The Emerson CQC-13 Bowie...From the Catalog:

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I've always loved Bowie Knives. I made a Bowie style folder about 25 years ago in my
"Garage" days. I probably made only about 4 or 5 custom versions back then, but the
design of that knife has always remained one of my personal favorites. Well, I finally
resurrected the design and, with a few minor changes, it became the CQC-13. Pick one up
and you will know why I have always loved this knife. The heavily contoured grip locks
into your hand like it was custom made just for you. And the blade - oh the blade - Hell, it's
a big, bad American Bowie. Need I say more? The Bowie knife was a dominant force in
America's history. Tough, rugged and independent, the Emerson Combat Bowie
definitely lives up to that legacy.

Overall Length: 9.00"
Blade Length: 3.85"
Blade Thickness: 0.125"
Blade Material: 154CM (Stainless)
Blade Rockwell: 57-59HRC
Opening Mechanism: Wave
Lock: Liner Lock
Closed Length: 5.15"
Handle Material: G10
Liner(s): Titanium
Clip: Stainless Steel
Weight: 6.30 oz.

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The history of the original Bowie Knife...From Wiki:


Origin and Description




The historical Bowie knife was not a single design, but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years.[5] The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clifft at Rezin Bowie's request resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife.[5] The blade, as later described by Rezin Bowie, was 9.5 inches (24 cm) long, 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) thick and 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) wide. It was straight-backed, described by witnessess as "a large butcher knife", and having no clip point nor any hand guard, with a simple riveted wood scale handle.[6]

Navaja Knife


Noted knife expert Bernard Levine has reported that the first known Bowie knife showed a strong Mediterranean influence insofar as general lines were concerned, particularly the shape of the traditional Spanish folding knife, the navaja, often carried by immigrants to Mexico and other territories of the Old Southwest.[7] In an 1828 account of the capture of a pirate schooner carrying a mixed group of Spanish and South American pirates, the carrying of knives similar to the early Bowie knife is mentioned:

"Amongst these [weapons], were a large number of long knives - weapons which the Spaniards use very dexterously. They are about the size of a common English carving knife, but for several inches up the blade cut both sides."[8]

After the Vidalia Sandbar fight, Bowie was a famous man, and the Bowie brothers received many requests for knives of the same design. Bowie and his brothers would later commission more ornate custom blades from various knife makers including Daniel Searles and John Constable.[6] George William Featherstonhaugh described them as, "These formidable instruments...are the pride of an Arkansas blood, and got their name of Bowie knives from a conspicuous person of this fiery climate."[9]

According to an 1847 article, the Bowie knife was originally designed to fill the need for a wearable, convenient close combat weapon - a short sword much shorter than the saber or other swords of the day, yet still possessing a heavy blade. This cleaver-like blade had enough weight to give the blade sufficient force in a slashing attack, while permitting the use of cut-and-thrust sword fighting tactics.[10] By this time the 'Bowie knife' was already being made in a variety of sizes, with the optimum blade length similar to "that of a carving knife"[10][11] The blade design was described as:

"Back (spine) perfectly straight in the first instance, but greatly rounded at the end on the edge side; the upper edge at the end, for a length of about two inches, is ground into the small segment of a circle and rendered sharp...The back itself gradually increases in weight of metal as it approaches the hilt, on which a small guard is placed. The Bowie knife, therefore, has a curved, keen point; is double-edged for the space of about two inches of its length, and when in use, falls with the weight of a bill hook."[10]

Most later versions of the Bowie knife had a blade of at least 8 inches (20 cm) in length, some reaching 12 inches (30 cm) or more, with a relatively broad blade that was an inch and a half to two inches wide (4 to 5 cm) and made of steel usually between 3⁄16 to 1⁄4 in (4.763 to 6.350 mm) thick. The back of the blade sometimes had a strip of soft metal (normally brass or copper) inlaid which some believe was intended to catch an opponent's blade while others hold it was intended to provide support and absorb shock to help prevent breaking of poor quality steel or poorly heat treated blades. Bowie knives often had an upper guard that bent forward at an angle (an S-guard) intended to catch an opponent's blade or provide protection to the owner's hand during parries and corps-a-corps.

Some Bowie knives had a notch on the bottom of the blade near the hilt known as a "Spanish Notch". The Spanish Notch is often cited as a mechanism for catching an opponent's blade; however, some Bowie researchers hold that the Spanish Notch is ill-suited to this function and frequently fails to achieve the desired results. These researchers, instead, hold that the Spanish Notch has the much more mundane function as a tool for stripping sinew and repairing rope and nets, as a guide to assist in sharpening the blade (assuring that the sharpening process starts at a specific point and not further up the edge), or as a point to relieve stress on the blade during use.

One characteristic of Bowie knives is the clip point at the top of the blade, which brings the tip of the blade lower than the spine for better control. As the goal is to produce a sharp, stabbing point, most Bowie knives have a bevel ground along the clip, typically 1/4 of the way, but sometimes much further running the entire top-edge. This is referred to as a false edge as from a distance it looks sharpened, although it may or may not be. Regardless of whether or not the false edge is sharp, it serves to take metal away from the point, streamlining the tip and thus enhancing the penetration capability of the blade during a stab. The version attributed to blacksmith James Black had this false edge fully sharpened in order to allow someone trained in European techniques of saber fencing to execute the maneuver called the "back cut" or "back slash".[6] A brass quillon, usually cast in a mold, was attached to protect the hand.

The Bowie knife's design also lends itself to use as a hunting knife for skinning or butchering game. The curved top clip bevel of the blade, when suitably sharpened, may be used to remove the skin from a carcass, while the straight portion of the blade edge, toward the guard, can be used for cutting meat. This is similar in concept to the traditional Finnish hunting knife, the "puukko" (though the typical early 19th-century Bowie knife was far larger and heavier than the typical puukko). Arkansas culturalist and researcher Russell T. Johnson describes the James Black knife in the following manner and at the same time captures the quintessence of the Bowie Knife: "It must be long enough to use as a sword, sharp enough to use as a razor, wide enough to use as a paddle, and heavy enough to use as a hatchet."[6][12] Most such knives intended for hunting are only sharpened on one edge, to reduce the danger of cutting oneself while butchering and skinning the carcass.

Earlier variants of the Bowie knife can be seen looking at European seax's, a knife/short sword used every day by the Vikings, Anglo Saxons, and Germanic people of the Dark Ages. History shows the evolution of the blade from a simple round ended multi purpose tool to a clip pointed, heavy backed knife or short sword used as a side arm after initial attacks rendered a broken spear or long sword useless.[dubious – discuss]

History

The Vidalia Sandbar Fight


The first knife, with which Bowie became famous, allegedly was designed by Jim Bowie's brother Rezin in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana and smithed by blacksmith Jesse Clifft out of an old file.[6] Period court documents indicate that Rezin Bowie and Cleft were well acquainted with one another. Rezin's granddaughter claimed in an 1885 letter to Louisiana State University that she personally witnessed Clifft make the knife for her grandfather.

This knife became famous as the knife used by Bowie at the Sandbar Fight, a famous 1827 duel between Bowie and several men including a Major Norris Wright of Alexandria, Louisiana.[6] The fight took place on a sandbar in the Mississippi River across from Natchez, Mississippi, and is the only documented fight in which Bowie was known to have employed his Bowie knife design. In this battle Bowie was stabbed, shot, and beaten half to death but managed to win the fight using the large knife.[6]

Jim Bowie's older brother John would later claim that the knife at the Sandbar Fight was not Cleft's knife, but a knife specifically made for Bowie by a blacksmith named Snowden.[13]

James Black's Bowie Knife

The most famous version of the Bowie knife was designed by Jim Bowie and presented to Arkansas blacksmith James Black in the form of a carved wooden model in December 1830.[6] Black produced the knife ordered by Bowie, and at the same time created another based on Bowie's original design but with a sharpened edge on the curved top edge of the blade. Black offered Bowie his choice and Bowie chose the modified version.[12] Knives such as this, with a blade shaped like that of the Bowie knife, but with a pronounced false edge, are today called "Sheffield Bowie" knives, because this blade shape became so popular that cutlery factories in Sheffield, England were mass-producing such knives for export to the U.S. by 1850, usually with a handle made from either hardwood, deer antler, or bone, and sometimes with a guard and other fittings of sterling silver.[6] The James Black Bowie knife had a blade approximately twelve inches long, two inches wide, and 0.25 inch thick.[14] The spine of the knife was covered with soft brass or silver, reportedly to catch the opponent's blade in the course of a knife fight, while a brass quillion protected the hand from the blade.[14]

In 1831 Bowie returned with his James Black Bowie knife to Texas, and was involved in a knife fight with three men armed with firearms, who had been hired to kill him by the man he had spared in his 1829 fight.[14][15] According to reports of the time, Bowie used his knife to kill all three men: one assassin was nearly decapitated, the second was disemboweled, and the skull of the third man was split open.[6][14] Bowie died at the Battle of the Alamo five years later and in death both he and his knife became an American legend. The fate of the original Bowie knife is unknown; however, a knife bearing the engraving "Bowie No. 1" has been acquired by the Historic Arkansas Museum from a Texas collector and has been attributed to Black through scientific analysis.

Black soon had a booming business making and selling these knives out of his shop in Washington, Arkansas. Black continued to refine his technique and improve the quality of the knife as he went. In 1839, shortly after his wife's death, Black was nearly blinded when, while he was in bed with illness, his father-in-law and former partner broke into his home and attacked him with a club, having objected to his daughter having married Black years earlier. Black was no longer able to continue in his trade.

Black's knives were known to be exceedingly tough, yet flexible, and his technique has not been duplicated. Black kept his technique secret and did all of his work behind a leather curtain. Many claim that Black rediscovered the secret of producing true Damascus steel.[12]

In 1870, at the age of 70, Black attempted to pass on his secret to the son of the family that had cared for him in his old age, Daniel Webster Jones. However, Black had been retired for many years and found that he himself had forgotten the secret. Jones would later become Governor of Arkansas.

The birthplace of the Bowie knife is now part of the Old Washington Historic State Park which has over 40 restored historical buildings and other facilities including Black's shop. The park is known as "The Colonial Williamsburg of Arkansas". The American Bladesmith Society established the William F. Moran School of Bladesmithing at this site to instruct new apprentices as well as journeyman, and mastersmiths in the art of bladesmithing.[16]

Variations and collecting


Krag Bolo bayonet US stamped, on the reverse date 1900


Over the years many knives have been called Bowie knives and the term has almost become a generic term for any large sheath knife. During the early days of the American Civil War Confederate soldiers carried immense knives called D-Guard Bowie knives.[6] Many of these knives could have qualified as short swords and were often made from old saw or scythe blades.

The Bowie knife found its greatest popularity in the Old Southwest of the mid-19th century, where several knife fighting schools were established to teach students the art of fighting with the Bowie knife pattern.[17] It is sometimes confused with the "Arkansas toothpick," possibly due to the interchangeable use of the names "Arkansas toothpick", "Bowie knife", and "Arkansas knife" in the antebellum period.[16] The Arkansas toothpick is essentially a heavy dagger with a straight 15-25-inch blade. While balanced and weighted for throwing, the toothpick can be used for thrusting and slashing. Although James Black is popularly credited with inventing the "Arkansas Toothpick", no firm evidence exists for this claim.[12]

Knives made in Sheffield, England, were quick to enter the market with "Bowie Knives" of a distinctive pattern that most modern users identify with the true form Bowie. The Sheffield pattern blade is thinner than the Black/Musso knives, while the false edge is often longer, with a more oblique and less pronounced clip edge.[6]

Sheffield Bowie


During the late 19th and 20th centuries, the Bowie knife served usefully as a camp and hunting tool as well as a weapon, and is still popular with some hunters and trappers in the present day.[6] However, as today's campers and backpackers generally rely on prepared lightweight foods, and have little or no use for a large knife as a weapon or for butchering wild game animals, the traditional Bowie pattern knife is today mostly purchased by collectors or edged weapon enthusiasts.[18]

Since the 1960s, Bowie knives with sawteeth machined into the back side of the blade appeared inspired by the United States Air Force survival knife (NSN 7340-00-098-4327). The sawteeth were intended to cut through the acrylic glass canopy of a downed aircraft. During the Vietnam War the United States Army issued them to helicopter crews for the same purpose.

Air Force Survival Knife



The Bowie remains popular with collectors. In addition to various knife manufacturing companies there are hundreds of custom knife makers and bladesmiths producing Bowies and variations. The Bowie knife dominates the work produced by members of the American Bladesmith Society.[19] Collecting antique Bowie knives is one of the higher-end forms of knife collecting with rare models selling as high as $200,000. Even mass-produced Sheffield Bowies from the 19th century can sell in the range of $5,000US to $15,000US.[20]

The USMC Ka-Bar of World War II fame is based on the Bowie design.[21] Custom knife maker, Ernest Emerson originally used a Bowie knife in his logo and manufactures a folding Bowie known in his line-up as the CQC13.



A Bowie knife appears on the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jim Bowie was posthumously inducted into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame at the 1988 Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia in recognition for the impact that his design made upon generations of knife makers and cutlery companies. Rock star David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) took the name Bowie after the Bowie knife because, in his words "it cuts both ways".[22]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife

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James Black's Bowie Knife


James (Jim) Bowie
perished at the Alamo holding back Santa Anna to allow Sam Houston the time he needed to gather forces to win the Texas battle for independence from Mexico. However, his legend and the legend of his famous knife refused to die. While tales about the knife dubbed the “Bowie Knife” and the “Arkansas Toothpick” circulated, little was ever told about the man responsible for the design and craftsmanship behind this famous knife: James Black. Bowie’s fame can hardly hold a candle to the life experiences of Black.

Born in New Jersey on May 1, 1800, James Black’s childhood was not typical of the day. His mother died while he was only a small boy. After his father remarried, young James disliked his stepmother so much that he ran away from home at the age of eight. He made his way to Philadelphia where he secured an apprenticeship with a silversmith by passing himself off as an eleven year old. Nine years later, when his father passed away, he traveled back home. While there, legend has it that he looked in the family Bible. It was there he confirmed his true age was only eighteen even though he was passing himself off as a twenty-one year old. After returning to Philadelphia, he didn’t share this information with his employer. As a “twenty-one” year old, he was able to become a journeyman.

At the time of his apprenticeship, Black faced an obstacle too large to overcome – British competition in the silversmith trade. With the market suffering from this competition, Black decided to go west. He traveled a route that took him down the Ohio River and then down the Mississippi. Arriving in Bayou Sara, Louisiana, young Black sought employment and found work. First he worked as a helper aboard a ferryboat. Next, he found work as a deckhand on a boat that traveled up and down the Red River. The boat’s route stopped at Fulton, Arkansas. As the result of land grants to veterans of the War of 1812, the region was increasing in population causing the landing at Fulton to become an integral port.

In 1824, a little town sprang up in area. Named after the “father of the country” the small hamlet was located at a major crossroad in the region. Running east and west was Fort Towson Trail. It was the major connection route to Fort Towson in the far west, an area now known as Oklahoma. Crossing the Fort Towson Trail was another trail running northeast to southwest known at the time as the Chihuhua Trail. With the nearby port and the major intersection of the trails, Washington, Arkansas experience a population boom.

Among the early residents in this Hempstead community was James Black. Upon his arrival, the young man, then about age twenty-four, obtained work in an established blacksmith shop. It was here that he learned the blacksmith trade and became a valuable asset to the community. While he is given credit for helping build the town, Black would have also been responsible for making plow blades and the metal farm implements for the farmers in the region. He would also have been the one locals would have turned to when they needed a gun repaired. In fact, the blacksmith was the “go to” guy for all things metal.

According to Black, his boss had a son and a daughter. The son was near Black’s age, and they quickly became friends. The daughter was said to have been quite beautiful. She definitely caught the attention of Black. The two fell in love, however, their affections were frowned upon by her father. Like many fathers, Black’s boss wanted a husband for his daughter who could provide better for her. He strictly forbade their relationship and nixed their plans for marriage.

The last thing any businessman wanted in frontier towns was competition. It was this fear that kept Black’s employer from firing him. However around 1825, Black decided to leave on his own. He moved about fifty miles west of Washington to an area along Rolling Creek which is located today in Severe County, Arkansas. It was here that Black hoped to build a home and make his fortune. After doing so, he planned to return to Washington for the beautiful girl he had left behind. She had promised to wait for him.

Black set his mind on prosperity. As more and more people arrived in the area, he saw a need for a grist mill. He constructed a dam on the creek in order to provide the water power he would need for the mill. But as his luck would have it, before he completed construction of the dam, the sheriff delivered a proclamation to the area announcing that the land on which the people were homesteading had been ceded to the Native Americans by the national government. The settlers left, and Black decided to return to Washington in hopes that his beloved Anne was indeed waiting.

He must have been overjoyed to learn that she was still waiting. The couple married but not with the blessings of her father. He disapproved of the union so much that he vowed to never forgive Black. He also swore his vengeance on him. These feelings were aggravated by Black’s opening of a competing blacksmith shop.

Black’s business proved quite successful, and he developed a reputation as a superior craftsman of knives. In the 1800′s, every man carried a knife. Black’s knives were different. He made them using his own secret process which was said to be somewhat like the Damascus steel. He used his metallurgy skills he learned why being a journeyman silversmith, and plated most of his blades with one of two precious metals, silver or gold. He used the greensand along a creek in the area in this process.

While no one can definitely say that Black was the craftsman who made the Bowie knife, experts in the field have concluded that he surely must have been. No one else in the area was using the process used to make the metal the Bowie knife is crafted from except Black. Besides, why would a man with Bowie’s reputation turn to anyone who was not considered the best in the business. And Black was definitely considered to be the top bladesmith. Black had been making knives for some time. They were of such rare quality that men were willing to pay prices that at the time were considered high. He charged anywhere from five to fifty dollars for a single knife.

Legend has it that Jim Bowie arrived in the City of Washington in January, 1830. It is said that he brought a design he had created himself to James Black. Black however, made a knife of his own design which greatly impressed Bowie.

Black’s design had a blade of at least 6 inches (15 cm) in length. Later creations of this type of knife reached 12 inches (30 cm) or more, with a relatively broad blade that was an inch and a half to two inches wide (4 to 5 cm) and made of steel usually between 3⁄16 to 1⁄4 in (4.763 to 6.350 mm) thick. The back of the blade sometimes had a strip of soft metal (normally brass or copper) inlaid which some believe was intended to catch an opponent’s blade while others hold it was intended to provide support and absorb shock to help prevent breaking of poor quality steel or poorly heat treated blades. The knife had an upper guard that bent forward at an angle (an S-guard) intended to catch an opponent’s blade or provide protection to the owner’s hand during parries and corps-a-corps.

As Bowie’s reputation as a knife fighter grew, especially after the Sandbar Fight, so did the business of James Black. The knife style did not originally have a name. According to the legends, people began coming to Black asking to have a knife like Bowie’s made. Their requests evolved into, ”I want a Bowie knife.”

The original knife was lost at the Alamo.


http://fossilhd.wordpress.com/...k-master-blacksmith/

And this beauty is the Emerson Collectors Association Knife of the Year 2006...



This year (last year) I'm only a year late, The ECA Knife of the Year will be a fixed blade bowie style knife. I think you'll like this one. It feels great, looks great and handles fast and easy in the hand. This is a cool knife. I hope you like it. Here are the specs:

Blade Length: 5.4"
Overall Length: 10.8"
Handle Material: G-10
Blade Thickness: .125"
Hardness: RC 57-59


I love this...The lines are clean, straight, powerful, and monolithic...Looks like it could punch a hole through a granite boulder.

http://www.emersonknives.com/ECA/Home.html

And don't forget to visit the 'Bowie Blog'...

http://bowieknifefightsfighters.blogspot.com/

And read the story of the fall of the Alamo as recounted by the only survivor...

Señora Candelaria's Account of the Death of Jim Bowie

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Originally posted by Czechvar:
And this beauty is the Emerson Collectors Association Knife of the Year 2006...



This year (last year) I'm only a year late, The ECA Knife of the Year will be a fixed blade bowie style knife. I think you'll like this one. It feels great, looks great and handles fast and easy in the hand. This is a cool knife. I hope you like it. Here are the specs:

Blade Length: 5.4"
Overall Length: 10.8"
Handle Material: G-10
Blade Thickness: .125"
Hardness: RC 57-59


I love this...The lines are clean, straight, powerful, and monolithic...Looks like it could punch a hole through a granite boulder.

http://www.emersonknives.com/ECA/Home.html

Love it....must have one....one of these days.

Here is one of the more interesting stories I ran across during this research...The Keith Richards Knives story. I didn't know that Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is a huge knife collector. And Ernest Emerson has made a few knives for him and I think these custom A-100's are the knives (From the Emerson FB page):



Now, the concert tickets are dated Nov. 18, 2006 and I think these were made after that, but before 2009.

I've also run across another story, and like the one above details are hard to come by. It seems that Mr. Emerson made a Gypsy Jack for Keith Richards based on a similar knife Keith already had...I just can't find more info yet. I can't get no satisfaction yet...

Meteorite Knife Blades...

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“Damascus of The Gods”™

In 1572 Conquistadors discovered a strange sight as they searched for riches to send home to the King and Queen of Spain. A huge Meteoroid had hit Earths atmosphere in the distant past and exploded, scattering pieces of a strange metal rock over a huge area of the Argentine wilderness. Legends told of the rocks falling from the sky. It became known as Campo del Cielo (see-el-oh), place of the sky! Pieces were sent to the King, but to their dismay it did not contain the precious silver ore they had hoped for. The Meteorite was roughly 94% iron and 6% nickel. It was an Alien Material from Outer Space, probably once part of an Asteroid that floated in the Asteroid Belt between Jupiter and Mars.

Though not precious to the King, man has prized the use of this almost pure and rare Meteorite Iron in the making of knives for thousands of years. It’s been used for everything from primative arrow points and spear heads to knife blades using the solid meteorite or forged into steel. In the 1980′s, Bill Moran, Father of modern Damascus Steel, used some to make his own now famous Bowie Knife! (see Sept. 1986 National Geographic Magazine) In 2005 the Kelgin Tri-star Bowie Knife with a blade of solid Meteorite sold for $5,000.00!

Today this rare material is still sought after by knifemakers and collectors alike. We call it “Damascus of the Gods”(tm) because of the unique crystal pattern in the iron that can only be formed in the forge of the Heavens. In fact each of the few hundred known Iron / Nickel Meteorites in the world has it’s own distinct pattern, like a finger print that allows you to identify which Meteorite it is. This pattern can only be seen after careful preparation and etching in acid the same as you do with man made Damascus steel.

Though it makes a beautiful and unique presentation blade, solid Meteorite is impractical for a using knife. If you wish to have a true working knife blade made with Meteorite you must forge it with other metals to make a Damascus Steel Blade. Though the heat of forging erases the original pattern of the Meteorite and replaces it with the pattern of the Damascus, the mystique remains. Meteorite may well be the rarest mineral on Earth! When you hold a Meteorite Knife in your hand you are holding something from the heavens, an Alien material that was left over from the formation of the Solar System! You are holding a “shooting Star”!

Kelgin Fine Cutlery has come across a very limited supply of this rare material suitable for knife components and blades. We also use some to make Certified and Serial Numbered bars of Meteorite Damascus Steel. We have material available for forging as well as polished slices or specimen meteorites, small and large. We expect our supply of material to last for 2 to 4 years, then it is gone forever, just like a shooting star!

http://www.kelgin.com/meteorites/

A History of the Campo Del Cielo (Argentina) Meteorites...Which is a great deal more interesting than you might think...

http://www.campometeorites.com/history.htm

Sorry...Can't talk about Conquistadors without Procol Harum...Just ain't gonna happen...

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I think this pretty well redefines "exotic metals"...

This pretac Ernie Emerson custom is one of only three Emersons' with a meteorite blade known to exist. The drop point meteorite blade had a single thumb stud. Anodized titanium frame. Signed by E. Emerson on back spacer. Strong lock up and blade seating is dead center.



Product Specs

Blade Length: 2.5"
Overall Length: 6"
Classification: Custom Knife
Weight: 2.2 oz
Closed: 3.5
Thumb Studs: Single
Case: Bill Velcro Case
Knife Type: Folding Knife , Liner Lock
Blade Materials: Meteorite
Blade Details: Drop Point
Handle Materials: Anodized Titanium

http://www.arizonacustomknives...meteorite-blade.aspx

A slice of a Campo Meteorite showing the similar structure...

A Collaboration with Ronnie Barrett, and I think it started in 2003. You can buy it at Barrett, and they have a Ronnie Barrett autographed edition as well...Check out the cool lapel pin...

The Barrett M50 Folding Knife is an exclusive design from Ernest Emerson and echoes the Model 82A1 rifle's appearance, quality, performance, and pride of ownership. The Barrett logo is on the left side of its black blade, and the Emerson mark is on the right. The knife's blade is non-serrated. The M50 comes in a metal presentation box with a pewter Model 82A1 lapel pin.



Specs- Blade: 154cm, non-serrated
Blade Length: 3.5"
Hardness: Rc 57-59
Handle: Black G-10/titanium liners
Weight: 4.65 ounces.

http://barrettrifles.com/p-155...ttemerson-knife.aspx

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Another Emerson Collaboration...This time with Knife Maker and world famous knife thrower Bobby Branton...and I really like that logo.

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05-22-2007, 10:59 AM#1

Bobby Branton

Moderator

Join Date: Dec 1998Location: Awendaw,S.C. USAPosts: 2,620

Branton - Emerson collaboration

I have been working on this project for a while. It is my collaboration with Ernest Emerson. We decided to make a combat style thrower. The blade will be powder coated a flat black and the handles will be Green G-10
I will be finishing the final prototypes next week and will post pictues then.
Until then, here is the logo and the tag line for the Branton Emerson Tactical Thrower. BETT.

http://www.bladeforums.com/for...merson-collaboration

http://www.brantonknives.com/docs/throwingknives.htm

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I suppose in the Knife Makers world, most of these people know each other. Bobby Branton is so well known, he was signed on to teach Salma Hayek Knife Throwing for the movie "Bandidas"...lots of good pictures at the web link:



http://www.brantonknives.com/docs/bandidas.htm

Another Emerson project, a Collaboration with Surefire Flashlights in 2002...

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SureFire® Limited Edition C2 Centurion/CQC-8 Emerson Knife Set

SureFire commissioned Ernest Emerson of Emerson Knives to create a new, limited edition folding knife design that would be sold with a uniquely finished SureFire C2 Centurion® flashlight. The Emerson knife is a production version of what was formerly available only as a custom made piece, the famed CQC-8 that Emerson collectors refer to as the "banana knife" for its original blade shape. It uses a non-slip G10 grip and is finished with a tough, corrosion resistant coating. The C2 Centurion is protected by a military-specification black hard anodized finish. We have never offered black hard anodizing on a C2 before the Emerson collaboration. Only 1,000 sets with matching serial numbers have been made.

Back in 2002, Emerson Knives entered into a project with Gerber knives to make an automatic opener. This knife was also listed with the government and received a National Stock Number (NSN # 5110-01-516-3244) in 2003.

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Gerber-Emerson Alliance Black Serrated:

Ernie Emerson designed this awesome defender of freedom that offers fully automatic deployment.

Ernie didn't earn his reputation as a tactical knife expert by cranking out crap. He expects Gerber to use only primo materials and components in building his namesake knife, and we do. This knife is configured in such a way as to achieve the speed and might that tactical pros require, while still protecting the user with features like the patent pending safety pin, which prevents accidental deployments.

The black oxide-coated blade is of the 154CM variety, with a Rockwell Hardness rating of HRC 59 to 62. The exotic-looking handle is machined out of 6061-T6 anodized aluminum, which is as hard as it is tactile. And its damned tactile.

Overall Length: 8.7"
Blade Length: 3.44"
Closed Length: 5.39"
Weight: 6 oz.
Lock Mechanism: Cross bolt
Blade Style: Drop Point
Blade Material: 154CM
Blade Type: Serrated
Handle Material: 6061 T6 Aluminum
Sheath Material: Ballistic nylon
Opening Style: Automatic

http://www.gerbergear.com/Tact...iance-Knife_22-07158

I've been trying to find out more about the CQC-8. I did find a little bit on BritishBlades Forum...

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Ernie Emerson, the CQC-8, and Military Issued Knives?
24-11-10, 05:16 PM

Although best known for the CQC6 folder, the knife that Ernie Emerson is often most closely associated with when discussing military units is the CQC8. It has a soldierly background - he developed the 8 with primary inputs from Chris Carracci, a former Navy SEAL. (If you look at the Benchmade ATCF, you'll see the handles are very similar to an 8, also because Chris designed that knife for Benchmade.) It is also frequently mentioned in connection with the REKAT Hobbit, but keep in mind that both folders were developed 15 to 20 years after the war in VietNam, so the Hobbit influence is probably just background 'noise' of tactical knife users having a general idea about it.

It is my understanding that the original batch of CQC8s were like the one pictured below (pic author unknown). Deeply hand contoured G10 handles, black titanium oxide coating, chisel grind, and tip up clip. They made their debut in 1994, and the very first ones were presented to the former members of Dick Marcinko's SEAL team for their 'reunion' tour of Viet Nam in 1994-5. These versions remain some of the rarest and most desired knives Ernie ever made. The next version was similar, but with the slick black T coating, and flatter, hand shaped handles. These were followed by satin bladed knives, all chisel ground, with flat black machined G-10 handles. In recent years, he's added bolsters to some, double ground some, and begun to make a production version of the knife.

According to Ernie, back in the '90s, he made a very few with gut hooks of them as special orders from active duty SEALs. These were personal knife orders, though, not issued knives. He has repeatedly stated that the production knives have been issued to members of the SAS as well, but (obviously) the issue story there is unconfirmed! In the sense of its usage and design, the CQC8 is a tactical folder that merits the name.

http://www.britishblades.com/f...litary-Issued-Knives

Are there any Emerson dealers on SF?

Top Gun Supply sometimes has Commanders in stock. Other than that I don't know of any.

Love that Cqc 8!

Yeah, when I pick up the 8 and play around with it, the impression is that it's all business and no playtime. I like the grip he put on that first model even better than the current grip.

I was thinking when I get another I'd really like the Super Roadhouse, but the Super 8 is about a nanometer behind it...

Any pics of your Cqc 8?