Blade – September 2019

34 BLADE SEPTEMBER 2019

TROPHY KNIVES^ |^

2019

MOST INNOVATIVE

IMPORTED DESIGN

037 from WE KNIFE

DESIGNER: Kellen Bogardus

KNIFE TYPE: Flipper folder

BLADE LENGTH: 4.07”

BLADE STEEL: Böhler M390 stainless

BLADE GRIND: Flat

BLADE FINISH OPTIONS: Polishedbeadblast

and black stonewash

HANDLE MATERIAL: 6Al4V titanium

LOCK: Framelock

KNIFE TO KNOW: Construction features self-

locating interlocking tabs, which makes the

knife rigid as an integral. It reportedly “will

always reassemble perfectly with a centered

blade and without any play.”

WEIGHT: 4 ozs.

CLOSED LENGTH: 4.93”

MSRP: $328

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China

AVAILABLE: First production run was in April.

The second production run willbeavailable

approximately in October.

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BLADEFINISH:Satin

HANDLEMATERIAL:Glass-reinforcednylonw/

skeletonizedpocketclip

LOCK:Linerlock

KNIFETOKNOW:Extremelylowprofile and

lightweight;recessedthumbstudw/Ikoma Korth

BS)forsmooth,fast blade

.448”

N:China

2019

BESTBUY

OFTHEYEAR

CEOfromCRKT

DESIGNER:CustomknifemakerRichardRogers

KNIFETYPE:Folder

BLADELENGTH: 3 .1 07 ”

BLADESTEEL:8Cr1 3 MoVstainless

BLADEGRIND:Flat

BLADE FINISHSatin

WARENSKI/BREND

MASTERPIECE fromPRO-TECH

DESIGNER: Walter Brend

KNIFE TYPE: Push-button automatic

BLADE LENGTH: 3.75”

BLADE STEEL: 154CM stainless

BLADE GRIND: Hand hollow groundbyWa

Brend

BLADE FINISH: Mirror polishedbyWalter

HANDLE MATERIAL: 416 stainlesssteel

KNIFE TO KNOW: Exhibition-grademother

inlays; push button with engravinganddiam

by Tacori; 24k-gold, copper, sterlingsilvera

engraving by Julie Warenski (page72);pack

custom wooden box

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

WEIGHT: 7.5 ozs.

CLOSED LENGTH: 5”

MSRP: $12,000

AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 serial-numbered

Pro-Tech is taking orders for futureserialnum

knives are completed

BearingSystem(IKB

deployment

WEIGHT: 2 .1 ozs.

CLOSEDLENGTH: 4.

MSRP:$49.9 9

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2019

INVESTOR/COLLECTOR

KNIFE OF THE YEAR®