The whole sheath knife thing was like a Cinderella story. It came out of nowhere, and went a long way. Now it has to wind down, but not before making lots of troops happy. And hopefully educating others to buy a quality knife before you step out into the sandbox.
So now we are back to basics, our bread-and-butter: folding knives. But folding knives far different from our first attempt. We're a "factory team" now, and get fabulous support from Camillus Cutlery. I can't say enough good about them.
As of today, we have two different Camillus knives for two every different purposes.
We still have the 904S folding knife with Hobbit Hole logo. That's our standard. But also, the new Camillus Rescue, which is designed for a much different role.
The Rescue is made in Taiwan on their "Heat" design, and both use high-quality AUS8A steel. It's a slick one-hand-opening design, and a great bargain for the money. The main difference, aside from handle color, is the blade shape, and the tungsten carbide stud for scoring/breaking glass.
The Rescue has already been "blessed" by an Army aviation unit heading out for Afghanistan shortly. It's intended to cut aircraft harness for emergency egress, and will do a fine job of something we hope never needs to be done. We'll be supplying them at least 40.
And we'll still be doing "specials" when financial lightning strikes, and great deals pop up. Here's our Hobbit Hole tomahawk. We only have six, but they'll go to the troops that can justify in an email receiving one. We have dwarves and Marines on our "advisory board", so nobody can pull a fast one on us.
And finally, our Hobbit Hole "super special". In this case, an Extrema Ratio fighting knife going to a Marine with a plate in his arm, hand bones fused together, and 40% disability from an IED attack on his humvee. Whether he makes it back into uniform or not, he wanted to make the Corps his life, and this is our way of thanking him:
