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American Blade Works is a family-owned shop in Weaverville, North Carolina, where Michael Martin builds American-made MagnaCut folders. After close to thirty years running CNC machines for a contract manufacturer, Martin made 12 knives in 2018 in a building behind his house. Today everything except the screws and bearings comes off his own machines, and blades go to a dedicated heat treater for a cryo cycle that runs MagnaCut near 64 HRC. He tells the whole story in his Blade Show 2026 interview.
The Model 1 V7 is the ABW flagship, a liner lock flipper with a 3.25 inch 3D milled MagnaCut blade on ceramic caged bearings, 17-4 PH stainless liners, and a titanium clip. The drop point adds a thumb stud alongside the flipper tab and comes in G-10, canvas Micarta, or titanium, while the Model 1 V7 Wharncliffe runs the widest spread of G-10 colors. The Model 1 Button Lock puts the same blade in titanium scales with a button lock. See how MagnaCut stacks up in our knife steel guide.
The Model 2 is a liner lock flipper with a 3.25 inch MagnaCut Wharncliffe in black aluminum scales. The Model 3 is Martin's first automatic knife, a push button 3.3 inch MagnaCut sheepsfoot at 64 HRC in shot blasted, hard anodized 6061-T6 aluminum that weighs 3.8 ounces. The first 130 First Production Run knives carry serial numbers.
Yes. The ABW Slip Joint is a modern take on traditional knives, with a 2.25 inch hollow ground MagnaCut modified Wharncliffe on phosphor bronze washers, titanium scales, no lock, and no clip, all at about 2.3 ounces. Pick the Original, 45 Degree, Diamond, or Frag milled scales, or the Radial and Stars and Stripes anodized versions. A Lancelot Leather clip slip keeps it planted. We took four of them apart in our American Blade Works Slip Joint review.
American Blade Works backs its knives with a limited lifetime warranty against defects in materials and workmanship, and it repairs or replaces covered knives at its discretion. Misuse, normal wear, and any knife altered from its original configuration aren't covered. That includes anodizing, sanding, polishing, and regrinding.
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