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Attleboro Knives builds fixed blades out of Idaho, and every model in the catalog carries a name that means something to the people who made it. The flagship commemorates Army Special Forces MSG William B. Hunt and the men who fought Operation Attleboro in Vietnam. Another honors a grandfather who lost a hand in an elk hunting accident. That is not marketing scaffolding bolted on after the fact, and it shows in how the knives are specified.
The namesake runs a 4.5 inch drop point on a 9.75 inch frame, and the interesting decision is the stock thickness. At .150 inches it is deliberately thinner than the tactical convention, which drops weight and bulk without giving up much, and the heat treat backs that up by running 55 to 57 HRC rather than chasing maximum hardness. That range keeps the blade flexible enough to take abuse instead of snapping, which matters more than a few extra points of edge retention on a knife meant to be carried hard. A cryogenic cycle during heat treat tightens the grain. The spine carries an inch and a half of jimping that works gloved, the butt is a beveled glass breaker, and the handle is CNC machined micarta. Available in graphite black or coyote tan Cerakote, or stonewashed, with plain or partially serrated edges.
Dau Tranh is Vietnamese for struggle, and also names a doctrine of protracted warfare. The knife is small and unusually stout, a 2.625 inch blade on .187 stock, which is thicker than most full size fixed blades and very unusual at 5.875 inches overall. Skeletonized handle, Cerakote finish, dual lanyard holes so it can be lashed as a spear point, and a bottle opener worked into the profile. CPM 20CV handles the corrosion resistance a knife worn against skin needs. The steel comparison guide covers how it stacks against S35VN.
The Caribou Mountain pair splits hunting duties between a 5.25 inch Hunter and a 4.25 inch Skinner, both in 154CM with layered black and coyote G-10 that reads like wood from a distance. Both get spine jimping, finger grooves, a forward choil, and a lanyard hole. See the wider hunting knives selection for comparison.
The Gramps is a knife and fork in one, patterned on the combination implements issued to wounded veterans on both sides of the Civil War. A 3.5 inch S35VN blade on thin .09375 stock with G-10 scales, sold as a field kit with a canvas and leather pouch, a stainless soup spoon, and a waterproof match case. Browse the full fixed blade knives and tactical knives ranges.
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