second one we did together and this 61 00:03:47.150 --> 00:03:50.470 is the prototype. I think about 15 62 00:03:50.710 --> 00:03:54.550 people ordered this knife and got it and still carry it because 63 00:03:54.550 --> 00:03:58.270 they mention it on Thursday Night Knives. It's my ode 64 00:03:58.270 --> 00:04:02.030 to the Kiridashi and Japanese knives without 65 00:04:02.030 --> 00:04:05.670 going down the Tanto route. I really love this 66 00:04:05.670 --> 00:04:08.870 thing. And Matt Chase does an 67 00:04:08.870 --> 00:04:12.170 absolutely beautiful job both with his forged 68 00:04:12.490 --> 00:04:16.210 fancy custom knives and his knives 69 00:04:16.210 --> 00:04:19.930 that are more like this. 154Cm water jetted out. 70 00:04:20.730 --> 00:04:24.330 We do have a Nova 3 that we're working on right now 71 00:04:24.570 --> 00:04:28.410 and you'll. See that when it's ready. It'll 72 00:04:28.410 --> 00:04:32.090 be a while. And my Esk today, my 73 00:04:32.090 --> 00:04:35.610 emotional support knife was the Vaquero Grande 74 00:04:36.340 --> 00:04:39.380 from Cold Steel. This is the predecessor to the 75 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:43.460 XL Vaquero Voyager. This one 76 00:04:43.780 --> 00:04:46.980 I've been carrying for at least 20 years. 77 00:04:47.380 --> 00:04:50.580 I know it's more, I just don't want to guess how much more. 78 00:04:51.140 --> 00:04:54.820 But this recently did incredible 79 00:04:54.820 --> 00:04:58.580 duty cutting up a bunch of carpet in my 80 00:04:58.660 --> 00:05:02.300 man cave. It had to be removed. And this was 81 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:05.600 the knife that did the best job I did. I used this 82 00:05:05.760 --> 00:05:09.480 and I also used the mayhem which was great. But I gotta say 83 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:13.200 the serrations on this deep recurve did a 84 00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:16.080 fantastic job. On cutting the carpet. 85 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:27.040 ...the 86 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:35.230 beautiful 87 00:05:35.550 --> 00:05:38.830 Deadite from Jeff Blauvelt. And 88 00:05:39.230 --> 00:05:42.670 DeMarco. One of my favorite producers of 89 00:05:43.550 --> 00:05:47.310 production knives out there. I love DeMarco. All right, next 90 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:50.830 up I want to tell you about a deal that we have 91 00:05:51.230 --> 00:05:54.750 and I'm going to do it illustrating it with this beautiful 92 00:05:54.910 --> 00:05:58.580 three dog knife champions blade. 93 00:05:58.820 --> 00:06:02.020 This is a Trevor Barrett design. Trevor Barrett, say 94 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:04.820 Alaska knife maker who won 95 00:06:04.900 --> 00:06:08.420 an episode of Forged in Fire. 96 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:12.260 He has teamed up with the great and Powerful three dog knife. 97 00:06:12.820 --> 00:06:16.100 That is the in house knife brand of Northern Knives 98 00:06:16.660 --> 00:06:19.540 and our good friend Mike and Dakota up there. 99 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:24.190 So this is the knife we're going to be actually giving away in January 100 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:28.270 of 2025. But the reason I bring it up is that we have 101 00:06:28.670 --> 00:06:32.510 an affiliate deal with three dog 102 00:06:32.510 --> 00:06:34.350 knife that is unreal 103 00:06:35.150 --> 00:06:38.430 25% off. One of these 104 00:06:38.430 --> 00:06:42.270 hardcore Alaska made knives. They have a bunch of different models. 105 00:06:42.270 --> 00:06:45.870 I've shown off the riot. I've shown off the Mac which stands for 106 00:06:45.870 --> 00:06:49.480 multi animal knife. Mike and three 107 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.080 dog knife have embraced the concept of the outdoor 108 00:06:53.080 --> 00:06:56.760 tanto which I think is so cool and incredibly useful. 109 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.440 But this knife is man. 110 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:04.640 This really goes to show what this blade shape can 111 00:07:04.640 --> 00:07:08.400 be used for all sorts of stuff, not just tactical. So 112 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:11.720 just use the code Knife Junkie, all 113 00:07:11.960 --> 00:07:15.660 lowercase, all one word at checkout at the three 114 00:07:15.660 --> 00:07:18.580 dog knife website we have a shortcut. Just go to the 115 00:07:18.580 --> 00:07:22.380 knifejunkie.com three dog knife and 116 00:07:22.380 --> 00:07:26.020 any knife you buy there made by three dog 117 00:07:26.020 --> 00:07:29.620 knife is eligible for this deal. 118 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:33.540 By the way, incredible leather sheaths also by 119 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:37.380 D. Johnston of Alaska. Beautiful sheets, 120 00:07:37.620 --> 00:07:40.900 beautiful knives and an outstanding deal. 25 121 00:07:41.140 --> 00:07:44.810 off if you put in coupon code Knife Junkie at 122 00:07:44.810 --> 00:07:48.610 checkout. That does not count on the Northern Knives 123 00:07:48.690 --> 00:07:52.370 website. So go to the knifejunkie.com three 124 00:07:52.370 --> 00:07:56.090 dog. Knife for that outstanding deal. All right, since we 125 00:07:56.090 --> 00:07:59.890 were talking about gentleman junkie giveaway knives, let's talk about what we're 126 00:07:59.890 --> 00:08:03.490 giving away this month, the month of December 2025. 127 00:08:03.730 --> 00:08:07.540 It is this wicked little custom knife. Yes, it's got 128 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:11.260 some schmutz on it from the Kydex because it's brand 129 00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:15.220 spanking new. But look at this beautiful knife. This is from Gunfighter 130 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:17.260 Custom Wipe off. 131 00:08:19.260 --> 00:08:22.820 This is from Gunfighter Customs. That's 132 00:08:22.820 --> 00:08:26.220 Jared Franklin. And then this is a Michael Elliot design. 133 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:31.260 Beautiful sort of take on the clinch pit. 134 00:08:31.580 --> 00:08:35.100 But in my opinion and perhaps many people's 135 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:38.780 opinion, it really improves on the clinch pick. You get that 136 00:08:38.780 --> 00:08:42.420 reverse cutting edge and this one you get a forward 137 00:08:42.420 --> 00:08:46.140 cutting edge. So double edged here but also a place for 138 00:08:46.140 --> 00:08:49.380 your thumb. Nay, no, two places for your thumb. 139 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:53.580 And so yeah, it really is an improvement on that design in 140 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:56.620 my opinion. Beautiful 141 00:08:56.620 --> 00:09:00.380 butterscotch micarta, a vintage Bob DeMarco here, a 142 00:09:00.380 --> 00:09:04.180 rich light, nice grooves all around the handle for 143 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:07.700 easy grippage on this egg shaped handle. 144 00:09:08.020 --> 00:09:11.140 Such a cool knife. These are not inexpensive. 145 00:09:12.260 --> 00:09:15.820 So all you got to do is become a gentleman junkie and you'll be thrown, 146 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:19.420 your name will be thrown in the hopper to win this on 147 00:09:19.420 --> 00:09:22.980 December 18th a very special day in my family. 148 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:27.500 So go check that out. Go to the knife junkie.com 149 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:31.500 and join their knife junkie.com patreon or you 150 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:35.300 can join us right here on YouTube. The join button somewhere 151 00:09:35.300 --> 00:09:38.500 right below my finger. This is the 152 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:41.980 gunfighter from Gunfighter Customs. And it could be 153 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:45.580 yours on December 18th. 154 00:09:46.060 --> 00:09:49.260 All right, I'm going to put this. A very, very sharp, double edged knife away 155 00:09:49.260 --> 00:09:52.940 also, just in case you were wondering, you know, fixed blades 156 00:09:53.150 --> 00:09:56.990 rely on good sheets and this has a fantastic sheet. 157 00:09:56.990 --> 00:10:00.750 So check that out. All right, last up, before we get to knife 158 00:10:00.750 --> 00:10:03.950 life news, since I was talking about Patreon, let me, let me show you one 159 00:10:03.950 --> 00:10:07.590 of the great new features. Well, it's a, it's not so new but this is 160 00:10:07.590 --> 00:10:11.390 a new addition to the 161 00:10:11.790 --> 00:10:15.270 Maker Monday. It's Bob DeMarco. I have 162 00:10:15.270 --> 00:10:18.350 an amazing Bob DeMarco knife and I 163 00:10:18.350 --> 00:10:21.900 would have loved to have had more an amazing knife maker 164 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:25.300 who really popularized a lot of large CNC 165 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:28.020 made folding custom 166 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:32.940 knives. 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Scan 188 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:43.830 the QR code on your 189 00:11:44.710 --> 00:11:47.270 screen. Buy 190 00:11:47.510 --> 00:11:50.830 a year at once 191 00:11:50.830 --> 00:11:54.230 and save 12%. That's 192 00:11:54.230 --> 00:11:57.950 quite a savings 193 00:11:57.950 --> 00:12:04.150 people. 194 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.760 You're listening to the Knife Junkie podcast and now here's the knife 195 00:12:11.760 --> 00:12:15.480 junkie with The knife life news. So first up in knife 196 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:19.240 life news, this is an exciting one. It's from Civivi and I believe 197 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:23.000 I have one on the way from them. But it's called the 198 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:26.560 partake. Like let us partake of some vittles, 199 00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:29.360 some food, let's eat. The partake 200 00:12:30.400 --> 00:12:34.240 is a fantastic looking deal right here. You can see it on 201 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.870 the screen. We used to call them hobo 202 00:12:38.030 --> 00:12:41.630 knives because they were knives that came apart and then had your 203 00:12:41.630 --> 00:12:45.230 fork, your knife. Your spoon and can opener. But now we call 204 00:12:45.230 --> 00:12:48.950 them food based. 4 in 1 multi tools. And that's what 205 00:12:48.950 --> 00:12:52.670 this is. This is a food based 4 in 1 multi tool or 206 00:12:52.750 --> 00:12:56.510 hobo knife that is. I'm so happy to see this 207 00:12:56.510 --> 00:13:00.350 coming out from Civivi. I've had, I've had some 208 00:13:00.350 --> 00:13:04.180 kind of random and janky hobo knives over the 209 00:13:04.180 --> 00:13:07.980 years, but this is the first one that looks like it's really nicely made. 210 00:13:08.140 --> 00:13:11.860 You got a fork and a can or 211 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:15.540 bottle opener on one side and then a spoon 212 00:13:15.540 --> 00:13:19.259 and a food knife on the other side. And they stick 213 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:23.100 together, they fold out, all of those implements fold out 214 00:13:23.260 --> 00:13:27.060 and then the whole thing sticks together with a very strong magnet, 215 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:30.790 just like a hobo knife. Uh, the steel 216 00:13:30.790 --> 00:13:34.630 listed on the website is stainless. It's about as 217 00:13:34.630 --> 00:13:38.350 specific as they get, but very cool. Bronze 218 00:13:38.350 --> 00:13:41.830 washers and aluminum handles. So 219 00:13:41.830 --> 00:13:45.590 aluminum, bronze magnets and stainless, it's like good 220 00:13:45.590 --> 00:13:49.270 old classic four in one multi tool. 221 00:13:49.270 --> 00:13:52.950 Food based or hobo knives is what I prefer. And 222 00:13:52.950 --> 00:13:56.470 what else is cool is that there's no room for a clip on this sucker. 223 00:13:56.470 --> 00:14:00.040 So it all gets put into a waxed 224 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:03.560 canvas pouch. And I am such a stupid 225 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:07.320 sucker for waxed canvas. I love it. I have, I 226 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.920 have. Well, let's just say over the past year I've 227 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:14.200 spent a little money on. Some waxed canvas here and there. 228 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:18.160 4.2 ounces coming out soon for about a 229 00:14:18.160 --> 00:14:21.640 hundred bucks. Okay, next up is from 230 00:14:21.640 --> 00:14:25.422 Buck knives. Now they have something new out called the 117 231 00:14:25.598 --> 00:14:29.230 Mini. And you know the 117, that's their fixed blade 232 00:14:29.230 --> 00:14:32.630 knife called the DeMarco. Like I think named after the cow. 233 00:14:33.510 --> 00:14:37.270 But this one is the 117 Mini. And it takes 234 00:14:37.350 --> 00:14:40.990 the blade, the beautiful clip point 235 00:14:40.990 --> 00:14:44.750 blade from the 117 DeMarco and puts it on the 236 00:14:44.750 --> 00:14:48.470 102 Woodsman's handle. So you've got that 237 00:14:48.550 --> 00:14:52.270 phenolic handle with the, with the, with 238 00:14:52.270 --> 00:14:55.990 the aluminum butt cap. But unlike the 239 00:14:55.990 --> 00:14:59.630 DeMarco, the 102 has a more slender 240 00:14:59.630 --> 00:15:03.390 tapering towards the pommel, so the whole thing is lighter. This 241 00:15:03.390 --> 00:15:07.110 is a lean 3.1 ounces as 242 00:15:07.110 --> 00:15:10.910 compared to the 117 grams 4.9 243 00:15:10.910 --> 00:15:14.470 ounces. A little confusing here, but it's a mashup of Buck 244 00:15:14.470 --> 00:15:18.020 knives and it's a stealth release. So this is 245 00:15:18.020 --> 00:15:21.780 already out. Only 500 pieces made and 246 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:25.460 did not. Come out to much fanfare. That blade is 247 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:29.140 Magnacut with the Paul Boss Heat Treat. Comes with a beautiful 248 00:15:29.140 --> 00:15:32.500 black leather sheath per usual. And that 249 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:36.260 handle, you probably can't tell. From the pictures, is a deep dark. 250 00:15:36.260 --> 00:15:39.900 Maroon as a opposed to the black. Which it usually 251 00:15:39.900 --> 00:15:41.700 comes in. And these are coming in at 252 00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:45.340 $175 MSRP. And 253 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:49.140 I'm pretty sure that's the only. Way you can get it is by the manufacturer. 254 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:53.580 That's the Buck 117 Mini. All 255 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:57.420 right, last up, this is an exciting one also. This is 256 00:15:57.420 --> 00:16:00.580 from JW Collab. Our good friends at 257 00:16:01.140 --> 00:16:04.820 Jack Wolf Knives, Ben Belkin, has gotten together in 258 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:08.140 a collaborative knife designing sense with Melissa 259 00:16:08.140 --> 00:16:11.940 DeMarco. I just call her Melissa Backwoods because that's what 260 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:15.660 she goes by on Instagram and YouTube. But 261 00:16:15.660 --> 00:16:19.220 Melissa Miller was a contestant on Naked and 262 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:22.940 Afraid years ago and is a knife 263 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:26.340 designer. She designed a knife with Tim 264 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:30.140 Kell and Tkel knives and this is 265 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:34.140 her latest design. It is with JW Collab 266 00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:38.390 and as. You can see, it's a beautiful little. Clip point 267 00:16:38.390 --> 00:16:41.950 blade on a sort of sleeve board 268 00:16:41.950 --> 00:16:45.590 style handle, much like this. Little 269 00:16:45.590 --> 00:16:48.910 bro Jack handle I was holding up before. A very similar 270 00:16:48.990 --> 00:16:52.590 handle shape. I saw a video where she was talking about 271 00:16:52.990 --> 00:16:56.830 the inspiration for this knife. She has a. It was 272 00:16:56.830 --> 00:17:00.510 a. What was it? 273 00:17:00.670 --> 00:17:04.480 A steak knife from. I don't remember where, 274 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.400 but it was. A steak knife and it was clip point. And she thought how 275 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.080 cool would it be to have an updated version? And so this 276 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:14.760 is what she and Bob DeMarco came up with. Looks 277 00:17:14.760 --> 00:17:18.360 very cool. I know mine is arriving, I believe, tomorrow as I 278 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:21.360 record this, so I'm very much looking forward to that. 279 00:17:21.520 --> 00:17:25.280 2.9 inches of the usual S90v 280 00:17:25.520 --> 00:17:29.370 hollow ground clip point blade, sleeve board handle. 281 00:17:29.370 --> 00:17:33.210 As I said, four different handle materials. I think what we're 282 00:17:33.210 --> 00:17:36.930 seeing here is abalone. On the screen there, 283 00:17:37.330 --> 00:17:40.850 a pocket leather sheath, black with the DCC 284 00:17:41.170 --> 00:17:44.610 style clip. 2.1 ounces. 285 00:17:44.770 --> 00:17:48.290 There you see it in the sheath. 2.1 286 00:17:48.290 --> 00:17:50.610 ounces. Pretty light. And will be available 287 00:17:51.970 --> 00:17:55.530 on December 12, 2025. So if you're 288 00:17:55.530 --> 00:17:59.130 listening to this, as soon as it drops, which I'm sure you all are, 289 00:17:59.770 --> 00:18:02.730 two days hence, this will be dropping so 290 00:18:02.810 --> 00:18:06.010 $245 MSRP. 291 00:18:06.490 --> 00:18:09.690 Check it out. The JW Collab Fix EDC or 292 00:18:09.690 --> 00:18:13.210 Backwoods. Fix EDC By Melissa Miller 293 00:18:13.290 --> 00:18:17.090 Very, very cool. All right, still to come on the Knife Junkie 294 00:18:17.090 --> 00:18:20.650 podcast, we're going to talk about the first tool we got 295 00:18:20.650 --> 00:18:23.690 something really cool. We're going to talk about 296 00:18:24.250 --> 00:18:27.850 K bars. You're listening to the Knife Junkie podcast. 297 00:18:27.850 --> 00:18:31.376 Here's some cool knife history with the Knife junkies. The First Tool. If you ask 298 00:18:31.377 --> 00:18:31.625 a room full of knife collectors to picture a fighting knife, chances are they'll all 299 00:18:31.626 --> 00:18:35.170 see the same silhouette. If you ask a room full of knife 300 00:18:35.170 --> 00:18:38.730 collectors to picture a fighting knife, chances are 301 00:18:38.730 --> 00:18:42.450 they'll all. See the same silhouette. A long, lean 302 00:18:42.450 --> 00:18:46.090 blade with a stacked leather handle with the bold 303 00:18:46.090 --> 00:18:48.980 stamp of USMC on the tank. 304 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:53.620 That's the KA Bar, one of the few knives whose name 305 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:57.500 alone can summon an entire era. But the 306 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:01.140 story of the KA Bar doesn't begin in the mud of World War II. 307 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:05.100 It starts in the lean years before it, when the US Marine 308 00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:08.900 Corps needed something better, something tougher. Their old 309 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:12.580 issue knives were breaking, bending, or simply failing at the 310 00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:16.220 worst possible times. So the Marines turned to a 311 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:19.940 consortium of American knife makers and said, in essence, 312 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:24.020 give us a blade that can dig a foxhole, pry open a crate. 313 00:19:24.260 --> 00:19:28.020 And still be sharp enough to fight with. What they got 314 00:19:28.020 --> 00:19:31.700 in 1942 was the 7 inch clip point bruiser. 315 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:35.220 Part utility knife, part battlefield companion, 316 00:19:35.780 --> 00:19:39.580 it wasn't delicate, it wasn't elegant, but 317 00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:43.420 it did exactly what it was needed to do. That leather 318 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:47.100 handle soaked up shock like a dream. The guard kept fingers 319 00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:50.820 exactly where they were supposed to stay, and the fullers on 320 00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:54.620 either side of the blade cut. Weight without sacrificing strength. 321 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:58.940 It was the sort of knife that you could survive, that could survive 322 00:19:59.100 --> 00:20:02.900 the. Pacific because it had to. The 323 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:06.700 KA Bar's name itself came early, purportedly 324 00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:10.270 from a fur trapper's letter claiming he used one of the 325 00:20:10.270 --> 00:20:13.870 company's knives to kill a bear, a phrase that, through 326 00:20:13.870 --> 00:20:16.950 rough handwriting, became K A Bar. 327 00:20:18.150 --> 00:20:21.790 The name stuck, and once the Marines adopted the knife, 328 00:20:21.790 --> 00:20:25.389 it became legend. And make no 329 00:20:25.389 --> 00:20:28.710 mistake, Marines carried it everywhere, across 330 00:20:28.790 --> 00:20:32.590 Tarawa's reefs, through the jungles of Guadalcanal, and 331 00:20:32.590 --> 00:20:36.400 into the black sand of Iwo Jima. The knife was 332 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:40.040 a tool, a morale. Booster, a symbol of grit. 333 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:44.360 Veterans talked about sharpening them on helmet rims, used 334 00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:48.080 them to open rations, even pounding them into 335 00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:51.880 wooden beams to hang their gear. If a Marine 336 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.320 had a KA Bar on his belt, he felt just a. Little more ready 337 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:59.280 for whatever came next. After the war, the KA 338 00:20:59.280 --> 00:21:02.950 Bar didn't fade away. Hunters adopted it, campers adopted 339 00:21:02.950 --> 00:21:06.270 it, even branches of the military kept some 340 00:21:06.270 --> 00:21:10.030 variations of it. And today, 80 years later, that 341 00:21:10.110 --> 00:21:13.910 same unmistakable silhouette still shows in the 342 00:21:13.910 --> 00:21:17.550 hands of soldiers, collectors and outdoorsmen 343 00:21:17.550 --> 00:21:20.750 alike. Because some knives are just tools 344 00:21:21.070 --> 00:21:24.190 and some become icons. The KA Bar, 345 00:21:24.910 --> 00:21:28.190 that's the one that. Went to war and never came home. 346 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:31.300 It simply became a part of who we are. 347 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:35.940 Okay, coming up on the Knife Junkie podcast, we're going to take a look 348 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:39.860 at some new knives or a new. Knife in my collection. 349 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:43.460 But first, I want to urge you to join us on Thursday 350 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:46.820 Night Knives. This is your mission. Join us here. You should 351 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:50.700 probably subscribe and click the notification bell. It'll give 352 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:54.260 you a reminder. Every Thursday we go live 353 00:21:54.670 --> 00:21:58.270 here at 10:00pm Eastern Standard Time and we talk knives 354 00:21:58.270 --> 00:22:01.630 and we have a big crowd and it is very fun 355 00:22:01.950 --> 00:22:05.630 and we have a lot of knowledgeable and funny. Members 356 00:22:05.630 --> 00:22:09.470 who come on and talk. So please, please join the conversation 357 00:22:09.790 --> 00:22:13.150 and. Join us for Thursday Night Knives. All right, 358 00:22:13.710 --> 00:22:14.504 let's get to the state. of the collection adventure. Delivered your monthly subscription for handpicked 359 00:22:14.505 --> 00:22:14.586 outdoor survival, EDC and other cool gear from our expert team of outdoor professionals. Thenifejunkie.com 360 00:22:14.587 --> 00:22:14.590 Battlebox 361 00:22:14.590 --> 00:22:28.440 Christmas 362 00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:32.560 came early for me this year, my friends, and that's 363 00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:36.160 due to my friend Jim. He just bought this for me 364 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:39.880 and I love it. Look at this 365 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:43.560 beautiful big western style Bowie. Let me put it 366 00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:47.200 under the knife camera. Here it is. It barely 367 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:50.800 fits. So beautiful and glorious it is. Here, let 368 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:54.460 me. All right, so Jim just got this 369 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:58.220 for me and it is a gorgeous western 370 00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:01.580 style Bowie as you can tell. As you can tell here, 371 00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:05.380 it's got hollow ground bevels much like the 372 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:08.380 Western 49 and it's got a 373 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:12.660 really nice swedge and a gorgeous shape. It 374 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:16.500 came really sharp. I'd never heard of wild, tricky handmade knives 375 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:20.300 before, but this one came really sharp. I 376 00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:24.100 did of course run it over my strop a few times and get it 377 00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:27.860 razor sharp. It has this beautiful sort 378 00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:31.700 of gray purplish pakkawood handle 379 00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:35.700 and a brass escutcheon. Really, really 380 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:39.180 nice. And then it also came in this white 381 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:42.900 stitched leather sheath. I like the sheath quite a bit. 382 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:45.380 I am considering removing the belt 383 00:23:46.750 --> 00:23:50.150 loop, but I'm gonna wait and see if that urge 384 00:23:50.150 --> 00:23:53.550 passes because I hate to do things that you can't take back 385 00:23:53.870 --> 00:23:57.670 and then realize it was a stupid idea. You 386 00:23:57.670 --> 00:24:00.590 got a true full tang here, a perfect 387 00:24:00.990 --> 00:24:04.510 handle. It's very comfortable and hand filling. 388 00:24:04.830 --> 00:24:08.590 And I gotta tell you, we had, I mentioned this on Thursday 389 00:24:08.590 --> 00:24:12.270 Night Knives last week, but we had a plumber here 390 00:24:12.350 --> 00:24:16.170 one day not too long ago, and long story 391 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:19.770 short, this room is going to change. But I'll tell you that another time. 392 00:24:20.250 --> 00:24:24.050 But the whole time, whenever someone is in the house working, I'm like, here's 393 00:24:24.050 --> 00:24:27.850 someone with power tools. A stranger in my house. He was a great 394 00:24:27.850 --> 00:24:31.690 plumber, did a wonderful job. Personable guy, but still, 395 00:24:31.690 --> 00:24:34.970 I'm like, I don't know. I don't know who this guy is. So this 396 00:24:35.610 --> 00:24:39.410 was my. This was my comfort that day. This was 397 00:24:39.410 --> 00:24:43.240 my. This was my esk, really. It gave me the emotional support 398 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:46.280 I needed to have a stranger in the house all day long. 399 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:50.760 You know, I'm a private guy, and when I'm in my home, I look, 400 00:24:50.760 --> 00:24:54.520 you know, I like to feel comfortable, and this is what helped. 401 00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:58.360 So thank you, Jim. I love this thing, and it's 402 00:24:58.360 --> 00:25:01.760 another. Bowie in my quiver, another 403 00:25:01.760 --> 00:25:05.360 Bowie in my collection of awesome Bowie knives. So I'm really, 404 00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:09.120 really psyched, Bob. Thank you, sir. All right, I'm gonna. I'm 405 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:12.880 gonna put this away. And as I do, we have a new 406 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:16.840 design. I don't want to cut my. All 407 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:20.560 right, sorry. Oh, there it is. It's safely, 408 00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:24.600 safely stashed away. All right. Check out this new design. This 409 00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:28.160 knife has seen things. None of them are a sharpening stone. 410 00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:32.080 I absolutely love this because most of the people 411 00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:35.910 I know, this is the story with them. This is the story 412 00:25:36.870 --> 00:25:40.470 I've. I've even met. And we've all known people who have 413 00:25:40.630 --> 00:25:44.470 gotten rid of knives that just kind of passed them aside and bought new 414 00:25:44.470 --> 00:25:48.230 ones when their knives go dull, which is crazy. It's 415 00:25:48.230 --> 00:25:51.750 like throwing your car away when it runs out of gas. Am I right? 416 00:25:52.070 --> 00:25:55.910 I mean, it's got a gas tank for a reason. You fill it 417 00:25:55.910 --> 00:25:58.910 up and you get. To use it again. Same thing with a knife. It's got 418 00:25:58.910 --> 00:26:02.680 a blade, you sharpen again. It again, and then you use 419 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:06.520 it again. But I love this. It's got some real attitude. 420 00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:09.800 You can get this on any number of things. T shirt, 421 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.480 apron, other stuff. At the knife 422 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:17.240 junkie.com shop, we've got 30 some odd pages 423 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:21.440 of really cool merchandise with 424 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:25.040 all of these incredible and funny designs that Jim comes up 425 00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:28.680 with. Is one of my favorites from the recent past. So go check that out 426 00:26:28.950 --> 00:26:32.550 at the knife junkie.com shop. All 427 00:26:32.550 --> 00:26:35.350 right, let's talk about it. Modern classics. 428 00:26:36.390 --> 00:26:40.150 Okay, what are we talking about here, Bob? Modern classics. 429 00:26:40.310 --> 00:26:43.990 So if you look at modern art, and this is. 430 00:26:45.750 --> 00:26:49.430 This is not really based on modern art, but it does go 431 00:26:49.430 --> 00:26:52.950 back to somewhere around World War I. 432 00:26:53.030 --> 00:26:56.310 Or so we're, we're updating this, 433 00:26:56.750 --> 00:27:00.550 we're starting in the late 60s, but we only 434 00:27:00.550 --> 00:27:03.910 really have one, one occurrence in the 60s. And then we kind of jump to. 435 00:27:03.910 --> 00:27:07.310 The early 80s with these. And I'm not going to be dating them, 436 00:27:07.630 --> 00:27:11.430 but these are 10 knives here, 10 folders that have had 437 00:27:11.430 --> 00:27:14.830 an outsized impact on the industry through, 438 00:27:15.710 --> 00:27:19.510 through their strength, through the steels they've used, 439 00:27:19.510 --> 00:27:23.040 through their designs and innovation, and through their 440 00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:26.840 adoption, not only from users, people who 441 00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:30.280 hardcore use their knives, but then later collectors. 442 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:34.960 So what are we going to start with? You know what, we're starting with the 443 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:38.120 Buck 110. So let's take a look at this 444 00:27:38.760 --> 00:27:42.600 Buck 110. This one just got 445 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:46.320 a bunch of use from me. This one lives on my desk in 446 00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:49.810 the leather sheath, the leather belt 447 00:27:49.810 --> 00:27:53.370 sheath. That came with it. And I keep it always 448 00:27:53.370 --> 00:27:56.850 handy, use it somewhat rarely carry or carry it. 449 00:27:56.930 --> 00:28:00.730 Rarely I should say. But living on my 450 00:28:00.730 --> 00:28:04.210 desk it sees some use. But this past weekend 451 00:28:04.530 --> 00:28:08.050 I had a lot of work to do both inside and 452 00:28:08.050 --> 00:28:11.490 outside and I had some stuff to burn off. 453 00:28:12.130 --> 00:28:15.810 So when I did, I lit that fire using this Buck 110. 454 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:19.960 You can see all the gunk on. There from the, from 455 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:23.760 the Fatwood, but. 420 HC blade 456 00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:27.600 steel here. Razor freaking sharp, man. 457 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.840 Hollow ground, razor sharp. 420 HC. Imagine that. 458 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.800 It's not a super steel and yet it still functions as 459 00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:39.560 a knife. Unbelievable. Who would, who would, who would Imagine. You'Ve 460 00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:42.960 got integral brass bolsters and liners 461 00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:46.900 and nice and thick and just a super sturdy lock 462 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:50.420 back. I love this knife. I do. 463 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:54.420 I gotta say, for a lock back, I like the mid back 464 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:58.220 locks that you see on Cold Steels because they're easier to one 465 00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:01.740 hand close. But at the time this was designed, one hand 466 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:04.980 closing wasn't really a consideration. Bob didn't care that much about it. People didn't care 467 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:08.820 that much about it. Plus you can always close this on. Your leg, 468 00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:12.900 you know what I'm talking. About, when it's like this and then you just 469 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:16.580 depress it and you put. It against your jeans and close it. This is how 470 00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:20.260 we used to close. Knives before we were pampered by the modern age. 471 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:24.980 The buck 110 has a nice solid feel to it. Super 472 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:28.260 sturdy and really changed the 473 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.860 industry not only with its, 474 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:36.700 its strength, taking something that was a hunting knife and turning it into 475 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:39.890 something smaller, more easy to carry in a folding 476 00:29:40.610 --> 00:29:44.210 format, but also that lock itself was 477 00:29:44.290 --> 00:29:47.810 super, is super strong and really changed 478 00:29:47.810 --> 00:29:51.650 things. Permanently. In the knife business. 479 00:29:53.490 --> 00:29:57.130 This gave birth to a whole slew of 480 00:29:57.130 --> 00:30:00.930 copycats from the moment it hit the market 481 00:30:01.490 --> 00:30:04.990 to now, you can still. Find knives that emulate the Bob 110. 482 00:30:06.190 --> 00:30:09.830 What a great knife. I love this. And it's small, brother. The Bob 483 00:30:09.830 --> 00:30:10.110 112. 484 00:30:13.550 --> 00:30:16.590 Okay, next up. This one is 485 00:30:17.950 --> 00:30:21.670 the Chris Reeve knives Sebenza. This is the Sebenza 486 00:30:21.670 --> 00:30:25.510 21, which came out 21 years 487 00:30:25.510 --> 00:30:29.230 after the original Sebenza. And it came with some design 488 00:30:29.310 --> 00:30:33.050 changes, just as the 31 came out 31 years 489 00:30:33.050 --> 00:30:36.810 after the original Sebenza with its changes. But to me, 490 00:30:36.810 --> 00:30:40.370 the 21 is the true classic. Maybe that's just because 491 00:30:40.690 --> 00:30:44.370 it's what I've got. But this, really, if it 492 00:30:44.370 --> 00:30:48.050 didn't invent it, definitely popularized the 493 00:30:48.050 --> 00:30:51.810 frame lock. I, I, I'm pretty sure this was the knife that invented, I know 494 00:30:51.810 --> 00:30:55.530 that Chris Reeve invented the frame lock. So 495 00:30:55.530 --> 00:30:59.160 the integral frame lock, meaning it's not a 496 00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:02.800 thin liner with scales over it. The lock 497 00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:06.240 itself and the locking leaf here is 498 00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:11.040 exposed and enhanced by your grip. 499 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:16.160 So use of titanium at this point, when the, 500 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:20.200 when the Sebenza first came out was barely heard of in 501 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:23.890 the knife world. I know some people were using liners. At 502 00:31:23.890 --> 00:31:26.890 the time out of titanium, but a full frame 503 00:31:27.210 --> 00:31:30.770 titanium frame lock just didn't exist until 504 00:31:30.770 --> 00:31:34.530 Bob DeMarco came along with it. And this one 505 00:31:34.530 --> 00:31:38.170 has S35VN. S35 506 00:31:38.730 --> 00:31:41.450 was also a steel that was pioneered 507 00:31:42.330 --> 00:31:45.770 by Chris Reeve when he was 508 00:31:45.770 --> 00:31:47.450 updating the Sebenza. 509 00:31:58.770 --> 00:32:01.050 And he got that with the S35. 510 00:32:03.290 --> 00:32:06.570 So a really great and classic 511 00:32:06.970 --> 00:32:10.770 knife. This is one of those folding knives against which all 512 00:32:10.770 --> 00:32:14.090 others are measured. And I feel very 513 00:32:14.090 --> 00:32:17.410 grateful to have this knife. It's not, again, it's not an 514 00:32:17.410 --> 00:32:21.210 inexpensive knife. Few of these are. And so to 515 00:32:21.210 --> 00:32:23.410 be able to have one, especially a. 516 00:32:25.010 --> 00:32:28.490 I can't open this. With my left hand. Especially a Sebenza 517 00:32:28.490 --> 00:32:31.810 21, which was made on Leap Day 518 00:32:32.130 --> 00:32:35.570 2016. Yeah, that's right. You get a birth card with every 519 00:32:36.050 --> 00:32:39.570 Chris Reeve knife. And this one was made on Leap Day 2016, 520 00:32:39.970 --> 00:32:43.800 so it only has a. Birthday every four years. So 521 00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:47.600 this is the Chris Reeve knives, Sebenza, and in this case, 522 00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.560 the 21. 523 00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:55.760 ...And 524 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.680 this was one of them. Ernest DeMarco. And Emerson 525 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:03.120 knives was using titanium liners. 526 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:06.960 This has titanium liners. And this is the 527 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:10.810 Commander. This Commander was made in the year 2000. 528 00:33:12.010 --> 00:33:15.810 So this is a 25 year old knife at this point and I still 529 00:33:15.810 --> 00:33:19.050 remember ordering it, thinking I would get it the next day and 530 00:33:19.610 --> 00:33:23.250 waiting a year and thinking I got ripped off. By the Internet and then it 531 00:33:23.250 --> 00:33:27.010 showed up. But I ordered it in 532 00:33:27.010 --> 00:33:30.810 1999, showed up in 2000. Here's your 533 00:33:30.810 --> 00:33:34.330 maker's mark, 154cm 534 00:33:34.330 --> 00:33:37.770 blade steel, which at the time was a big deal. 535 00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:42.154 This also has some early G10. Looks kind of Micarta 536 00:33:42.246 --> 00:33:43.700 E, but this. 537 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:56.700 ...with 538 00:33:56.700 --> 00:34:00.460 sort of a clip. I know it doesn't really look like Bob. It, 539 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.820 but you can see a little. 540 00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:06.430 ...the 541 00:34:06.430 --> 00:34:09.070 knife that Ernest DeMarco made 542 00:34:09.950 --> 00:34:13.590 pro, the prototype of which he gave to some Navy 543 00:34:13.590 --> 00:34:17.190 SEALs to check out in California. And 544 00:34:17.190 --> 00:34:20.910 they discovered that this, which is now called 545 00:34:20.910 --> 00:34:24.470 the Emerson Wave. Which was 546 00:34:24.470 --> 00:34:28.310 intended as a blade catch. Like you're going toe to 547 00:34:28.310 --> 00:34:32.100 toe and fighting knife to knife with someone and. You'Re going to 548 00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:33.620 catch their blade in. 549 00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:46.380 So 550 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:49.900 it was a mistake that led to the Bob DeMarco 551 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:53.460 Wave, which is now, you know, Emerson's thing for 552 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.820 sure. 553 00:35:04.990 --> 00:35:08.790 It from your pocket. Uses that standard three 554 00:35:08.790 --> 00:35:12.149 screw quote unquote benchmade style clip. 555 00:35:12.790 --> 00:35:15.990 And just, and a really, really 556 00:35:17.270 --> 00:35:21.030 iconic knife. And I don't use the word iconic much. Easy 557 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:24.800 may have noticed like many or most 558 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.960 Emerson knives, it's got a V ground bevel but 559 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:32.160 a chisel ground edge. So only 560 00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:36.000 sharpened on one edge really makes it super 561 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.200 sharp. And according to Ernest Emerson, a big 562 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:42.800 inspiration for the chisel edge was easier to 563 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.920 sharpen the field because you only. Have one side to 564 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:49.050 sharpen. That's the Emerson Commander. 565 00:35:50.890 --> 00:35:54.490 Next up, this is. You'll recognize this as 566 00:35:54.490 --> 00:35:57.530 my dedicated road trip knife, the 567 00:35:57.930 --> 00:36:01.610 Microtech SOCOM Elite. This one made 568 00:36:01.610 --> 00:36:02.729 in March of 569 00:36:02.729 --> 00:36:06.650 2012. 570 00:36:06.810 --> 00:36:10.250 You can see that right there. So pretty, pretty old knife. 571 00:36:10.730 --> 00:36:13.930 This knife represents a lot of firsts in my collection. First 572 00:36:13.930 --> 00:36:17.310 S35VN knife I got. First knife with ball 573 00:36:17.310 --> 00:36:20.630 bearings. Though I didn't know it at the time, I just thought it was crazy 574 00:36:20.710 --> 00:36:24.470 smooth. First knife With a glass breaker first. Knife with 575 00:36:24.470 --> 00:36:27.430 carbon fiber. This was a lot of firsts for me. 576 00:36:28.070 --> 00:36:31.350 What really drove me to this knife and I bought it used on blade 577 00:36:31.350 --> 00:36:35.070 forms from a guy who was building a house and needed to free 578 00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:38.910 up some funds. I remember that. But what always drew me to 579 00:36:38.910 --> 00:36:42.470 this knife was that incredible American tanto 580 00:36:42.470 --> 00:36:46.320 grind with the, with the clip point and the long 581 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:49.920 swedge. This thing is just beautiful. But 582 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:52.160 since buying this knife and since. 583 00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:59.120 Basically I don't want to say what's the word 584 00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:00.880 buying this knife and. 585 00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:07.200 Typecasting it as my road trip knife because it has the glass breaker 586 00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:11.020 on the back, I've really grown to see what an amazing knife 587 00:37:11.020 --> 00:37:14.860 these SOCOM Elites are. I have the SOCOM Bravo. I 588 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:18.580 like it plenty. Bob. It's beautiful and sculptural. But just give 589 00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:22.380 me the aluminum handles with the nested liner lock 590 00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:26.460 and even that tip down carry doesn't bum me. Out on this 591 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:29.500 type. This is one of two knives for, for that 592 00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:33.860 really nice big thumb studs are also the blade stop. You've 593 00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:37.550 got a thumb thumb ramp with jimping and then this reverse thumb ramp 594 00:37:37.790 --> 00:37:41.390 on the forward part of the blade which I love. 595 00:37:41.630 --> 00:37:45.470 It's a great place to have your hand or to have your thumb to 596 00:37:45.470 --> 00:37:49.150 really create tension between your forefinger and. Your thumb for 597 00:37:49.150 --> 00:37:52.910 a super solid grip. I love this 598 00:37:52.910 --> 00:37:56.670 knife. This is, this is one of the last ones I would ever sell. 599 00:37:57.070 --> 00:38:00.910 It's just been on so many great family road trips 600 00:38:00.910 --> 00:38:03.620 and adventures that it's cut everything 601 00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:08.140 including pancakes. That is my microtech 602 00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:11.860 SOCOM elite. Okay, next 603 00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:15.540 up. This is one that you know, no list 604 00:38:15.540 --> 00:38:18.900 of modern classic folding knives would be complete 605 00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:22.580 without the paramilitary tube. This 606 00:38:23.060 --> 00:38:26.660 very, very little special about this particular 607 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.980 paramilitary tube from Spyderco. 608 00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:34.500 It is the standard S 30v blade 609 00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:37.900 steel standard everything is just a standard 610 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:42.500 paramilitary. And it's a great knife. I've used this one 611 00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:46.340 a lot over the years. This one goes in my pocket when 612 00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:50.020 I actually really know I. I'm going to be needing to cut 613 00:38:50.020 --> 00:38:53.780 stuff, you know, as opposed to emotional support or 614 00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:57.590 anything like that. And yeah, you can 615 00:38:57.590 --> 00:39:01.030 see it's it, it's wearing some of the experience 616 00:39:01.430 --> 00:39:05.110 on its sleeve. I remember 617 00:39:05.430 --> 00:39:09.030 carrying this days on end when we were. 618 00:39:09.910 --> 00:39:13.750 The place I was working was shooting the 619 00:39:14.150 --> 00:39:17.590 world of police and fire games in D.C. 620 00:39:17.750 --> 00:39:21.380 and there was a couple of day event and. And we were 621 00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:24.820 working very long hard. Hours and there was a lot of actual 622 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:28.380 cutting which is great, you know. Hey Bob, you got a 623 00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:32.100 knife. And this is the knife I was. Handing around to people and it was. 624 00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:35.860 Funny because. One guy in 625 00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:39.700 particular couldn't figure out how to close it. And, and 626 00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:43.140 I thought, you know what. That'S so typical of that guy. Look at, just look 627 00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:46.940 at it. So this has, on its innovative side, 628 00:39:47.550 --> 00:39:50.910 it's got the compression lock which 629 00:39:51.150 --> 00:39:54.790 has, I, I believe the patent for this has 630 00:39:54.790 --> 00:39:58.270 run out. And people are starting to use a similar 631 00:39:59.150 --> 00:40:01.470 system here. But you use this, 632 00:40:02.830 --> 00:40:06.550 it wedges a leaf of steel in a slot in 633 00:40:06.550 --> 00:40:10.150 the back of the tang here. Unlike a 634 00:40:10.150 --> 00:40:13.390 back liner lock which looks very much the same. 635 00:40:15.410 --> 00:40:19.170 And this is what gives it so much of its appeal and its 636 00:40:19.170 --> 00:40:22.850 fidgetiness is that awesome luck. Also you 637 00:40:22.850 --> 00:40:26.490 have a 5050 choil here, something that I feel that 638 00:40:26.490 --> 00:40:30.130 Spyderco has really pioneered and run with 639 00:40:30.530 --> 00:40:34.330 and doesn't bother me on this knife though the blade to handle ratio has 640 00:40:34.330 --> 00:40:37.530 always irked me a little bit. I always thought the blade should be. A little 641 00:40:37.530 --> 00:40:41.310 bit longer. But hey, that's just me. I'm not the genius Sal 642 00:40:41.310 --> 00:40:43.950 Glesser who. Actually designed this gorgeous knife. 643 00:40:44.910 --> 00:40:47.990 So this is the Spyderco 644 00:40:47.990 --> 00:40:51.670 paramilitary two and most definitely a 645 00:40:51.670 --> 00:40:55.509 modern classic. And before I said that the Paramilit 646 00:40:55.509 --> 00:40:59.070 or that the Sebenza was a folding knife 647 00:40:59.070 --> 00:41:02.790 against which all others are measured. This is another one of those 648 00:41:02.790 --> 00:41:06.550 knives. For a good 12 years there, you could not see 649 00:41:06.550 --> 00:41:10.270 a single knife review. Without someone referencing the 650 00:41:10.270 --> 00:41:12.550 Spyderco paramilitary military too. 651 00:41:14.150 --> 00:41:16.950 All right, next up, the rick Hinderer Knives 652 00:41:16.950 --> 00:41:20.790 XM18. This knife also 653 00:41:20.790 --> 00:41:23.430 has some innovation on it. You can see the, 654 00:41:24.470 --> 00:41:28.150 the over travel stop there for the lock that 655 00:41:28.150 --> 00:41:31.910 stabilizes the lock up and down and stops it from 656 00:41:33.350 --> 00:41:37.190 being over extended side to side. So it, 657 00:41:37.190 --> 00:41:40.990 it really helps. That. Helps that 658 00:41:40.990 --> 00:41:44.830 lock in two different, on two different axes. And this 659 00:41:44.830 --> 00:41:48.590 was due to the fact that Rick Hinderer who designed this 660 00:41:48.590 --> 00:41:52.350 knife and owns Rick Hinderer knives, obviously used to 661 00:41:52.350 --> 00:41:55.990 be not only a horse trainer but a firefighter. And 662 00:41:55.990 --> 00:41:59.750 he talks about how he was on a job once, firefighting 663 00:41:59.750 --> 00:42:03.580 job, and he un unlocked his 664 00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:07.020 frame lock knife, whatever he was using and there was no 665 00:42:07.020 --> 00:42:10.860 stabilizer and he over bent it. And then the blade wouldn't stay shut. 666 00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:15.060 And kind of made the, the knife use useless until he could take it. 667 00:42:15.060 --> 00:42:18.900 Apart and, and fix it. So that's when he dreamt 668 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:22.620 up the lock bar stabilizer. That little button 669 00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:26.310 you see right there. Under the clip like I 670 00:42:26.310 --> 00:42:30.030 said, stops it from being compressed this way north to south, but 671 00:42:30.030 --> 00:42:33.670 also stops it from being overextended east to west. 672 00:42:35.270 --> 00:42:38.870 A beautiful design. This one is the Sponto. 673 00:42:39.350 --> 00:42:42.630 So it's Part. Spear point. 674 00:42:44.630 --> 00:42:48.470 Part spear point, part Tonto. But in 675 00:42:48.470 --> 00:42:51.830 this case I had mine reground 676 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:55.560 by by Josh of 677 00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:59.680 Razor razor edge knives. And he gave it a 678 00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:03.240 deep hollow grind like it was originally intended. I think 679 00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:07.000 for mass production they just do them flat ground. And 680 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:10.520 it was nice as a flat ground knife, but as a 681 00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:13.880 really thin hollow ground knife. This thing is an 682 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:17.720 incredible cutter. S35VN on this one though. I 683 00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:21.560 know these days they use 20cv and Magna cut and all sorts 684 00:43:21.560 --> 00:43:24.720 of other knives. Other steel's beautiful 685 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:29.120 titanium frame lock on this side with the hinderer 686 00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:33.280 right up front. Kind of like the Idaho made on the 687 00:43:33.520 --> 00:43:37.040 Chris Reeve knives. Great knife, great 688 00:43:37.040 --> 00:43:40.680 flipper. This is free tri way. So this is 689 00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:44.480 just one type of pivot and 690 00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:48.260 it's our one type of, yeah, pivoting system 691 00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:52.300 and it's the Nylotron washers. Nowadays you get 692 00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:55.900 one of these and you can choose between Nylotron 693 00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:59.460 washers, bronze washers, or the 694 00:44:00.580 --> 00:44:04.380 captured ball bearings that. Pivot that it ships 695 00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:08.180 with. This is an aftermarket though, 696 00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:12.990 Hinderer sanctioned. We 697 00:44:12.990 --> 00:44:16.750 call it scale. That's a maroon micarta which turned 698 00:44:16.830 --> 00:44:20.630 black for a while with pork fat. But over the 699 00:44:20.630 --> 00:44:24.350 years that pork fat has gone away. Probably all in my 700 00:44:24.350 --> 00:44:28.030 pockets now and. It'S back to its maroon beauty 701 00:44:28.030 --> 00:44:31.830 flow. So love this knife. I've got four Hinderers 702 00:44:31.830 --> 00:44:35.590 and I have no plans on getting any others, but. I'm happy with the 703 00:44:35.590 --> 00:44:39.240 four that I. Okay, next up, a true 704 00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:43.040 modern classic. I mean these are all true modern. Classics, but this, you know, as 705 00:44:43.040 --> 00:44:46.840 a cold steel fanboy. Oh no. No conversation 706 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:50.480 is complete without the Recon 1. This is an 707 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:53.879 old Recon 1. This is from the AUS 8 Hollow Ground 708 00:44:54.120 --> 00:44:57.400 Days. And when they put that sort of 709 00:44:57.400 --> 00:45:00.840 glorified spray paint on the blade, well, I got some, 710 00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:04.980 some solvent, took it off, scraped off the the 711 00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:07.340 coating and lo and behold, underneath 712 00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:12.300 found a beautiful. Stonewashed Finish on this 713 00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:15.780 AUS 8 blade. Incredibly sharp. That sharpening 714 00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:19.380 choil is my own doing. I was never happy with the sharpening 715 00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:22.540 choil. Not that I'm some big sharpening junkie, but 716 00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:27.260 you can tell when it's not right. So I just kind of tweaked the. Choil 717 00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:29.900 on this one. And this is so old. 718 00:45:31.770 --> 00:45:35.130 Probably 2010, so old that the G10 is almost 719 00:45:35.370 --> 00:45:39.170 smooth. I've had it for so long and. We know how rough 720 00:45:39.170 --> 00:45:42.890 the G10 is. When you buy a brand new cold steel. 721 00:45:44.730 --> 00:45:48.130 This one was one of the first knives cold steel 722 00:45:48.130 --> 00:45:51.290 produced and maybe one of the first out there, period, 723 00:45:51.770 --> 00:45:55.530 that just relied on the solidity and strength of the 724 00:45:55.530 --> 00:45:59.100 G10 relatively fat G10 slabs 725 00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:02.140 without nested liners or any other kind of 726 00:46:03.100 --> 00:46:06.940 metallic liner on the inside. So an innovation there. 727 00:46:07.020 --> 00:46:10.460 Also one of the early adoptees 728 00:46:10.620 --> 00:46:14.340 of the triad lock. So that is a back 729 00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:18.180 lock with a big old stop pin separating the 730 00:46:18.180 --> 00:46:21.900 blade from the. From the lock locking leaf. Here you can 731 00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:25.530 see that's the stop pin right there. And 732 00:46:25.770 --> 00:46:29.330 so the tang of the blade does not come right up 733 00:46:29.330 --> 00:46:32.970 to the spring like you see on 734 00:46:32.970 --> 00:46:36.770 the buck. See the difference? There's a gap on the cold 735 00:46:36.770 --> 00:46:40.170 steel. Below that gap where the blade 736 00:46:40.250 --> 00:46:43.610 meets the stop pin meets the lock. 737 00:46:43.850 --> 00:46:47.650 That's where all of the shock is absorbed. And that's where 738 00:46:47.650 --> 00:46:51.360 you get the major strength from the. The legendary 739 00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:54.480 strength from the triad lock. It's because. 740 00:46:56.160 --> 00:46:59.280 The force that's being exerted on the blade. 741 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:04.680 Is transferred into that big stop pin and then from the stop 742 00:47:04.680 --> 00:47:08.520 pin into the rest of the knife as opposed to onto 743 00:47:08.520 --> 00:47:12.320 the. Onto the locking spring there. 744 00:47:13.520 --> 00:47:17.230 So an awesome knife. I love the recon one. It comes 745 00:47:17.230 --> 00:47:20.870 in a number of different flavors and. And also in 746 00:47:20.870 --> 00:47:24.390 large. So you can get this in the. I'm sorry, xl. 747 00:47:25.510 --> 00:47:29.030 So five and a half inches. This is the four inch. You can get them 748 00:47:29.350 --> 00:47:33.030 in the three inch and then the old micro 749 00:47:33.190 --> 00:47:37.030 recons for your keychain. So no matter 750 00:47:37.030 --> 00:47:40.870 what size Recon 1. You get, it is a modern classic, 751 00:47:40.870 --> 00:47:44.660 to be sure. All right, next up 752 00:47:44.660 --> 00:47:48.340 is Benchmade. Yeah, I don't talk about Benchmade much. 753 00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:51.820 Not a huge Benchmade fan, But I am a huge 754 00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:54.660 fan of the Benchmade bugout. 755 00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:59.220 This one wearing aftermarket Allen Putnam 756 00:48:00.180 --> 00:48:03.540 Micarta scales with the. With the anzo pattern 757 00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:07.900 milled into it. And of course, a snaggle teeth tactical on there. 758 00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:11.550 Because I used to carry this in my back 759 00:48:11.550 --> 00:48:14.990 pocket all the time. Also used to carry it in the breast pocket of my 760 00:48:14.990 --> 00:48:18.630 winter jacket. I'll probably do that again this year. But I 761 00:48:18.630 --> 00:48:22.470 always thought that this. This should. If I need 762 00:48:22.470 --> 00:48:26.310 to reach into my pocket, sure, I'll give you my wallet. And I decide that 763 00:48:26.310 --> 00:48:29.950 I can take the guy. Why not have it wave open 764 00:48:29.950 --> 00:48:33.790 with the snaggle teeth tactical? I know, I know, I know. 765 00:48:34.160 --> 00:48:37.840 You don't have to say it. I know it's ridiculous, but, you know. 766 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.600 I'm prone to ridiculousness sometimes. I love it 767 00:48:41.600 --> 00:48:44.720 because it matches the color of the standoffs here. 768 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:48.560 And really, really nice clip on this. 769 00:48:49.200 --> 00:48:52.600 But feather weight, that's what makes this a real 770 00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:56.320 classic. Thin and feather weight with that awesome 771 00:48:56.320 --> 00:49:00.080 axis lock. One of my best Ambidextrous bar 772 00:49:00.080 --> 00:49:03.660 locks out there. The original axis 773 00:49:03.660 --> 00:49:07.420 lock is not always. The best in my opinion, but in. This case 774 00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:10.700 it is truly awesome. So 775 00:49:10.700 --> 00:49:14.140 lightweight, small, thin, ultra capable. 776 00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:19.100 Some people thought it was too lightweight and I may have been one of those 777 00:49:19.100 --> 00:49:22.620 guys. I. I did not like the scales. That this came with the blue 778 00:49:22.620 --> 00:49:26.340 scales. The original blue scales. So thin you could bend 779 00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:30.140 them and see them bend under, under your, under the pressure 780 00:49:30.140 --> 00:49:33.940 of your fingers. I thought I wanted something a little. More stiff, so I 781 00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:37.700 got this Micarta. I've had this for who knows how 782 00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:41.380 long and it's. It's been with me. I 783 00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:44.340 carry this thing especially in the. Winter a lot. 784 00:49:46.260 --> 00:49:49.140 And it's kind of an unsung hero for me. 785 00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:53.590 It's the Benchmade bug out. All 786 00:49:53.590 --> 00:49:57.310 right, penultimate here in my collection of ten 787 00:49:57.630 --> 00:50:01.470 modern classic folders. By the way, I know these aren't all of them, so 788 00:50:01.470 --> 00:50:05.030 let me know. What you think the modern classics are and drop them in the 789 00:50:05.030 --> 00:50:08.710 comments below. I'd be interested to find out. Second 790 00:50:08.710 --> 00:50:12.550 to last here is from Ernest Emerson, 791 00:50:12.550 --> 00:50:16.110 designer and zero tolerance maker. This is the 792 00:50:16.110 --> 00:50:18.000 ZT06 793 00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:22.190 40A. It is a version of an 794 00:50:22.190 --> 00:50:25.750 old Ernest Emerson design from 795 00:50:25.990 --> 00:50:29.630 the days right when he was making his switch from art 796 00:50:29.630 --> 00:50:33.230 knives to tactical knives. And this was one of the five 797 00:50:33.230 --> 00:50:35.910 models he had at that time and 798 00:50:36.790 --> 00:50:40.590 he updated it for zt. And I love 799 00:50:40.590 --> 00:50:43.910 this thing. This is universally 800 00:50:43.990 --> 00:50:47.760 loved. I think even people who don't like Emerson knives or 801 00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:51.480 aren't crazy about ZT knives, everyone seems to love the 802 00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:54.680 0640. However, no one seems to love 803 00:50:55.160 --> 00:50:58.680 the. The split pea soup carbon fiber 804 00:50:58.680 --> 00:51:02.520 scales. That come with it. So it's very frequent to see 805 00:51:02.520 --> 00:51:06.280 these knives with aftermarket scales on. Like 806 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:09.800 I have here. Beautiful Micarta. I put on here 807 00:51:10.200 --> 00:51:13.670 10 Micarta and. An aftermarket clip 808 00:51:13.750 --> 00:51:17.430 on mine. This one has 20 809 00:51:17.510 --> 00:51:21.030 CV steel, a beautiful clip point blade, 3.7 inches. 810 00:51:21.510 --> 00:51:25.270 Not a shrinking violet, but also kind of. 811 00:51:25.430 --> 00:51:28.870 I don't know, I, I sort of put this on the same shelf 812 00:51:28.949 --> 00:51:32.790 with my Sebenza and with the knife that's coming 813 00:51:32.790 --> 00:51:36.390 up next. It's got a really nice glassy 814 00:51:36.710 --> 00:51:40.510 action. To it on those phosphor bronze washers. And 815 00:51:40.590 --> 00:51:44.430 is just a. Has a sort of neutral 816 00:51:44.430 --> 00:51:48.270 handle, a. Somewhat neutral blade, if you can even call it that. 817 00:51:48.510 --> 00:51:51.910 There's nothing about this that screams 818 00:51:51.910 --> 00:51:55.470 tactical. But it's totally tactical and practical 819 00:51:55.470 --> 00:51:58.590 every day. I. I would call this 820 00:51:59.070 --> 00:52:02.910 for, for all intents and purposes, it's a frame 821 00:52:02.910 --> 00:52:06.370 lock with overlays here. So 822 00:52:06.610 --> 00:52:10.130 really nice titanium. We'll call it 823 00:52:10.610 --> 00:52:14.250 frame lock with overlays folder. Love this knife. The 824 00:52:14.250 --> 00:52:16.850 zero tolerance,06 fluid. 825 00:52:18.690 --> 00:52:22.450 All right, last up. The 826 00:52:22.450 --> 00:52:26.170 Spartan Harsey. You knew that this was going to be on this list. 827 00:52:26.170 --> 00:52:29.010 The Spartan Harsey folder. So 828 00:52:29.810 --> 00:52:32.770 everything about this knife is super appealing to me. 829 00:52:33.670 --> 00:52:37.510 I Love William Harsey Jr. Or Bill Harsey. I love 830 00:52:37.510 --> 00:52:41.190 his designs. They are recognizable from a mile 831 00:52:41.190 --> 00:52:44.870 away. And this knife, to me, when you look at just the profile 832 00:52:44.870 --> 00:52:47.990 of it, looks a lot like the Lone Wolf knives. 833 00:52:48.230 --> 00:52:52.030 Remember Lone Wolf knives? Are you old enough to remember Lone 834 00:52:52.030 --> 00:52:54.390 Wolf knives? I think they were subsumed by 835 00:52:55.510 --> 00:52:58.790 Benchmade at some point. I think Benchmade bought them and then put them out of 836 00:52:58.790 --> 00:53:02.500 business. But Bill Harsey did a number of designs 837 00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:05.820 for Lone Wolf, and they kind. Of had this vibe. 838 00:53:07.820 --> 00:53:11.580 Very gentle recurve on this. You can barely see it. It's the kind 839 00:53:11.580 --> 00:53:15.260 of recurve that you sharpen through, and eventually 840 00:53:15.260 --> 00:53:18.460 you don't have it, but you use the knife so much that 841 00:53:19.100 --> 00:53:22.940 you. You sharpen through that sort of recurve there. 842 00:53:23.100 --> 00:53:26.390 Kind of like a traditional clip point on a. On a slip joint here. 843 00:53:27.180 --> 00:53:31.020 But this is a drop point with a swedge. S35VN 844 00:53:31.020 --> 00:53:33.660 is what these were originally done in. That's what this is. 845 00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:37.820 Damn. Thick slabs of titanium. No relief, 846 00:53:38.540 --> 00:53:42.380 no weight relief. Milled on the inside. Come on, you don't need that. 847 00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:46.940 Giant, thick, sturdy standoffs. This is a knife 848 00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:50.460 you could run over with a. With a. With an 849 00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:53.660 M1 tank, and it's probably going to retain its 850 00:53:54.280 --> 00:53:57.880 shape. So I wouldn't. Maybe not an M1 pen. Who 851 00:53:57.880 --> 00:54:01.480 knows? Really, really solid, 852 00:54:01.720 --> 00:54:05.480 solid build. Super sharp, though. A little oblique 853 00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:09.120 behind the edge. I've thought of having this one reground, but. 854 00:54:09.120 --> 00:54:12.880 Oh, what end. Why, Bob, are you gonna start slicing 855 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:15.720 things, like, more than you do already? 856 00:54:16.200 --> 00:54:19.160 Probably not. Cool. Arrowhead 857 00:54:20.050 --> 00:54:23.650 clip here. There's Bill Harsey's. Oops. There's Bill 858 00:54:23.650 --> 00:54:27.250 Harsey's maker's marker signature there. 859 00:54:29.410 --> 00:54:33.050 And you see my logo etched in there after I 860 00:54:33.050 --> 00:54:36.810 had Curtis Iovito on the show years ago. At this 861 00:54:36.810 --> 00:54:40.650 point, I'd like to have him back on. He. He said, send me your 862 00:54:40.650 --> 00:54:44.450 Spartan RZ folder. I'll engrave your logo on it. And 863 00:54:44.450 --> 00:54:47.960 he did. Not only there, but also on the filler tab. 864 00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:52.680 Beautiful job. And so this knife is not only one of 865 00:54:52.680 --> 00:54:56.440 the greatest modern, classic folders out there, but 866 00:54:56.440 --> 00:54:58.360 also it has a lot of sentimental. 867 00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:04.280 All right, well, that just about does it for this list of 868 00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:08.560 awesome modern folders. Like I said before, tell me what. 869 00:55:08.560 --> 00:55:12.400 You think the modern folders are. You know, you may have 870 00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:16.040 noticed there's no Strider in this. Yes, Strider could be in this, I guess, 871 00:55:16.040 --> 00:55:19.800 but I don't know. That seems a little more niche at this point. 872 00:55:19.880 --> 00:55:23.200 At one point it was part of the holy trinity of knives, and I feel 873 00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:26.960 like they've kind of fallen off a little. Still love them, don't get me 874 00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:30.200 wrong. But. So let me know what you think. Tell me what you think 875 00:55:30.680 --> 00:55:34.440 those modern classic holders are. All right, everybody, 876 00:55:34.520 --> 00:55:38.290 be sure to join us on Sundays for interviews Thursdays 877 00:55:38.290 --> 00:55:41.970 for Thursday Night Knives. And join us again here on the. 878 00:55:41.970 --> 00:55:45.770 Midweek supplemental for Jim working his magic behind the switcher. 879 00:55:45.770 --> 00:55:49.570 I'm Bob DeMarco saying until next time. Don'T take Dull 880 00:55:49.570 --> 00:55:53.330 for an answer. Thanks for listening to the Knife Junkie podcast. 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