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This Awesome, Limited-Edition Pocket Knife Sold Out in Hours — Here’s How You Can Still Get It

You may have missed it in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday chaos, but one of our favorite knife makers released perhaps its finest blade ever. The James Brand’s new Clovis, featuring a Crucible S35VN stainless steel blade, a button-lock mechanism, 3D profiled 6AL4V titanium scales and ceramic ball bearings, is the product of more than four years of listening to customer feedback before delivering an epic response. No wonder, then, that the Clovis sold out in a matter of hours.

Don’t fret, however. According to a recent post on The James Brand’s Instagram feed, this limited-edition knife is not yet done with its run. The crew is currently making more of a total batch of 300 and plans to release the next round in time for the holidays. We’ll keep you posted and, in the meantime, share a few more details on this instant heirloom.

The Clovis weighs 3.6 ounces and comes in two varieties, a $399 titanium-plus-stainless steel edition and a $425 all-black model. The drop-point blade measures 2.9 inches and the handle measures four inches, for a total length of 6.9 inches. Designed in Portland, Oregon and made in Meridian, Idaho, the Clovis is a tribute to quality craftsmanship and functional minimalism.

Here are a couple more images — including a peek at the black-on-black version — to tide you over till the next round of knives arrives.

December 8, 2019 / Comments Off on This Awesome, Limited-Edition Pocket Knife Sold Out in Hours — Here’s How You Can Still Get It
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This Awesome New Knife Sold Out in a Matter of Hours — Here’s How You Can Still Get It

You may have missed it in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday chaos, but one of our favorite knife makers released perhaps its finest blade ever. The James Brand’s new Clovis, featuring a Crucible S35VN stainless steel blade, a button-lock mechanism, 3D profiled 6AL4V titanium scales and ceramic ball bearings, is the product of more than four years of listening to customer feedback before delivering an epic response. No wonder, then, that the Clovis sold out in a matter of hours.

Don’t fret, however. According to a recent post on The James Brand’s Instagram feed, this limited-edition knife is not yet done with its run. The crew is currently making more of a total batch of 300 and plans to release the next round in time for the holidays. We’ll keep you posted and, in the meantime, share a few more details on this instant heirloom.

The Clovis weighs 3.6 ounces and comes in two varieties, a $399 titanium plus stainless steel edition and a $425 black on black. The drop-point blade measures 2.9 inches and the handle measures four inches, for a total length of 6.9 inches. Designed in Portland, Oregon and made in Meridian, Idaho, the Clovis is a tribute to quality craftsmanship and functional minimalism.

Here are a couple more images — including a peek at the black-on-black version — to tide you over till the next round of knives arrives.

December 3, 2019 / Comments Off on This Awesome New Knife Sold Out in a Matter of Hours — Here’s How You Can Still Get It
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This Is the Craighill Desk Knife, and You Need One Immediately

Beauty, Meet Function

This Is the Craighill Desk Knife, and You Need One Immediately

June 7, 2018  |   By Nick Caruso  |  Photo by Craighill

We use a great many knives in the Gear Patrol office. I’ve always been a fan, if not connoisseur, of the implement myself, and currently have no fewer than three different folders on or in my desk as I type this. In the past week, I’ve used them to open boxes, to remove splinters, in lieu of a paper cutter, to chop up food and to stage the rumble scene from West Side Story. (You can’t prove I didn’t.) My fellow Gear Patrollers are also outfitted similarly, with pocket knives of all types used for all manner of tasks. But the Desk Knife by Craighill looks to best them all.

The Desk Knife is just over five inches long and slightly thicker than a half inch, much like a chunky pen might be shaped. It’s milled in Wisconsin from a solid shaft of stainless steel into a shape inspired by traditional Kiridashi knives, a type of utility blade that features “a chisel grind and a sharp point.” Then the 4.5-ounce product, which is notched every half inch to improve grip and to function as a rudimentary ruler, is finished in New York City. It’s a simple cutting tool that is beautifully functional and designed to be at hand when you need it most. And most of us aren’t whittling sticks into spears or skinning deer or rumbling with the Sharks — most of us are sitting at a desk when the need to cut arises. We open packages or letters, slice a bit of apple or simply need something to spin around as we endure another conference call.

As a huge proponent of billet metal objects that score highly on both function and form — a quality that Craighill refers to as “elemental” — the Desk Knife hits my sweet spot perfectly. It’s graceful and tasteful but also practical — the simple blade is easy to sharpen and maintain. I’m eager to get my hands on one to prove to the world that it’s the only utility blade I’ll ever need.

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June 7, 2018 / Comments Off on This Is the Craighill Desk Knife, and You Need One Immediately
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