The WRCA Knife Expo ends with a whimper yesterday. Sundays are usually slow days as the foot
traffic is very low. It’s also an excellent
day to bargain. Sellers want to earn a
little money, even if it’s just enough to buy gas, so they can be haggled with.
I got a deal on an old Benchmade Panther. It’s old, from the 1990s and it’s ugly. I’ve got to do a little research but I think
there’s at least a blog in it, maybe more.
On Saturday I stopped by Mickey Yurco’s table. Mickey is a remarkably creative edge maker
and martial artist. He also has a quirky
sense of humor and stage presence that makes stopping at his table always
interesting.
Ask him to demonstrate one of the few knots used in the
fighting arts. It’s called the dragon
knot. You’ll be surprised.
Yurco Hatchet, the sheath has a quick draw function |
I’ve previously bought several of his knives and hatchets
and have been very pleased. I understand
Boker has picked up two more of his designs.
Congratulations, Mickey!
Mickey's first Boker collaboration, the knife that is. The meat was dinner. |
I just got one of his single edge razor blades. It’s ground from titanium and is about 3cm long by 2.3cm wide and about 0.15cm thick.
This is a closer shave than I ever want! |
Mickey gave it a small lanyard and put a round patch of skateboard tape on
one side. The blade is a chisel
grind. Titanium isn’t the best metal for
edge retention, but it is non-magnetic and its small size lets you carry it in
your wallet as a true last resort weapon. It’s designed for grappling where you’re going
to make pressure cuts and not slices, stabs or chops. Of course, all the targets are soft tissue.
Contact Mickey for your own interesting knife! |
I bought it because it’s cool! Also, it suggests to me the OSS lapel knives
from WWII. Somewhere I have an “original”
Blackjack plastic OSS lapel dagger.
There’s plenty of room for creative knife ideas!