Dawkind
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I was offered this Grail and, having a soft spot for Maringer knives, was able to procure this beauty to add to my other two Vorpal Haiku's...sub-hilt #915 Prototype in wire-wrapped stainless and sub-hilt #930 in DLC coated Ti with a DLC coated double-edged blade featuring Tom's O-ring handle treatment.
The Haiku knives breakdown into 17 different pieces, the same number of syllables in a Japanese Haiku poem....the knives so named by Tom's lovely wife.
This one is #927, 'Brass' ano'd Ti with a double-edged DLC coated blade and Tom's O-ring handle. This was one of Tom's favorite pieces because it looked like the fittings were brass and folks always expected it to be MUCH heavier than it's svelte 9 ounces.
Housed in one of Tom's legendary Kydex shoulder rigs, it carries very easily and deployment is lightning fast. I used to carry one of his original Vorpal's almost 20 years ago and it was very handy and accessible then and now...
The Haiku knives breakdown into 17 different pieces, the same number of syllables in a Japanese Haiku poem....the knives so named by Tom's lovely wife.
This one is #927, 'Brass' ano'd Ti with a double-edged DLC coated blade and Tom's O-ring handle. This was one of Tom's favorite pieces because it looked like the fittings were brass and folks always expected it to be MUCH heavier than it's svelte 9 ounces.
Housed in one of Tom's legendary Kydex shoulder rigs, it carries very easily and deployment is lightning fast. I used to carry one of his original Vorpal's almost 20 years ago and it was very handy and accessible then and now...
