The Spartan Blades Nemec is a slim gent's flipper designed by Ondřej Němec, the Czech designer who co-founded ANV Knives. It marked his welcome to the designer roster at Spartan Blades. Němec grew up in his father's workshop and brings more than a decade in the knife industry as a designer and consultant. The Nemec is built to carry discreetly in a dress pocket and still handle daily cutting. It belongs to Spartan's Field Grade line, produced in Taiwan through Pineland Cutlery.
The Nemec carries a 3.5 inch straight back blade, full flat ground from 0.125 inch stock. It runs 8 inches open and about 4.3 inches closed. The thin stock and full flat grind make it a real slicer. A liner lock holds it open, and a deep carry clip keeps the slim frame low in the pocket.
The blade opens off a flipper tab and runs on a caged bearing pivot for quick, smooth deployment. It is CPM S35VN, a proven premium stainless that balances edge retention, toughness, and easy sharpening. Our knife steel guide shows where it sits among modern steels.
Our shelf carries two Nemecs. The sculpted carbon fiber build pairs a black PVD blade with a weight of just under 2 ounces. The titanium build has a stonewashed blade at about 2.6 ounces. Both are featherweight for a 3.5 inch folding knife, so they ride as easily in slacks as in jeans.
The Eleos is the hard-use, fully ambidextrous crossbar lock option at about 4.2 ounces. The Poros is a bigger 3.75 inch G-10 flipper. The Nemec is the slim, light option for dress carry. If you want to step up to Spartan's titanium flagship, see the Spartan Harsey Folder.