The smartphone has largely taken over the pocket space that used to be dedicated to the pocketknife and I think that’s a damn shame – even with 100,000 plus apps in the app store, you still can’t use your iPhone to cut a rope, shape a spear, skin a rabbit or cut the cap off a cigar.
The knife you see here has a handle made from Italian olive wood, the blade is 440 stainless steel (one of the hardest grades) and it has a lock mechanism to avoid having you guillotine your fingers. Each of the knives is made in Italy and uses the same design and methods used since the 1960s.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
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