A136 2008 ECA Knife of the Year

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From Emerson's site:

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A136
[/h] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This is a custom knife model from way back in the Pre-Tac days. It is a sleek stylish design that looks so good it's hard to believe it's over 25 years old. I won a best in show award for this model when I first showed it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The ECA A136 features a slender, graceful, spearpoint blade, stonewashed finished and fitted into a tear drop shaped, tan, coarse G-10 handle, the knife features a sturdy .090 thick titanium liner lock and it cuts just as good as it looks. Try it. You'll like it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2008 ECA Knife Specs: [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Blade Length: 3.59 in.
Handle Length: 5.00 in.
Overall Length: 8.59 in.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Price $329.95
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Well, mine arrived today. I placed the order on the 21st, and got it on the 23rd. I've been lusting after this knife ever since I saw pics of it, and missed out on a couple of the sale threads but still kept a look out for it and even went so far as to post WTB threads on a few forums. I decided to call up Emerson and ask about it, and they had 5 in stock :eek:! So I joined the ECA and bought one. I got #31 as it was the lowest number available. Here are my pics. So stoked!

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The handle & blade are longer than that of the 7:
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The locking liner is also much thicker (even thicker than that of my Journeyman, but not pictured)
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Vid I made:

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I always thought that the A136 was a really nice knife design. Basically Emerson's A100 with a wave. I also must say that the plain edge version looks MUCH better than the partially serrated version.
 
Yeah, I think the Gentleman Jim and the A-100 came out of this. It's amazing that the design is over almost 30 years old (circa mid-80's) as Ernie mentioned in his ECA blog.
 
That is a sweet knife. If I hadn't just gotten in trouble for buying too many knives I'd be calling Emerson to see if I could get one of the remaining knives. Consider me jealous.
 
Jealous. Would love to get my grubby paws on one. I think I might like a bit more choil, but could be wrong of course. OK, gotta' think of something else...
 
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