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SHARP IN A PINCH
Military types can find lots of uses for these classic cutters
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MODEL NAME: Twisted Bowie
BLADE LENGTH: 9” BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus of W1 tool and 15N20 nickel alloy steels
BLADE GRIND: Flat BLADE PATTERN: Clip point HANDLE: Dyed box elder GUARD: Integral POMMEL: Stainless steel
OVERALL LENGTH: 14”
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A
SIMILAR KNIFE: $1,900 MAKER: Derick Kemper, Dept. BL8, 28 Mill St., Stewartstown, PA 17363 410-937-4244 damselflyforge@gmail. com, damselflyforge.com (SharpByCoop image)
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PATTERN: Bowie BLADE LENGTH: 9.25” BLADE MATERIAL: 80CrV2 carbon steel
BLADE PATTERN: Clip point HANDLE: Ivory paper Micarta® DOUBLE GUARD: Forge-darkened stainless steel
SPACER & PINS: Brass OVERALL LENGTH: 14.25” MAKER: Dawson Tabone, Monticello, Arkansas, dawson _ tabone@yahoo.com (Jocelyn Frasier image edit)
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PATTERN: Push dagger
BLADE LENGTH: 3.5” BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus BLADE GRIND: Double hollow HANDLE: Ancient walrus ivory
OVERALL LENGTH: 6” SHEATH: Custom leather w/rattlesnake inlay
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMI-
LAR KNIFE: $325 (also available in a double flat grind) MAKER: John Davis, jdavis6712@ yahoo.com (Hannah Turner image)
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MODEL NAME: Pig Sticker PATTERN: Dagger BLADE LENGTH: 8.25” BLADE MATERIAL: CPM 154 stainless w/fullers
BLADE THICKNESS AT
RICASSO: .28” BLADE WIDTH AT WIDEST: 1.18” CONSTRUCTION: Tapered tang HANDLE: Stabilized spalted oak w/ lanyard hole GUARD: Black G-10 w/white G-10 spacers/liners
OVERALL LENGTH: 13.39” SHEATH (NOT SHOWN): Leather, pig-skinned lined, removable frog, leg tie
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR
KNIFE: $850 (includes sheath) MAKER: Rodney Hoare, Dept. BL8, Sanctuary Point, New South Wales, Australia 2540 +61 0427 205 712 knifeimages@gmail. com (Rod Hoare image)
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MODEL NAME: MILF-02 Drop Point
ROCKWELL HARDNESS: 59-60 HRC BLADE THICKNESS AT THICKEST: .19” BLADE GRIND: Hollow FRAME: 420 stainless steel SCALES: 3D-textured G-10 POCKET CLIP: Ambidextrous, blade tip up or down LOCK: Framelock KNIFE TO KNOW: Removable stainless steel thumb stud locates at any of three beveled blade holes; blade action on phosphor bronze washers adjustable at Torx head pivot point WEIGHT: 7.34 ozs.
CLOSED LENGTH: 4.84” COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Comprises Australian and Taiwan make
MSRP: $175 COMPANY: Hardcore Hardware Australia, jonathan@hardcorehardware.com.au, hardcorehardware.com.au
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KNIFE NAME: Recon Scout in 3V
BLADE LENGTH: 7.5” BLADE MATERIAL: CPM 3V carbon steel
BLADE THICKNESS AT THE
THICKEST: 5⁄16 ” BLADE PATTERN: Clip point w/false edge
BLADE FINISH: Satin WEIGHT: 9.5 ozs. HANDLE: Kray-Ex™
OVERALL LENGTH: 12.5” SHEATH: Belt model
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Taiwan MSRP: $474.99 COMPANY: Cold Steel, c/o GSM Outdoors, attn: Chase Cahalan, Dept. BL8, 5250 Frye Rd., Irving, TX 75061 877-269-8490 info@gsmorg.com, www.coldsteel.com
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KNIFE NAME: Stovepipe BLADE STEEL: CPM 20CV stainless
BLADE THICKNESS AT THICKEST:
.157”
BLADE GRIND: Deep hollow BLADE PATTERN: Cleaver HANDLE: Titanium w/titanium backspacer POCKET CLIP: Titanium, right-handed, blade tip-up carry LOCK: Reeve Integral Lock FINISH: Stonewashed throughout KNIFE TO KNOW: The Stovepipe was inspired by custom knifemaker David Rydbom ’ s Bill the Butcher design and is named after the iconic top hat worn by infamous 19th-century gang leader William Poole; oversized pivot pin w/artistic accents serves double duty as an overtravel stop for the lock bar
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Taiwan MSRP: $600 COMPANY: Spyderco, attn: J. Laituri, Dept. BL8, 820 Spyderco Way, Golden, CO 80403 800525-7770 spyderco.com, sfo@spyderco.com
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MODEL NAME: Pentagon OTF
KNIFE TYPE: Automatic BLADE LENGTH: 3.79”
BLADE THICKNESS AT
THICKEST: .11” BLADE STEEL: Cryo-treated CPM S35VN stainless BLADE FINISH: Black titanium nitride
BLADE PATTERN: Spear point HANDLE: Hard anodized aluminum LOCK: Dynamic Locking System WEIGHT: 6.7 ozs. CLOSED LENGTH: 4.06” COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA MSRP: $349.95 COMPANY: SOG, Dept. BL8, 6521 212th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036-7411 888-405-6433 sogsales@sogknives. com, www.sogknives.com
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MODEL: Buffalo Pipe-Spike Tomahawk
BLADE MATERIAL: W2 tool steel HANDLE: Curly maple MOUTH PIECE: Buffalo horn EMBELLISHMENTS: Gold and silver inlay
MAKER’S REMARK: One of a kind MAKER: Joe Szilaski, Dept. BL8, Wood Dr., Pine Plains, NY 12567 518-398-0309 joe@szilaski.com (SharpByCoop image)
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MODEL: Roman Gladius
PATTERN: Sword BLADE LENGTH: 21” BLADE MATERIAL: Damascus of 1095 carbon and 15N20 nickel alloy steels HANDLE: Ebony/G-10 and brass spacers BOLSTER: Olive wood and brass
OVERALL LENGTH: 28” INSIDE INFO: The sword is a hybrid consisting of elements of the larger Gladius Hispaniensis and Mainz Gladius of the late Roman Republic period. The pommel has a marble medallion carved by Lauren Stern with the Roman numeral XIII for Caesar ’ s 13th Legion that crossed the Rubicon. Theo Nazz guided the sword’ s build in his Brooklyn, New York, workshop.
MAKER’S LIST PRICE FOR A SIMI-
LAR PIECE: $7,500 (though price may vary depending on embellishments) MAKER: Eugene Grinberg, Dept. BL8, 62 Euclid Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 646-7123512 eugene11grinberg@gmail.com (SharpByCoop image)
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PATTERN: Bowie BLADE LENGTH: 6” BLADE MATERIAL: W2 tool steel w/ hamon
ROCKWELL HARDNESS: 61 HRC BLADE GRIND: Flat w/small convex grind on edge
BLADE PATTERN: Clip point BLADE FINISH: Hand-rubbed satin HANDLE: Arizona ironwood in a bird’ s-beak pommel design SINGLE GUARD: 420 stainless steel
SPACER: G-10 OVERALL LENGTH: 10.5” SHEATH (NOT SHOWN): Tooled cow and deer leather for inside-waistband (IWB) carry
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMILAR
KNIFE: $800 (includes sheath) MAKER: Milan Mozolic, Bratislava, Slovokia, mozolicknives@gmail.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
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PATTERN: Fighter KNIFE TYPE: Fixed blade BLADE LENGTH: 7.5” BLADE MATERIAL: W2 tool steel w/ hamon BLADE GRIND: Double hollow GUARD: 3⁄8 ” -thick titanium HANDLE: Desert ironwood
OVERALL LENGTH: 127⁄8
” SHEATH: Belt model with snap retainer; vegetable-tanned leather w/ostrich inlay (not shown)
MAKER’S PRICE FOR A SIMI-
LAR KNIFE: $600 (includes sheath) MAKER: Kevin Lesswing, Dept. BL8, 29A East 34th, Bayonne, NJ 07002 551-2211841 kevinlesswing@gmail.com (SharpByCoop image)
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