A POCKET KNIFE 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING Media
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The Pocket Knife, Perfected.
When Master Bladesmith Josh Smith founded Montana Knife Company, he was already thirty years into making custom liner locks by hand. These kinds of customs sell for ten to thirty thousand dollars apiece.
The Montana is the first folder Josh has built at production scale, with a team of engineers and machinists who could match what he does on the bench.
It’s an EDC liner lock built around a hardened stainless pivot, custom bronze-cage bearings on silicon nitride balls, and a full flat grind MagnaCut blade taken to the thinnest edge we’ve ever ground. The liners run harder than the category standard, extend the handle’s full length, and feed blade load into compression rather than bending.
G10 scales with a 3D-milled micro-texture. Titanium hardware. A custom deep-carry clip with flat-head screws set flush.
The blade goes back into the mill after heat treatment for its most critical surfaces. That’s the kind of step nobody else takes. That same standard applies to every part of the Montana from start to finish.
The Montana: https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/pages/the-montana
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Website: https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/
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When Master Bladesmith Josh Smith founded Montana Knife Company, he was already thirty years into making custom liner locks by hand. These kinds of customs sell for ten to thirty thousand dollars apiece.
The Montana is the first folder Josh has built at production scale, with a team of engineers and machinists who could match what he does on the bench.
It’s an EDC liner lock built around a hardened stainless pivot, custom bronze-cage bearings on silicon nitride balls, and a full flat grind MagnaCut blade taken to the thinnest edge we’ve ever ground. The liners run harder than the category standard, extend the handle’s full length, and feed blade load into compression rather than bending.
G10 scales with a 3D-milled micro-texture. Titanium hardware. A custom deep-carry clip with flat-head screws set flush.
The blade goes back into the mill after heat treatment for its most critical surfaces. That’s the kind of step nobody else takes. That same standard applies to every part of the Montana from start to finish.
The Montana: https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/pages/the-montana
Follow Montana Knife Company
Website: https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montanaknifecompany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MontanaKnifeCo