Double edged Air Force defense blade

Storm Crow

Storm Crow

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I'm making a batch of Little Rok knives for an upcoming knife show next month. Some will be single edged versions, some will be double edged. The original was part of this solider rig:

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I was contacted by a firefighter in the Air Force wanting a small knife to carry as a defensive blade since he wasn't able to carry a firearm due to the possibility of accidental discharge while dealing with flames. He's deploying to the Middle East soon and needed something quickly. I sent him a pic of the original Little Rok, and he approved. So I forged out the batch of knives and finished his first. While the rest will get Micarta (and one with cocobolo by commission), he requested a paracord wrap.

So here it is:

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Steel is 1/4" 5160, handle is black paracord for the underlay and two-strand Turk's head knot, olive drab for the overlay, all impregnated with Minwax Wood Hardener. Top and bottom edges shave hair.

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The sheath is olive drab Kydex with a small TekLok.

If a single-edged version with black Micarta is left after the show, I'll be adopting it for my personal EDC. :)
 
Pretty cool. I would think para cord wouldn't be the most heat resistant handle material, he might have to ask you to rewrap it after he's close to a few flames. But very nice all the same.
 
True. I think if he's close enough to fire to melt the handle off, he has bigger problems than his knife handle melting, though. :)
 
That looks like a compact and very 'wearable' knife for a firefighter. Good job.

All very 'high speed, low drag' (I have NO idea, what that even means!):D
 
Just heard back this weekend from the soldier who ordered up the rig in the first picture. He's happy with everything and plans on a review at some point in the future. He told me that another soldier was messing around with Little Rok and thought the top edge was a false edge. He tried to freak out another guy by running the "false edge" across his belly quickly. Thankfully, the other guy ended up with a big hole in his shirt instead of a disembowelment, but it could have ended very badly. :eek: Both edges on both blades would shave hair.
 
Storm Crow said:
Just heard back this weekend from the soldier who ordered up the rig in the first picture. He's happy with everything and plans on a review at some point in the future. He told me that another soldier was messing around with Little Rok and thought the top edge was a false edge. He tried to freak out another guy by running the "false edge" across his belly quickly. Thankfully, the other guy ended up with a big hole in his shirt instead of a disembowelment, but it could have ended very badly. :eek: Both edges on both blades would shave hair.
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Yikes! Some people, ill tell ya. Us Air Force guys are nutty!
 
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