My first “good knife” was an Emerson Commander (long story). I first met Ernie Emerson in 2002 at the New York Custom Knife show
And then again at the USN Gathering V show in Vegas (yes I am wearing custom made Emerson themed boots with knife holders)
I have also been to his shop in Las Angeles (though I just missed him that day). I was glad to meet up with him again at SHOT
and see his new production knives, the CQC-7 fixed blade, SEAX, tactical kwaiken, and battle axe.
The sheath for the fixed blade
A custom version of the Battle Axe
I also got to play with his recently introduced balisong
It was at the same 2002 NYCKS that I met Michael Janich, a renown edged weapon specialist who went on to found Spyderco’s Martial Blade Craft program. I was happy to see him again at the Spyderco booth!
Michael designed some blades for Spyderco such as the Yojimbo 1 and 2, the latter of which now has a companion trainer.
I was also happy to see that Spyderco is bringing back another one of Michael’s designs, the Janisong, a unique handle-within-a-handle balisong
I will let the expert demonstrate
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Spyderco is very protective of taking pics of their prototypes so the only other knife I photographed is the newest version of the James Keating Chinook, which is closer to what he originally intended for the knife (I have a gen 1)
RL
And then again at the USN Gathering V show in Vegas (yes I am wearing custom made Emerson themed boots with knife holders)
I have also been to his shop in Las Angeles (though I just missed him that day). I was glad to meet up with him again at SHOT
and see his new production knives, the CQC-7 fixed blade, SEAX, tactical kwaiken, and battle axe.
The sheath for the fixed blade
A custom version of the Battle Axe
I also got to play with his recently introduced balisong
It was at the same 2002 NYCKS that I met Michael Janich, a renown edged weapon specialist who went on to found Spyderco’s Martial Blade Craft program. I was happy to see him again at the Spyderco booth!
Michael designed some blades for Spyderco such as the Yojimbo 1 and 2, the latter of which now has a companion trainer.
I was also happy to see that Spyderco is bringing back another one of Michael’s designs, the Janisong, a unique handle-within-a-handle balisong
I will let the expert demonstrate
[youtube]mxleKPlKwhs[/youtube]
Spyderco is very protective of taking pics of their prototypes so the only other knife I photographed is the newest version of the James Keating Chinook, which is closer to what he originally intended for the knife (I have a gen 1)
RL
