KA Bomber Edition - Acid Drop - Gen 1 Stag Tex modified Rogue
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Bomber Edition - Acid Drop - Modified Rogue
Built using a Gen 1 stepped frame, this blade was modified to have a bit of a bullnose profile before being hand ground by Dave.
Frame treatment on this folder is Dave's version of a "jigged" pattern, or rather his Stag Texture. Done by hand on a manual mill, the pattern is unique to each knife it is applied to. This one is a unique exploration into rainbow anodizing, tumbled afterward to add some depth and texture, then re anodized at a lower voltage to add some additional bronze tones overall. Hardware has been heat colored to match. Blade wears a two tone acid washed and satin tumbled finish.
Dave's closest friends have called him "Bomber" for almost 30 years now... so it just made sense that when Kingdom Armory decided to make available a special tier within the Bench Series, the closest you can get to a full one-off custom that it should also be called "Bomber".
Differentiated from Dave's full blown, one-off customs only in that fact that some parts are CNC machine made and delivered to Dave in blank unfinished form. He will utilize small batch CNC'd backspacers and clips for example, but still be texturing the frames and grinding the blades in much the same way he would a custom. And of course each one is fully assembled and tuned under Dave's strict attention to detail. His fingerprints are on every piece.
Completely aware that many other makers would just call this a full custom, Dave still adheres to the ethos that "custom" should mean that as much of the knife as possible be handmade, ensuring that each piece is artistically unique and contain the full work of the craftsman who both designed and personally built it. That is the work that dies with the maker, and the skills to be passed to Dave's sons one day. The fingerprints will be different, but the design language will endure.
These particular Bomber edition folders had frame, clips and back-spacer precision machined by Chad Nichols of Nichols Damascus in Blue Springs, MS. Chad.
- The blade is ground out of CTS-XHP stainless from Carpenter Steel
- 3d Machiend "concealed carry' contour frame profile w/milling detail on frame back
- Completely finished by Dave personally, each blade was precision surfaced to .1555" here in the KA shop. It was then sent off to Bos heat treating to be heat treated by the best in the industry.
- Upon its return, it was hand-ground by Dave, fit and timed specifically to its frame, then hand finished.
- All Bomber Edition folders are fully hand-assembled, tuned, fit and finished by Dave. Each has had cut a concave lockface for strength and a carbidized lockbar engagement for a smooth release.
Designed in and named for the Valley in which Kingdom Armory exists, the Rogue and its sister knife the Rook were both created as a "spydie flicking" taylored design. (made for deployment using the middle finger) The oval slot is sized for easy thumb use if you'd prefer...but, "F" it! Use the bird, and be a little unique! Be a Rogue...
Dimensions
OAL - 7 1/2"
Closed - 4 1/4"
Blade - 3 1/2"
Belly - 1 1/2"
Weight - 5.6 oz
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