Tactical Customs
What’s new in customs. Focusing on the art and craftsmanship of the handmade knife.
Stan Wilson’s stylish 3-7/8-inch blade folder offers a scale release double-action. The blade is S90V and the handle is desert ironwood. Wilson can be reached at www.stanwilsonknives.com
Lyle Brunckhorst’s Xross-Bar Lock model features a new patent-pending double locking system with a finger flipper blade opener. The 3.25-inch blade is ground from CPM154CM stainless and the handle is carbon fiber. The maker can be contacted at www.bronksknifeworks.com
Raymond Smith’s “Rat Tail Folder” offers a 3-inch blade of 1095 carbon steel on a handle of stabilized maple burl. The maker can be contacted at www.anvilsedge.com
Another Sal Manaro Bullseye folder, this time with a mokume bolster and fossil ivory handle. The maker can be contacted at maker@manaroknives.com
Sal Manaro’s “Bullseye” folder offers a 2.75-inch blade of S30V on a handle of green canvas Micarta and titanium frame. The maker can be contacted at maker@manaroknives.com
Charles Vestal’s 4.75-inch bladed Loveless style boot knife is ground from CPM 154 stainless and is handled in ironwood burl. Contact Vestal at www.vestalknives.com
John White’s 8-inch blade dagger is forged from what he calls “Running Fire” Damascus, a combination of 1084 and 15n20 steels. The handle is mammoth ivory. White can be contacted at johnwhiteknives@gmail.com
Craig Camerer’s “Southwest Bowie” features a 10-inch blade of forged W-2 carbon steel on a handle of amber stag. The maker can be contacted at www.camererknives.com
Charles Vestal’s “Hideout” copies a classic Loveless concealment knife design. The 4.25-inch blade is CPM-154 and the handle ironwood burl. Vestal can be contacted at www.vestalknives.com
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