In September 2021 we started planning a special edition knife to mark the 100th Shrike produced since we began serialising them in 2019. After much deliberation we decided on marking the occasion by making it our first ever Damascus blade. While over the years we haven’t delved into the use of Damascus, primarily because it […]
In our last entry in this series, Defensive Knife Design – Ergonomics, we looked at the importance of how the knife handle interacts with our hand. Now we move along to another very important fundamental aspect of Defensive Knives – The Sheath. The Sheath may seem like a secondary component to the actual knife, but […]
In the first article of this series, Defensive Knife Design: The Blade, we covered the business end of the knife as a defensive tool. For many people logic dictates that the blade is the most important part, but this is where we disagree. Ergonomics play a much bigger role than you might think and are […]
In this series of articles we are going to put forward what like to term “Critical Design Elements” of Defensive knife design, that is knives which are purposefully designed to be carried and accessed from a concealed position, during or just prior to a Close Combat Incident (CCI) which has potentially lethal outcomes. This is […]