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Yes, very nice...... Prices?
Whatever you want to call them, let's see more of them ;-)
hi Austin Guy,
Many of the posters mean well and have posted some great photos. Tactical Folder is a marketing term that signifies a particular "Look". It is not signifying a "combat" or some kind of knife carried by military people. Just to clarify since you asked about Tactical Folders.
Tactical Folders do not have the following:
Natural Handle materials
Damascus anything
Mirror polished blades.
Moki-Ti and Super Collider materials are starting to show up on a lot of "Tactical" folders. I think a new category needs to be named. I will call it "P-Tac's".
If you are coming to the Blade Show I encourage you (or anyone else) to stop by the seminar I will be conducting called "What to look for in a tactical folder".
Folders with Damascus blades are called....Damascus Folders.
Folders with Natural handle material/mirror finishes....Presentation Folders
Really fancy folders with file work, inlays, etc. Art Folders.
I keep repeating this (for the last 10 years or so) as when I judge the custom knives for the awards at the Blade Show...makers still put knives in the above 3 categories into the tactical folder market. Generally walking right by all the other knives (that look like the one they have) to put it in the wrong category. Then again there are makers who will take the same style of knife and put it in the Presentation, Tactical and Art knife categories. I guess they don't really know what they have so they will take a chance! LOL
So I just got a copy of K2012.
After looking at pages 52-56, I am thinking that perhaps Joe Kertzman did not get this memo.
Hi Kriss,
For those of you still confused I would suggest you take a look a the book by Bob Terzuola "The Tactical Folding Knife". I would direct your attention to Page 4 where Bob Terzuola gives credit to the two people who defined what a tactical folder was for him. One of those two people was Bob Neal. The other is writing this post. Oh you might want to check with Steve Shackelford who helped him define the criteria for both the Tactical folder and Tactical fixed blade category. Yep, it was the same person who suggested that the Blade Show include those categories of knives for the custom knife judging. The reason they were included? These knives had a distinct look...they did not fit into the Art, Damascus or Presentation folder categories.