Base price : $440.00
    Blade length @ 11 1/2”
    Handle length @ 5 ¼“”
    Grind: Convex (this knife has no grind choice option)
    Thickness available: only 3/16” at this time
    Spacer note: The model 16 always comes with thin red, yellow and black spacers. This cannot be changed.
 I use a machete/bolo pretty often, all spring, summer and into the fall a bit. I find it one of the
handiest designs there is for how I camp. In all that use however I noticed that I very rarely used the tip of a big knife for anything. I decided to make a machete that I could use to dig with if I had forgotten my shovel, if I was in a hurry or for small quick work. I remembered seeing a U.S.M.C. round tip bolo that was used during ww2 and thought I’d make a version of that with my design influence thrown in. What I drew out looked almost exactly like the knife pictured above.

A few days later I stumbled onto an eBay auction for what looked almost exactly like the knife
I had drawn out just a few days before. I’d never seen one before that point and I liked what I saw a lot. The knife in the auction was a C.I.S.O. ( counterinsurgency support office) supplied S.O.G. (studies and observation group) bolo that was used by American Special Forces soldiers while running recon missions in Laos and Cambodia. Then and there I knew this was the knife I wanted to make so that I could do my small part to honor those veterans who did such a difficult, dangerous and vital job during the Vietnam war.
    In honor of 5th Special Forces group I have named this knife the Recondo bolo. 5th group
hosted the Recondo (Recon and Commando) school and trained members from all services in the skill of  reconnaissance and commando tactics in Nha Trang Vietnam from 1966 to 1970.
This bolo also comes with only one style of spacers which are the flash colors of 5th group during the Vietnam war.
    The tip and back of the knife are left nearly dead soft for toughness while the edge is full
hardness. The knife is meant to be used to do light digging with and inevitably it will hit rocks. With that in mind I left the tip soft so that it would bend rather than chip. I’d rather have the edge bend so I can beat it back straight instead of chip and have to grind it out.
This is the knife I will use around camp and tromping through the woods. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Options available: Only handle material and pin type.

Here's a quick video I did while testing one of the prototypes.

God bless.

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Base price with saw teeth spine and stainless hollow handle $350.00

(standard with saw back spine, available without teeth upon request. No price reduction)

Blade length @ 5” *available with any other model blade six inches and under*

Handle length @ 5”

Grind: Convex of your choice

Thickness available: only 3/16” at this time

The Air Assault takes it’s inspiration from the Randall knives model 18 attack. The Randall knife was a joint design between Captain George Ingraham, Bo Randall and Gary Randall. Captain Ingraham was a Ch-21c helicopter pilot serving in the Vietnam war at the time of his request for the knife. Every thing about the knife was, at least in Captain Ingraham’s assessment, was geared for helicopter pilots and crew members needs. I’ve tried to stay faithful to those designs while still incorporating my own design.

I highly respect our rotary wing pilots and crew members who risk their lives to supply, insert and evacuate our combat troops, so this knife is dedicated to them. It features a stainless steel knurled hollow handle for items of your choosing, be it medication, water purification tabs etc. It comes with a gold paracord lanyard because that’s the way the Randall’s did it for a while and who who am I to change what Bo and Gary did?

Don’t let people tell you that all hollow handle survival knives are weak like the ones they remember that were sold in chain stores in the 1980’s. This is not that kind of knife, I gaurauntee it to be absolutely tough enough for anything you can throw at it in the woods.

*added guard is an option*

The knife is named in honor of all helicopter borne assault troops as well as the pilots and Crew members. God bless them and keep them safe.

Iz

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Base price with nickel silver guard, saw teeth spine and stacked leather handle $330.00

(standard with saw back spine, available without teeth upon request. No price reduction)

Blade length @ 4 5/8”

Handle length @ 4 ½”

Grind: Convex of your choice

Thickness available: only 3/16” at this time

This knife is based off of the Jet pilot survival knife that Marble’s designed for the Bureau of

Aeronautics, Department of the Navy beginning in 1953. At least that’s when talks and the designing

of the knife began. Unfortunately after designing the knife and agreeing to reveal their manufacturing

process to others for use Marble’s was exempt from bidding on the making of the knife for the

Navy. The government had decided to only allow smaller companies too bid and Camillus won

the contract.

As with some of my other knives this one takes it’s inspiration from the past. I try to put my own spin

on projects like this so that it is a homage instead of a direct copy. I also try to incorporate what I think

is useful in the design and drop what I feel isn’t. With that in mind the handle of the Model 14 is

A pretty close copy of the original but the blade is totally different. It is a Model 4 Green river blade

That is mated to the handle. I figure I like this blade style better than the traditional straight back

clip point design so that’s what I put on it.

Pilot rescue and survival is something that means a lot too me and I wanted to honor those who put

their lives on the line to make that happen.

Iz 

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Base price: $330.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length: @ 4 1/8"

Handle length: 4 ½“"

Grind: Convex of your choice

Thickness available: 1/8” through ¼”

The Timberjack is a model #6 blade with a handle shape inspired by the Randall commando style and the Leuku Sami knife. I thought the handle style looked comfortable and seemed like it would give the user and good grip on the knife. It does both pretty good. This knife is not available without a pommel plate.

The knife above is shown with a 3/4 height convex grind, Wenge scales, 1/8" Padauk spacers, brass pommel plate, brass lanyard tubes with copper pin inserts. This pin setup is not available for order.

Options available: Pretty much any handle material as long as I can make it with the pommel plate.

You can view the Timberjack gallery here:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=14570490

God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $220.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length: @ 3 7/8"

Handle length: @ 4 1/2"

Available in 1/8" thick stock only

Full tang

 The Kunar river came about once again from my buddy with 3rd group. He was in the higher elevations on his last deployment and needed a light (higher elevation equals less oxygen)

yet tough knife and so I came up with the model 12. The Kunar  comes standard in 1/8" stock with a full height grind , lanyard tubes for pins and no pommel plate to keep it as light as possible. The blade has the severe drop characteristics of my designs and you can check out the reasons for that if you read the information on the Model 1 Gasconade river.  It also has the bull nose tip for strength which is still enough tip to use for drilling divots and gutting game.

 The true light combat version has thin carbon fiber scales but you can get it with standard thickness scales and in whatever handle material you like. It's still a light knife even with heavier scale material on it. This knife is as good at woodcraft tasks as it is at combat duty.

The Kunar River runs through the area where my friend was for most of his last deployment in Afghanistan.

With no pommel plate you have to get used to working around the problems that presents if you're used to using one.

The knife above is shown with a full height convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, carbon fiber scales and stainless steel lanyard tubes for pins.

Options available: Pretty much only handle material is an option on this one. It’s made specifically to be light so the thickness and grind are not changeable. Carbon fiber scales are not an option at this time.

You can check out the video below to see a few techniques and to see just how tough 1/8" o-1 can be even in a full height grind.

The Videa says more about the knife than I can.

God bless and thanks for looking,

Iz

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Base price: $220.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length: @ 4"

Handle length: @ 4"

Full tang

Thickness available: 1/8” through ¼”

The Moon Creek was an experiment to see just how far I could push the drop of a knife pattern. I kept the blade similar to the drop of most of the other models but gave the handle a lot more drop than anything I've ever done before. After using it some I figured out a few things. It is really comfortable to use, probably the most comfortable handle I've ever used.

 The blade works well but not any better or worse than knives in the Gasconade family.  A pommel plate on this knife is a bad idea, I found that out after I made the prototype with one on it. The handle has too much drop in the pommel area to make the pommel plate an effective striking surface. You're striking on an angle instead of a flat spot. The last thing I learned is that if the knife were dropped anymore than this it would probably loose most of it's usefulness, there's no reason to go any farther. This is the stopping point in my mind.

 My conclusion: Extremely comfortable knife to use for those of us with smaller hands. Does every woods task you need it to for a knife without a pommel plate.

 The knife above is shown with a varied convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, dark brown Canvas micarta scales, 1/8” natural canvas micarta spacers and brass pins.

 Options available: Pretty much anything except a pommel plate is not available and it is not available in a hidden tang version.

You can see the Moon Creek Gallery here if you like:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=5183983

God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $330.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length: @ 4 1/2"

Handle length: @ 4 1/4"

Full tang

Thickness available: 5/32” through ¼”

I'm sure it's obvious that the Haw Creek takes it's influence from Japanese blades. I watched a video of a Japanese gentleman who was carving a sculpture using what looked like a meat cleaver that had a sharpened chisel like point. He was a master with it and it struck a cord in me watching him use it so well. I'm no carver that's for sure but I have used a chisel quite a bit in my life for various wood working and carpentry projects I've done. I saw immediately how handy something with a sharp flat "tip" would be in the woods. I could imagine how nice it would be to use to make square joints for shelters and camp furniture , for notching for traps and friction fire boards etc. So I made one and the Haw Creek is what it looks like.

It differs from a true chisel in that the front edge is double sided where as a chisel is single sided. I didn't see any need to limit the knife to a one sided grind as I don't need that much control and accuracy with my cuts in the woods. This knife isn't what you'd call a game or camp knife since it' has no tip. It would be pretty horrible at gutting and skinning. But paired with a smaller neck sized knife that would be used for gutting and skinning the Haw creek could be one invaluable tool in the woods.

I really enjoyed using this knife and want to make another one for myself soon.

 The Haw creek comes standard with a pommel plate and is unavailable without one. A hidden tang version is available.

The above knife is shown with Caramel linen micarta scales, dark brown canvas micarta pommel plate, stainless steel pins

 Due to the nature of the knife this is the only grind it is available with. Handle options are pretty much unlimited however.

Check out the test video I did with the prototype:

You can check out the gallery here:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=12606097

God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $200.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length @ 3 1/8"

Overall length @ 6 5/8"

Full tang

Thickness available: 1/8” through 3/16”

The Model 9 Arghandab River is what came of a request for a last ditch knife by a friend of mine. He's a Green Beret with third group whose had multiple tours in the combat zone. He wanted a small  version of the Gasconade River to have on him at all times in case he had to ditch the rest of his gear while evading the enemy.

 In honor of him and what he does for our country I let him name the knife. He chose the name Arghandab river due to the fact that he operated in and around the river during one of his tours in Afghanistan.

I'm proud to offer this knife due to the history behind it  and the personal connection it has. Plus it's pretty dang useful and good looking if I do say so myself.

P.S. This is a neck knife sized knife.

The above knife is shown with a varied convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, caramel linen micarta scales, 1/8" natural canvas micarta spacers and 1/8" brown g10 pins

You can check out the gallery here if you'd like:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=12605122

God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $220.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length @ 4 1/4"

Handle length @ 4 1/4"

Full tang

Thickness available: 1/8” through ¼”

The Burris fork is kind of an answer to a lighter more nimble knife that has a more traditional look of some of the old hunting knife patterns. I combined the profile of the old hunters with my sort of signature severe drop point design. It's a neat little knife to use and is a wicked cutter when it has a full height grind.

The handle is a little bit narrower than most of the other models so this one is more suited to those of us who have smaller hands.

 The knife above is shown with a ¾ height convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, black g10 scales, yellow sandwich spacers, black g10 tang spacers, stainless steel pins and an optional yellow g10 pommel plate.

 Options available: Pretty much anything. A hidden tang version is also available.

Gallery

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=5184059

God bless,
Israel
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Base price: $330.00 depending on handle options

Blade length @ 5"

Handle length @ 4 1/4"

Hidden tang

Grind: Convex of your choice

Thickness available: 1/8” through ¼” depending on handle options

The model 7 is in my opinion a good all around utility knife. It's got the characteristic drop point of most of my knives which is good for gutting and drilling a hearth board. It also has a nice wide blade that gives it some belly that it wouldn't normally have due to the severe drop in the blade. In 3/16” stock with a full height grind this thing would be a scary sharp laser beam of a knife and tough too boot.

If you're looking for a heavy duty hidden tang in the right combination of options, this knife is it.

 Knife above shown with a varied convex grind, natural micarta reduced guard, dark brown micarta center piece and a natural micarta pommel.

Options available: Pretty much whatever you can think up to stack on a handle. Not available

In a full tang version. 

Gallery

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11218589

God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $220.00 with a micarta handle

Blade length: @ 4 1/8"

Handle length: 4"

Grind: Convex of your choice

Thickness available: 1/8” through ¼”

The Brush creek is similar to the Dogwood in that I wanted a sort of utility knife, one that was good not only at wood work but also good as a hunting knife. It incorporates the severe drop point and all it's benefits combined with a wider blade with some belly up front for gutting and skinning. If the Dogwood creek is 60% hunting knife and 40% woods knife (which it is) then the Brush creek is a more balanced  50% hunting knife and 50% woods knife. With the gutting task in mind (reaching into the body cavity full of blood) I made the handle more secure  by giving the Brush creek a wider blade that forms a sort of guard. That keeps your hand from slipping up as easily when the knife is bloody. This is a great all around, do it all sort of pattern.

  The knife above is shown with a varied convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, black canvas Micarta scales and stainless steel pins.

Options available: Pretty much anything. A hidden tang version is available.

Gallery

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=5183737

God bless,

Israel

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Blade length @ 11 1/4" including finger cutout

Handle length  @ 5 1/4"

The Generation one was for a time the official U.S. Air Force Sere specialist graduation knife.

Read more about it by following this link:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/blog/show/7293904-the-sere-specialist-bolo

The z-sere has been a couple years in the making and it is inspired by a man named Paul Zinsmeister. Mr. Zinsmeister was an Air Force survival instructor and custom knife maker before his untimely death. I first heard of Paul through my friend Terry Barney who was an instructor at the same time Paul was. Terry had one of Paul’s big bolo knives that he specialized in and I became enamored with that knife. It is one of the finest crafted large knives I've ever seen, Paul Zinsmeister was a master knife maker,  his knives are extremely difficult to come by and command a healthy price (rightfully so) when they do pop up for sale. So the next best thing for me to do was to make one since I couldn't find one to buy.

That's where the z-sere was born. The generation one z-sere looked pretty close in design to Paul's pattern. Making the generation one knife was a lesson to me in just how skilled a knife maker Paul was. This style knife isn't easy to grind, at least for me it isn't. So combined with the difficulty of making them and the difficulty for the customer to sharpen this blade shape I modified it to the pattern you see in the picture above. That is the z-sere generation 2 pattern.

It's just a good a chopper as the generation 1 but it's easier to sharpen and easier for me to make without pulling my hair out. If you're a big knife fan you won't be disappointed with this one. This is a knife with lots of history behind it and it is my way of trying to carry on a man's work who was taken from us before he could really shine in the knife world.

Options available: Pretty much anything. If you choose to send in handle material for this model please ask for measurements first. This knife has a larger handle and not all handle materials will fit it.

You can check out the gallery here:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10693696

Iz

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Base price with pommel plate and micarta handle: $330.00 Base price without pommel plate and micarta handle: $220.00

Blade length: @ 4 3/4"

Handle length: @ 4 1/2"      

Thickness available: 5/32” through 3/16”

     The Green River is a special knife to me, it's the culmination of my woods time up to this point in my life. It is born out of the Gasconade, a knife that is very close to my idea of what a woodsman's knife should be. After using the Gasconade heavily for a while there were a few small adjustments that I thought could be made to make the knife that much better. That's where the Green River comes in.

 Through hard woods use of the Gasconade I came to the conclusion that some might like a slightly longer blade for busting through bigger sections of wood. The biggest upgrade though comes in the form of a standard pommel plate. I'm too hard on my knives and often times I beat the pommel area with a large stick in order to drive the tip into wood to split it down to small sections. I've already cracked the micarta scales on another knife doing this and my Gasconade's handle is separating due to the abuse. The pommel plate on the Green River takes care of that problem entirely.

 This knife, being that it is my idea of what a hard woods knife should be, will have limited options available. There are certain things that it will always come with and certain things that  it will never come with. I've poured a lot of dirt time and sweat into this design and I'm pleased with it and the Gasconade more than just about any other knives I've done. I'm extremely happy with it and I think you will be , too.

 For more specifics on why the general shape is the way it is you can check out the write up on the Model 1 Gasconade.

 Just about everything on these two knives is there for a reason which comes from actually using what I make and using it often.

The above knife is shown with a varied convex grind, o.d. green canvas micarta scales, stainless pins, steel pommel plate.

Options available include pretty much anything except a ¼ height grind is not available on the Model 4. The Green river comes standard with a pommel plate but can be ordered without one. Hidden tang Version also available.

There is a gallery of finished models here

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10173798

 If you're able to, you can check out the test video I did and the information video below.

Thank you kindly and God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $270.00 with micarta handle

Blade length: @ 6 1/2"

Handle length: @ 4 3/4"

Thickness available: 3/16” to ¼”

    The Model 3 started out life in an unusual way, at least it was unusual for me. A generous friend of mine asked if I'd like a piece of 5160 that he had laying around, I said "sure, I'll use it". He told me that it was already in the shape of a knife blank and to do with it what I liked. When it got here it had a big finger guard, a very straight blade and a funky lanyard hole at the pommel.

     So I drew my template on  the pattern and made it my own. I dropped the point considerably, did away with the "guard"  and the squared pommel. What came out was the Mississippi.

     When I completed it I originally thought I'd only make it the one time but I had enough interest in the knife that I made it part of the regular line. As for purpose: The Model 3 fits in between the Green river and the Missouri in size. It works well for people who like bigger knives for their main woods knife.

**note this knife will be going through a slight design change in 2013, please see the website

in the next few months for the updated version**

    Options available: Pretty much anything. A hidden tang version is also available.

You can see a gallery of finished knives here

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=9870815

 God bless,

Iz

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Base price: $290.00 with micarta handle and any grind besides the reverse varied convex. It is an extra option.

Blade Length: @ 8 1/2"

Thickness: 3/16" to 1/4"

Handle Length: @ 4 3/4"

Grind: Convex of your choice

Tang: Full

The Missouri is for all you big knife fans out there. It's what I would classify as a large knife or small chopper.  The design elements for the big muddy come from The Gasconade Bushcraft knife in that it has a huge sweep downward toward the tip.

 Combined with the downward sweep of the handle the Missouri is a chopping beast. The edge as you'll notice has been dropped down with the point to keep it straight for ease of sharpening instead of making it a re-curve.

 The balance point is forward of the front of the scales for more chopping power and less fatigue for the user. The Missouri is good for battoning larger sections of wood and busting up firewood for a cold night.

    The above knife is shown with a reverse varied convex grind, heat treat scale left on the flats, Earth/coyote brown g10 handle scales, brass pins and brass lanyard.

    Options available: Pretty much anything. A hidden tang version is also available. If you choose to send in handle material for this model please ask for measurements first. This knife has a larger handle and not all handle materials will fit it.

.

Gallery

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=9258531

God bless,

Iz

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Base Price: $220.00 - includes a micarta handle

Blade Length: @ 4 1/4"

Thickness: 1/8" to 1/4"

Handle Length: @ 4 1/4"

Grind: Convex of your choice

Tang: Full

The model 1 is the fruit of  lessons learned projects in the woods. As my wife knows all too well, if I'm not in the shop I'm probably in the woods so this design was inevitable for me.

 It features a very severe drop point that falls to just below the center of the blade. This serves three purposes, it allows for easier drilling with the tip, allows for an easier time gutting and allows you to split wood with the tip edge. In order to get this massive drop and still have a straight cutting edge I had to compensate by lowering the rest of the knife. It's actually a very comfortable knife to use because of the drop.

This knife and the Green river are pretty much the culmination of my own woods experience and reflect best how I use a knife.

    The model above features a full height grind, heat treat scale left on the flats of the blade, Black g10 handle scales, stainless steel sandwich spacers, black g10 tang spacers, stainless steel Pins and an optional steel pommel plate.

    Options available: Pretty much anything. A hidden tang version is also available.

Gallery of finished knives here

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8536097

God bless,

Iz

Specs: All are different depending on color but most share some common materials for construction. Some of which are: 1000 denier nylon, fastex buckles and triple stitched pals webbing.

I made the axe carrier to fit a niche of my own. I used to use just a single loop of paracord ran through the pals webbing on my pack to carry my axe. That is until I bent over one day to pick something up off the ground. You can probably guess what happened, the axe came flying out the top since there was nothing but the loop holding it.

That's how and why the axe carrier was born. It has a hood with fastex buckles to keep the axe snug when you bend over or if your pack becomes inverted for whatever reason. The axe isn't going anywhere.

Fully molle compatible, all you need is some attachments like annex clips or malice clips.

The "kit" (if you want to call it that) comes with the axe carrier you see above and a color matching piece of paracord and cord lock for those of you who might not have a compression strap near the bottom of your pack.

Check out the video below for more details:

Thanks for looking and God bless,

Iz

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So I have a fair amount of customers who are part of our fighting forces and I've decided to offer something for their needs and tastes. That would be the combat option. The combat option will be offered on certain model knives to make them more suitable for what a combat soldier might need or want in a knife. Usually that means toughness because there aren't many people I know that are harder on knives than soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors.

Standard on all combat option  knives will be:

 Red-white and blue spacers and an off side combat logo etch. Those features listed above will always be on these knives, there's no changing them.

 A half height grind with a sharpened or false top edge is standard but can be substituted for any other grind.

 - Duracoat flats- This is another possibility. Duracoat in a color to match the handle scale material on the flats of the knife.

- Premium packaging- I'll keep this optional so I can keep down the costs and get more of these into the hands of the people who need them. But it'll be available for people that wan it. It'll consist of a cylinder or box o.d green in color with the U.S. star and circle insignia with "Turley knives" written over the top.  The Model number will be hand written on the box.

 To all of you that aren't into the military and tactical things, don't fret. Woodsman knives are still my primary focus so nothing will be changing in that aspect. But I wanted to offer our fighters something that would be more useful to them while doing their jobs to keep us free.

 Hope you like it and just holler if you have any questions.

You can view the Combat gallery here:

http://www.turleyknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11966511

God bless,

Iz

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Based off of the  z-sere  the new Sere instructor bolo was the official knife given to all graduates of the Sere Specialist school at Fairchild Air Force base, Washington. It no longer is becasue I couldn't keep up with demands and still make knives for regular customers so I had to quit making them officially for the Airforce.

The Sere Specialist school graduates average no more than about 60 new instructors per year so this isn't a production knife, I made each one by hand one at a time in my shop.

 This was a huge honor for me to be asked to make the official knife for these guys. I believe they are some of the best woodsmen in the world and woodsman knives is what I specialize in. Needless to say I'm proud of being associated with these highly trained professionals.

  The first seven knives were serial numbered but do not bear the Sere mark.

  Please note that the civilian models won't have the sere insignia and will not be serial numbered. That is reserved only for the official Specialist's knife.

 What is a Sere Specialist? I'm glad you asked, here's a couple links to information on just what it is they do and why they are such a valuable asset in maintaining our freedom as Americans.

The official USAF Sere Specialist site

http://www.gosere.com/about-sere.htm

A nice video that explains their training and mission. Just click on "s.e.r.e"  on the left side fo the page.

http://lifeofduty.tv/#/patriotprofiles

Thanks for reading and all the support you all have shown me in this endeavor.

God bless,

Iz

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