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Reate VK-FROK
The Reate VK-FROK is the middle knife of the Vulpex line, the VK series Reate builds with Vulpex Knives and designer Steven Kempa: a 3.25-inch Elmax blade over titanium at 4.4 ounces. It splits the difference between its two stablemates in size, and it carries the collaboration's most distinctive finish work.
Reate Vulpex VK-FROK Elmax Frame Lock
The blade runs Bohler Elmax on 0.135-inch stock, the balanced powder stainless the whole VK line standardizes on, holding a working edge through daily use without demanding much in return. Lockup is a titanium frame lock per DLT's own sheet, and the tip-up clip is right-hand configured on this model, at 7.75 inches overall on a 4.75-inch handle.
Wire Wheel, Crystalized, and Zirconium Builds
The five builds give the FROK the widest finish spread in the Vulpex line. The standout pairs a hand rubbed acid wash blade with wire wheel textured titanium and purple accents, a combination nothing else in the catalog wears. Around it sit a hand rubbed blade over crystalized and bead blasted two-tone titanium, a satin black DLC blade on black PVD titanium with bead blasted zirconium hardware, a dark frosted satin blade over dark bead blasted frames, and a full darkwashed build.
Where the VK-FROK Sits in the Vulpex Line
The trio now ladders cleanly. The Reate VK-ANUB is the light carry at 3.15 inches and 3.35 ounces, all dark and minimal, and the Reate VK-CLU is the 3.5-inch, 5.08-ounce flagship on a liner lock with the zirconium dress hardware. The FROK holds the center at 3.25 inches and 4.4 ounces on a frame lock, with the finish experiments: if you want the Kempa design language in the size most people actually carry, this is the middle bet that makes the most sense.