The DLK was designed as a pure workhorse. I wanted to provide a knife primarily for the great men and women of our armed forces serving overseas in the sandbox. As soon as I made the prototypes and showed them to folks who might want to send them to the troops, however, I started getting requests for them for civilans also.

This knife is actually based upon the first knife I ever made which was also a chisel ground tanto. I extended it just a hair and improved the spine serrations - its like your thumb is immediately glued to the spine. With or without gloves this grip is rock solid.

The stock paracord gives a good grip which is easily replaced by the soldier in the field if it wears. This knife comes with two kydex sheaths, a Mercharness and some 3M heavy duty dualock tape. This allows the soldier to easily reposition and move the knife from his person, to his gear, even to a vehicle mount.

I cannot wait to start getting the stories back on where this knife goes and what it does. Any one of them that goes into a combat zone and comes back to me with a story will get replaced free of charge. The more beat up and abused this knife gets the better I like it.

It is available in D2, in a beadblasted finish. More refined custom configurations such as handle slabs, bolsters, etc. are also available.