We Knife Co. brought on superstar maker Jason Knight for a collaboration model called the Essential. The Essential is built with the expected high-end We components and materials, and also shows off Knight’s unmistakable brash and bold style.
If you could boil down Knight’s approach to knifemaking to one single characteristic, it’s tempting to say that he’s all about the blade. That may seem obvious given that the blade is, y’know, pretty much the distinguishing characteristic of a knife, but it goes beyond that with Knight. A Knight blade marries form and function with exaggerated, stylized profiles that, for all of their big statement piece energy, never lose sight of the utility-oriented fundamentals at the heart of all good knife design.
I dig this one. I can definitely see Jason’s design aesthetic in this one. Might need to drop a note to someone…
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