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The knife that represented lionSTEEL at the Blade Show Atlanta 2024

This button-lock closable represented lionSTEEL at the Manufacturing Quality Award competition during the Blade Show Atlanta 2024, standing out as one of the most ambitious designs ever developed by the company. Made with an integral frame and sleeve-a true “SOLID® squared”-it is the result of complex ultra-high-precision milling. Each component is designed to fit together perfectly, ensuring excellent performance and impeccable aesthetics.

The blade is handcrafted stainless damascus steel, made by Chad Nichols with a “Scrambled” design. The frame is titanium, while the handle has a carbon fiber insert.

The Manufacturing Quality Award recognition with this model represents an important milestone for lionSTEEL, confirming the company's ongoing commitment to innovation and quality excellence.

Intended Use: Sporty / EDC

Production type: Industrial
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: Stainless damascus steel, handcrafted by Chad Nichols, with “Scrambled” design
Blade Finish: Satin finish
Handle: Titanium billet with carbon fiber insert
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3.5mm.
Total length: 185mm.
Weight: 86g.
Closure: Button Lock
Clip: stainless steel, removable
Packaging: cardboard box with LionSteel logos
Notes: CNC machined Solid Frame Lock construction machined entirely from billet - IKBS ball bearing opening movement

With its total black look and detail-oriented design, the Hid is meant for the discerning camp cook, those who don't give up style and functionality even in the wilderness.

Designed by Ostap Hel, this folding knife mounts a Reverse Tanto blade made of 14C28N steel with a black stonewashed finish, perfect for precise cuts when preparing meals outdoors. The black G10 handle, combined with the stainless steel frame and ceramic ball bearing opening system, provides a secure grip and smooth opening. The Nested Liner Lock and reversible clip complete a tool designed to meet any outdoor challenge with precision and character.

Ideal for those who like to combine a passion for camp cooking and a “tactical” spirit.

Intended Use: Sporting / Hiking / Outdoor Cooking

Production type: Industrial
Country of Production: China
Blade: 14C28N stainless steel
Blade Finish: Black Stonewashed
Handle: G10
Blade Length: 105.1mm
Blade thickness: 3.0mm
Length closed: 144.7mm
Total length: 249.8mm
Closure: liner lock
Weight: 147.3g.
Clip: removable and reversible, stainless steel
Packaging: cardboard box with manufacturer's logos, nylon zippered pouch, manuals and warranties
Notes: carson flipper opening system on ceramic ball bearings

Katla, designed by Jesper Voxnaes, is a liner lock folding knife, which brings back the Tanto profile blade with a bevel that enhances the excellent cutting qualities.

The rotation mechanism is provided by thrust bearings, and it can be opened with either the double thumb stud or the very fast flipper.

The detail that characterizes the Katla is the 3D processing of the handle at both ends of the bolster, which reinterprets in a modern way, the inlays of the classic Viper models.

The flat edges and the titanium clip allow for comfortable and discreet carry.

Intended use: EDC / Sport

Type of production: Industrial
Country of production: Italy
Blade: Super Dense Twist stainless Damascus
Blade finish: Satin
Handle: Dark matter carbon fiber
Blade length: 82mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Closed length: 116mm.
Total length: 198mm.
Weight: 122g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clip: Titanium
Packaging: Deluxe cardboard box with Viper logos
Notes: Design by Jesper Voxnaes - opening with Carson Flipper system on ball bearing - Damascus SSCT spacer - limited edition of 100 pieces

Extremely limited edition Platinum Label series folding knife with Mokume damascus blade and heads produced in only 20 examples each with a different coloration of the wood briar. Each specimen is therefore unique and differs from the previous one.

Intended use: collection

Type of production: industrial cutting - craftsmanship, assembly and finishing
Country of production: Seki - Japan
Blade: made of Mokume stainless steel with VG-10 cutting edge, forged with rainbow damascus rolling, achieved through layers of stainless steel, copper and brass and hammered through Tsuchime technique
Handle: made of Mokume stainless damask steel and wood briar
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 110mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Thickness when closed: 14mm.
Weight: 208g.
Closure: Liner Lock
Clip: handcrafted, removable and reversible, hammered stainless steel
Packaging: wooden box with Mcusta logos
Notes: Special and Limited Edition made in only 20 pieces for the Blade Show in Atlanta 2022

Intended use: Collection

Type of production: Artisan by CIC Master Sergio Consoli
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: In spirograph damascus steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: bronze bolsters, timascus with titanium spacers
Blade length: 95mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 225mm.
Weight: 243g.
Closure: Liner Lock
Clip: titanium
Notes: Handmade by Master Sergio Consoli - knife number 454 made in 2018

Acknowledgments

Currently I make a limited number of knives a year and participate in some exhibitions, where among other things I have won my first prizes:

in 2005 at LAME SOTTO I PORTICI in Romano di Lombardia (BG) I was awarded as "best table on display"

always in the same year at the CULTER-EXPO in Novegro (MI) as "best folding knife"

I was also ranked second in the competition organized by the magazine LAME D'AUTORE as the best fixed hunting blade

then in 2007 at "Scarperia" I won the third prize for best folding

but above all again in 2007, to my great satisfaction, I reached the degree of MASTER OF THE ITALIAN KNIVING CORPORATION, a recognition received at the first exam.

Presentation of the craftsman

Creating a knife by hand is what I consider a real art form.
The satisfaction of seeing an object that comes from one's own hands, that takes shape and reaches mechanical, artistic and aesthetic perfection is what pays me back the most for all the hours of work and effort it takes to create a knife completely. by hand.

The passion for "cutting tools" has always been in me since I was a child and grew with me until the almost sudden decision to build my first knife myself, it was a "need", almost an inner necessity that I couldn't put off, my hands and my mind had to start creating, of course, what I had always been passionate about ... the knife!

I started at 40, in 2003, practically self-taught, I had no experience of manual work, but I had been a mechanical designer for many years and this allowed me to perfectly know the technique and all the various stages of mechanical processing.

Currently I am a member, with the rank of Master, which is the highest, of the Italian Knives Guild, an association recognized all over the world for the seriousness and above all quality of execution that all its members must maintain over time.

What I do now is what I consider my art form ..., to create "handcrafted, hunting and collectible knives".

They are knives made entirely by hand, only with an infinite series of files, a small drill for the holes and a sander for the concave grinding of the blades, nothing else!
I mainly make folding knives, which satisfy my desire to build perfect mechanical objects and perfection in the smallest details, even inside where they are not seen, is what distinguishes a knife created by hand, from one made industrially .

The mechanics then must be made in the best possible way, without counting the hours of work, only in this way the final result is guaranteed.

Of course, over the years I have refined my technique and currently I have improved the mechanics even more by inserting a system of ball bearings on the blade rotation, which guarantee an absolutely perfect seal and allow the blade to close and open without the slightest friction. and with an incredible sweetness.

With regard to the blades then, I am experimenting with new types of hardening, which give hardnesses of 62-63 HRC and allow an exceptional edge hold and cutting quality for all types of use.

I make practically all the knives on an initial design of mine, they are all unique pieces made completely by hand down to the smallest details, one at a time, only in this way, in my opinion, a knife can be considered "artisanal".

Regarding the materials I use, I can say that for the blades I prefer RWL34 steel which is sintered from powders and guarantees the total absence of internal defects, sometimes I also use damascus, both stainless steel and carbon, for the uniqueness 'that give the knife, since each damask is always different from another.

For the handles, one of the most beautiful materials is the mammoth tooth, which can be found in a variety of wonderful colors, I also use fossil mammoth ivory, various briars, titanium and carbon fiber.

Most of the knives, however, are made entirely of steel, in order to then be engraved, always and strictly by hand, to transform the knife even more into a real work of art ...

Collector's knife from a private collection - Daghetta model made by the famous Italian knifemaker Max around the early 2000s - Like new condition - Checked and certified by our internal Collini Cutlery laboratory.

Intended use: Collection / Gentleman

Type of production: Artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: Damasteel 61/62 Hrc damascus steel
Blade treatment: -
Handle: damasteel damask bolster, carbon fiber with titanium liners
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Length closed: 112mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Thick when closed: 13mm.
Balancing: -
Weight: 129g.
Closing: Liner Lock
Clip: in damasteel damask
Sheath: -
Notes: ONE PIECE - custom knife handcrafted by Max

Massimiliano Salice Sanna, called Max is a master knife maker "of the first hour", active for a quarter of a century. Specialized in the construction of folding knives, he is constantly looking for new materials and innovative techniques. Max is a master of the Italian guild of knife makers, born in 1958, a Roman by birth and a Tuscan by adoption.

Intended Use: Collection

Type of production: Industrial
Production Country: Germany
Blade: stainless Damascus steel 300 layers, from the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk 12 November 1944
Blade treatment: -
Handle: aluminum to silicon AlMgSi1 anodized in color navy blue and walnut inlay in German
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 3.5mm.
Overall length: 230mm.
Weight: 165g.
Clip: reversible and removable, stainless steel
Lock: Liner Lock
Packaging: PVC box exhibition that leaves "float" the knife in it, making it visible from all sides
Notes: Certificate of warranty - Case in red cotton - Exemplary limited numbered edition on the handle

Intended Use: Collection

Type of production: Industrial crafted engraving of Mirella Pachì
Production Country: Italy
Blade: Stainless Damascus Super Dense Twist 364 layers (ATS34 + PMC27)
Handle: Damascus heads, grips in mammoth ivory with scrimshaw crafts
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Closed Length: 100mm.
Overall length: 180mm.
Weight: 92g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clip: absent
Sheath: leather pocket
Packaging: Box exhibition in wood and glass with certified
Notes: Design by Francesco Pachì - Edition numbered and limited to only 100 pieces

Intended use: Sports / Collection

Type of production: Industrial
Country of production: Italy
Blade: Stainless Damascus Super Dense Twist 364 layers (ATS34 + PMC27)
Surface treatment: -
Handle material: wood bocote
Blade length: 8.9mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Closed Length: 112mm.
Overall length: 200mm.
Thick when closed: 14.5mm
Weight: 98g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clip: -
Sheath: -
Packaging: cardboard box with Fox Knives logos
Notes: Design by Bob Terzuola

Intended Use: Collection

Type of production: handmade
Country of Origin: USA
Blade: handmade by Rob Thomas, In Damascus steel 440C and CPM154 with Basketweave pattern
Blade treatment: -
Handle: fossil mammoth ivory with liners of titanium and damascus spacer
Blade length: 91mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5mm.
Closed Length: 115mm.
Overall length: 205mm.
Thick when closed: 11mm.
Weight: 56g.
Lock: liner lock
Clip: Titanium
Notes: Entirely handmade by Brad Zinker

Intended Use: Tactical / CQC

Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: China
Blade: Stainless steel 440C, laminated to 67 layers
Treatment Lama: -
Handle: G-10
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 2.5mm.
Closed Length: 125mm.
Overall length: 210mm.
Thick when closed: -
Balancing: -
Weight: 132g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clip: removable and reversible stainless steel
Sheath: -
Packaging: cardboard box with logos Hoffner

Intended use: Collection / Gentleman

Production Type: Semi-Industrial
Production Blade: Italy
Blade: Damascus steel ATS34 + pmc27 to 364 layers
Treatment Blade: -
Handle material: birch burl stabilized
Blade length: 80mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Closed Length: 108mm.
Overall length: 190mm.
Thick when closed: 19mm.
Balancing: -
Weight: 88g.
Lock: Liner Lock
Clip: -
Sheath: -
Packaging: Cardboard gift box, warranty card
Notes: Design by Oreste Frati