The same Chattanooga shop that put the Eagle Talon in Afghanistan builds RMJ Tactical's fixed blade knives, and the tomahawk DNA shows: thick tangs, tough tool steels, Cerakote finishes, and Kydex sheath systems built to be carried on duty gear, not displayed. These are working fixed blades from a maker whose products get carried into places where failure isn't a review problem.
The BUB Back Up Blade leads our shelf, a compact companion knife sized to ride on a plate carrier or belt wherever a primary can't go. The Combat series spans continents in name and mission, with the Combat Africa and Combat Asia carrying 80CrV2 under Cerakote or acid-etched finishes, while the UCAP brings CPM MagnaCut to a modern combat dagger. The Utsidihi draws its name from the Cherokee language of RMJ's Tennessee home ground, the Trench Raider and Kilroy in CPM 3V tip their hats to two world wars of fighting-knife history, and the Marauder, Nightshade, Wyvern, and Unmei in Nitro-V round out the serious end of the roster. Then there's the Stabby Guy and Da Choppa, because RMJ names its blades with the same wink it gives its smallest hawks, and builds them all with the same dead-serious execution.
RMJ leans on CPM 3V across the line for the same reason it forges hawks from shock steels: toughness first, because a blade that chips isn't a tool, backed by MagnaCut where corrosion resistance earns its place, workhorse 80CrV2, and fine-edged Nitro-V, all compared in our knife steel guide. Every knife ships with a fitted Kydex sheath ready for real carry, and like everything out of Chattanooga, runs are small and move fast, so sign up for restock alerts when your model shows out.