Airkat Knives?

If someone has a problem with Dwaines knives....Tell it to his face:D

Dwaine is actualy a nice man that always answers his e-mails swiftly. Super service all the way.

Check out the pictures from his shop in this link and you shall see that his knives are hand made ALL the way.

http://www.airkatknives.com/dwaineatwork

Cheers,

André

Dwaine Carrillo in his shop
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I had heard he'd stopped making fixed blades- or at least stopped taking orders on them. Anyone know about that?
 
i'll have to say, i've been intrigued with airkat knives for a very long time now. i think they look very functional, reliable, and unique in design. but i can't say anything for or against airkat designs as i have no experience with them.


but i will say that last week i shot dwaine an email asking him for some basic info on his tripwire line, and he responded to me within a matter of hours. that, i feel, is very impressive.


and i think you're right, he has stopped making fixed blades. which is a damn shame, because they looked great.

one thing that's always caught my eye about airkat fixed blades is the sheaths... from what i gather in this thread, they are top notch. but i can never find any pics of the sheath, most production photos only center around the knife itself... what's with all that metal stuff all over the kydex? what are they attachment points? all that stuff must be there for a reason...

500jeffreydk, would you kindly post some shots of just the kydex sheaths you have? that would be awesome.


thanks!
 
Airkats are great. Very high quality and completely original. I have a Tripwire and I love it. Would like to pick up one his fixed blades some day.
 
IMO Airkats kind of represent the triumph of cosmetics over function .... but there's nothing wrong with buying something just because you like the looks, so long as you understand what you're getting. And what you're not getting.
 
I like trpwires a lot however I would have the clip re-designed and the sharpened "coil" sharpened from the opposite side, correct for a right handed person.
 
mike413 said:
I was never ever saying anything bad about dwaine as a person.... he is a great guy....
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mike413 said:
But he is a nice guy as a person.......
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Great guy??? seems to me you have some kind of personal vendetta against him.:rolleyes:


mike413 said:
I am not one to spend my hard earned money on a knife from a guy in his garage.......
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So I, and I am sure others find your opinion basically worthless:jerkit:
 
Tim Galyean said:
Great guy??? seems to me you have some kind of personal vendetta against him.:rolleyes:




So I, and I am sure others find your opinion basically worthless:jerkit:
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that guy has not been on the forum since he made those posts in 2004.
 
Yeah I could understand saying that AirKats being too tactical for ones tastes but i think gimmicky is just slanderous. These aren't mass produced knives meant to apeal to the uninformed (about quality,construnction etc) they are hand made, with fine materials, and are put to the test. They aren't trying to lure people into buying them as matter of fact some people are deterred simply because of the looks.
 
Gentlemen

I found this thread on a google seach and did not see the date:D SORRY.
I just got PO and responded ASAP:grumpy:

Anyways Cool knives.

The sheath is something special both the old leather ones and the newer kydex. Dwaine does not make leather sheaths anymore due to the time it took. No fixed blades at the moment and not since 2004 or so.

The metal part on the sheath is a thumb rest to get the knife out of the sheath - very nice feature that allows you to take the knife out silent and without the noice a kydex sheath normally makes. The sheaths are also very tight and reverse carry is therefor possible if deisred.
The kydex sheath is open and dirt and mud ca escape from the sheath and cleaning it is also easier. This feature is super cool, and looks great to.

PS Dwaine is making a new folder in colaboration with Joel Pirela, the knife is called RaDok.

Some sheath pictures. Not all the knives are mine!!!


Cheers,

André


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i still have to say I really like those knives alot. Very unique designs and execution. If I had the money I'd have to get one. The Apache is my favorite.


John
 
Interesting design, but resembles too much of a sharpened prybar to me.
It looks very well made =)
 
I think I met that Mike guy in a knife store recently. I heard almost the same story about Dwaine and Chinese blades reworked at that knife store in OKC on MacArthur. He either read this thread a couple years ago, or it was the same guy!
 
The designs might not suit your needs, but the quality of execution is very good.
 
I know nothing about airkatknives but the sharpened finger coil (sp) looks like an accident waiting to happen.
 
Sorry for dredging up an old thread, but I find the designs to be quite interesting. I like the fact that the fixed blades seem to follow the "sharpened chisel" philosophy.

One question I have regards a previous comment made that the presence of complex milling on these knives such as the Apache means that they cannot be tempered steel. Is this true, and (forgive a newbie) is this a bad thing?

Also, whats with the wingnuts on the sheath? Do they serve a purpose, or are they just a design element?
 
I think what your asking is can the millwork be done after heat treating ? The answer is NO....all the milling,stamping,etc... are done prior to the heat treat. To temper a blade, means to draw some of the hardness back out of it so that it's not so brittle.

I put those wingnuts on those sheaths so that they could be mounted easily to different pieces of gear and easily detatched and mounted to another. Hope that answers your questions bro :)

Dwaine


tjchung said:
Sorry for dredging up an old thread, but I find the designs to be quite interesting. I like the fact that the fixed blades seem to follow the "sharpened chisel" philosophy.

One question I have regards a previous comment made that the presence of complex milling on these knives such as the Apache means that they cannot be tempered steel. Is this true, and (forgive a newbie) is this a bad thing?

Also, whats with the wingnuts on the sheath? Do they serve a purpose, or are they just a design element?
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