Two mirror-polished full-tang EDC knives in 52100

Oct 11, 2026 Last reply: 1 day ago 4 Replies
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What stands out here is a pair of fixed-blade EDC knives meant to be carried and shown off. The maker describes them as daily knives for someone in an office who wants something flashy, and the mirror finish on the blades backs that up. Each blade is about three inches of 52100 steel, cryo treated and hardened to 62 HRC, with a hollow grind and a maker's mark etched into the ricasso.



The construction looks careful throughout. Both knives are full-tang, with dark contoured canvas micarta scales over polished bolsters and polished pins, plus an open lanyard tube at the rear. The blades have deep finger choils and jimping along the thumb ramp, and the grip ergonomics of the larger knife were demonstrated in hand. One knife is compact and one is standard-sized, and the design draws on another designer's boot knives. The final finish and sharpening were already done, so what was shown is close to the finished state.



There is still one open item: a sheath has to be made before a sale, and one knife is listed at $325 once that happens. The maker has also said that future knives will use MagnaCut or some other stainless steel, which leaves an interesting question about how the 52100 versions will age in a pocket. My own take is that a mirror finish at 62 HRC is a bold pairing for daily carry, and it will be worth watching how the polish holds up. Even so, the grind symmetry and the reflective finish together make this one of the cleaner small knife builds I have come across lately.


Those hollow grinds look really even across both blades. Did the maker say anything about how the heat treat was done on the 52100? I am curious what hardness they took it to, since a mirror polish at high hardness is not the easiest combination to pull off cleanly.

I think the choice of 52100 with a cryo treatment to 62 HRC is a smart one for edge holding, and the trade-off is clear. The maker has already said the knives will pick up scratches but stay pretty, which feels like the right attitude for a flashy carry knife rather than a safe queen.

If the maker does a follow-up run, a version with a slightly longer cutting edge would be interesting. The compact one is charming, but trading some of the finger choil for more usable edge seems like it would suit the office-carry idea even better, especially once the stainless options arrive.

The maker did share that part: the 52100 blades were cryo treated and hardened to 62 HRC. Nothing further was said about the rest of the heat treat process, but that hardness figure was stated directly alongside the steel choice.

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