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Has anyone heard of MCusta? Its a knife company out of Seki, Japan. (Heres their crappy website.) Im not sure if theyre new or not: theyve probably manufactured knives for other companies at some point. I first noticed them just a few months ago and Ive already bought a couple of their knives. I really like them. Actually, Im carrying both of them right now!
All of the MCusta knives that Ive seen are liner locks with VG-10 blades and nice scale materials. A specialty of theirs seems to be damascus blades with a VG-10 core. They offer a variety of models, from pretty plain tactical folders to smaller gentlemans knives with fancy damascus handles. Their katana series, with San Mai blades, looks pretty neat too, even though the whole tanto thing has been kind of played out.
The knives that I have are a Take and a Basic. The Take (pic below from A.G. Russell) has a damascus handle thats shaped to resemble bamboo (take means bamboo in Japanese). It seems to be a pretty popular model. The Basic (photo from Universal Cutlery) is bigger: longer and thicker. Several different materials are used for the scales on this knife. The one I own has Micarta scales.
Fit and finish on these knives is pretty good: could be better, but not bad at all. The designs are very cool and they make good users. One thing I have to mention is that these knives are sharp. They are noticeably sharper out of the box than pretty much anything else Ive seen.
When I tried a search, it didn't turn up much on MCusta. Maybe they just recently started selling in the US or something. I think Ill probably buy one or two more of their knives in the future though and check out some other models.
All of the MCusta knives that Ive seen are liner locks with VG-10 blades and nice scale materials. A specialty of theirs seems to be damascus blades with a VG-10 core. They offer a variety of models, from pretty plain tactical folders to smaller gentlemans knives with fancy damascus handles. Their katana series, with San Mai blades, looks pretty neat too, even though the whole tanto thing has been kind of played out.
The knives that I have are a Take and a Basic. The Take (pic below from A.G. Russell) has a damascus handle thats shaped to resemble bamboo (take means bamboo in Japanese). It seems to be a pretty popular model. The Basic (photo from Universal Cutlery) is bigger: longer and thicker. Several different materials are used for the scales on this knife. The one I own has Micarta scales.
Fit and finish on these knives is pretty good: could be better, but not bad at all. The designs are very cool and they make good users. One thing I have to mention is that these knives are sharp. They are noticeably sharper out of the box than pretty much anything else Ive seen.
When I tried a search, it didn't turn up much on MCusta. Maybe they just recently started selling in the US or something. I think Ill probably buy one or two more of their knives in the future though and check out some other models.
