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Well I couldn’t make it to Blade Show 2025 so Blade Show came to me! Lol
I am a big fan of Revenant Corps and saw their table in some show coverage vids.
I reached out to them to see what was left after the show and coincidentally a few hours later they posted exactly that!
I was so happy to see some of the unique “made for Bladeshow” Grosbeaks available. This is Revenant’s take on the Shivworks Clinch Pick and I have wanted one of those for a long time!
I chose #9 because it is unique in two ways. First, it is single edge. Revenant usually makes the Grosbeak double-edged (note the rest of the ones shown are double-edge) and while Shivworks Clinch Picks are now available this way, the original design was single-edge and I wanted to be true to that configuration. Secondly, it is a 1 of 1 colorway in .25” green/black/brown layered G10 with a green real rayskin underlay and a dyed green Tsukomaki wrap over it.
And here it is!
Closeups of the blade highlight the awesome green/black/brown layered G10
Closeups of the equally beautiful dyed green Tsukomaki wrap over real green rayskin
The blade came with a matching premium green carbon fiber texture Boltaron Static Line sheath. In case you are not familiar, SIMONA Boltaron is “aircraft rated material” that meets Federal Aviation Administration requirements for flammability, smoke, and heat release!
In addition to matching the colour, the sheath also matches the knife’s non-metallic signature as it doesn’t have any metal parts (I tested this with my Garrett Super Scanner V… everyone has one of these at home right?).
As you may know, Southnarc originally designed the Clinch Pick as a “get off me” tool after a perp tried to disarm him and they had a fight while he was seated in his car! Revenant modified the profile a bit with a tip alignment that is slightly forward for a more aggressive tip angle. Revenant also added a little thumb ramp for safety. If you are used to a thumb forward grip, you will cut yourself if you try that with a standard Clinch Pick as the blade goes right up to the handle.
It is intended to be carried forward of the hips for quick deployment with minimal movement in a close quarter situation. One trick is to grab the handle and rotate your hip to pull the sheath off the knife (for example if you are pinned down and can’t move your arm enough). The original intent was cross-draw carry (shirt tucked in for pic)
But you can also carry strong side for draw into reverse Pikal (Southnarc prefers edge in to edge out).
The Revenant Static Line sheath can easily transition between these carry positions. In fact, the sheath can be carried in the pocket, static line in the waist, neck carried, or lashed horizontally on the belt.
I am a big fan of Revenant Corps and saw their table in some show coverage vids.
I reached out to them to see what was left after the show and coincidentally a few hours later they posted exactly that!
I was so happy to see some of the unique “made for Bladeshow” Grosbeaks available. This is Revenant’s take on the Shivworks Clinch Pick and I have wanted one of those for a long time!
I chose #9 because it is unique in two ways. First, it is single edge. Revenant usually makes the Grosbeak double-edged (note the rest of the ones shown are double-edge) and while Shivworks Clinch Picks are now available this way, the original design was single-edge and I wanted to be true to that configuration. Secondly, it is a 1 of 1 colorway in .25” green/black/brown layered G10 with a green real rayskin underlay and a dyed green Tsukomaki wrap over it.
And here it is!
Closeups of the blade highlight the awesome green/black/brown layered G10
Closeups of the equally beautiful dyed green Tsukomaki wrap over real green rayskin
The blade came with a matching premium green carbon fiber texture Boltaron Static Line sheath. In case you are not familiar, SIMONA Boltaron is “aircraft rated material” that meets Federal Aviation Administration requirements for flammability, smoke, and heat release!
In addition to matching the colour, the sheath also matches the knife’s non-metallic signature as it doesn’t have any metal parts (I tested this with my Garrett Super Scanner V… everyone has one of these at home right?).
As you may know, Southnarc originally designed the Clinch Pick as a “get off me” tool after a perp tried to disarm him and they had a fight while he was seated in his car! Revenant modified the profile a bit with a tip alignment that is slightly forward for a more aggressive tip angle. Revenant also added a little thumb ramp for safety. If you are used to a thumb forward grip, you will cut yourself if you try that with a standard Clinch Pick as the blade goes right up to the handle.
It is intended to be carried forward of the hips for quick deployment with minimal movement in a close quarter situation. One trick is to grab the handle and rotate your hip to pull the sheath off the knife (for example if you are pinned down and can’t move your arm enough). The original intent was cross-draw carry (shirt tucked in for pic)
But you can also carry strong side for draw into reverse Pikal (Southnarc prefers edge in to edge out).
The Revenant Static Line sheath can easily transition between these carry positions. In fact, the sheath can be carried in the pocket, static line in the waist, neck carried, or lashed horizontally on the belt.
