by Dave Workman | Senior Editor
Name just one shooter or hunter who doesn’t have a knife and needs a couple more.
Can’t do it, eh? Well, for 2015, several new blades are on the horizon from some of the top knife makers in the world.
Spyderco is introducing the Rubicon folder with a blade made from CPM S30V stainless steel. It has an integral flipper and the trademark Round Hole for one-hand opening. The handle features a skeletonized titanium liner with a LinerLock mechanism and three-dimensionally machined solid carbon fiber scales with orange G-10 inlays and a matching orange G-10 spacer.
Also from Spyderco is the Dog Tag folder with a sheepfoot-style blade, a Round Hole opener and a single-sided handle made from titanium.
Lansky’s Madrock slip-joint is the latest of their collaborations with Danish designer Mikkel Willumsen.
New from Lansky is the Madrock slip-joint model with a 2.75-inch stainless blade, the newest offering in the company’s collaboration with Danish custom knife maker/designer Mikkel Willumsen in the Urban Tactical blade series first introduced in at the 2014 SHOT Show. The Madock has a low profile deep pocket clip, rubberized grip and the blade shape makes it ideal for cutting all kinds of things, from meat to tarpaper. It is a variation of Lansky’s World Legal knife, also by Willumsen.
Lansky’s new Urban Tactical knife model combo called the Responder/Blademedic pack features the EDC (for “every day carry”) folder with the Blademedic pocket-sized sharpening system. The Responder has a 3.5-inch blade of 440C stainless steel and a two-position pocket clip on the handle.
Lansky is also offering its popular Deluxe Quick Edge and Quick Fix sharpeners in pink. The Deluxe Quick Edge is a tungsten carbide knife sharpener, while the Quick Fix is a carbide/ceramic sharpener.
The Storm Front Damascus fixed blade is just one of several new blades from Browning.
New from Browning is a series of fixed-blade High Grade knives called the Storm Front Damascus. They feature hand-forged 4¼-inch hollow-ground Damascus steel blades. Browning has three new Damascus Folder models, all with 3-1/16-inch hollow ground blades. There will be a full Damascus model with Damascus handle or Mother of Pearl and Mammoth Tooth with Damascus bolsters.
Two other folders, the Big Belly skinner and Drop Point, both have 3½-inch flat ground blades and black ash hardwood handles.
The Ignite fixed-blade model has a 4-inch blade of 7Cr stainless, with polymer handles featuring molded contrasting grip inserts. They have a lanyard hole. There’s a Black and Gray model with a Titanium coating on the blade and the Black and Orange has a black oxide blade coating.
Browning’s Black Label tactical series is expanded with the Shock ‘N Awesome tomahawk with a hot forged, black powder coated tool steel blade.
Columbia River Knife & Tool’s new Shizuka noh Ken with folding Samurai-style blade.
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Columbia River Knife & Tool’s new Shizuka noh Ken, has a folding Samurai-style blade made from AUS8 steel. It has a black corrosion resistant coating and a handle made from G10. This knife features a manual LAWKS safety that sets a pin against the frame lock.
There are other models in the 2015 lineup, including the Northcliffe with a 2.95-inch flat-ground drop point blade with a locking liner. The No Time Off, designed by Flavio Ikoma, has a 2.99-inch drop point blade with a hollow ground edge. It features an Ikoma Lock Safety and a pocket clip.
The Thunder Strike also has a flat grind drop point blade with a powder coat finish and it comes with a glass-filled nylon sheath, while the Hunt’N Fisch has a satin-finished drop point blade with a flat grind and comes with a brown leather sheath.
Ontario Knife is introducing an assisted-opening model called the Utilitac 1A, with a patent-pending TAO (for Tactical Assisted Opening) mechanism designed by Joe Pardue.
Ontario Knife is introducing an assisted-opening model called the Utilitac 1A, with a patent-pending T.A.O. (for Tactical Assisted Opening) mechanism. It features a 3-inch AUS8 steel blade finished in satin or black, with black G-10 handles.
