
folder, now available from CRKT in a production model. Whenever unrelated ideas are found to mesh perfectly, luck is playing its part and every prospector knows, it's better to be lucky than smart." After attending the Oregon Knife Collectors Association Show in 1994, Grant and Gavin were not only inspired to become knifemakers, but were determined to make a better folder, the result of which is their custom D.O.G. This beautiful Deadlock from Hawk Knives features a Stonewash 20CV Blade with Fat Carbon Inlays & DLC Titanium Handles. The art of the prospector is to discover the unknown through the application of logic, hard work and luck. To me, designing a knife is much like prospecting because it seems more a matter of discovery than an act of creation. "I believe those experiences helped me to see solutions lying below the surface. It has a top-mounted firing button slide that deploys the blade and draws it back in with smooth. "I spent years making everything I needed out of anything I could find," Grant said. G&G Hawk Custom Deadlock Model C D/A OTF Automatic Dagger Knife CF Overall Length:8.50 Blade Length:3.50 Cutting Edge:3.25 Blade Width:0.625 Blade. In this video I do a comparison between several OTF or Out The Front automatic knives from Hawk Knives, Microtech, and Guardian Tactical and discuss what I h. Grant and Gavin Hawk are a father and son duo who have made a significant innovation in the world of out-the-front automatic knives. They have unveiled this mechanism in their Deadlock OTF knife.

It’ probably one of the most amazing pieces for cutlery engineering around.

Grant had just ended a 20 year career as a prospector and manufacturer of mining equipment. The second is a Grant and Gavin Hawk Deadlock. Grant Hawk and his son Gavin, of Idaho City, Idaho started making knives in 1994.
