Case in point is Jon's new carbon fiber limited Benchmade Rift, which was made as a Plaza exclusive. Plaza is also an influential enough dealer that often custom makers or production knife companies do Plaza Cutlery exclusive edition knives that are available nowhere else. They stock stuff that just isn't available too many other places, particularly semi-custom lines like Chris Reeve and Strider, plus an impressive selection of true custom blades and full handmades. I'll definitely be doing business with Plaza in the future. I spoke with a very nice dude named Chris who took my order and verified all of my shipping and card info. All it took to order my Strider was a phone call to their retail location. Dan Delavan's shop is said to be the largest knife shop on our coast. Plaza Cutlery is in Costa Mesa, CA and should be well known to cutlery aficionados or folks who attend West Coast knife shows. Has a great feel and with the thicker blade with a false edge that is ground and beveled so it does look double edged. Hence the term rail for heavy work with strength like a rail road tie. Heavy chisel edge on the back spine for any heavy splitting that maybe needed. "Notes: This is a new grind on the back spine. The following is taken from Plaza Cutlery's page on the knife I ordered from them: Sheath- Kydex with Blade-Tech Tek Lock mechanism for easy attachment to belt or gear Made of- S30V stainless, and heat treated by proprietary Paul Bos heat treating process I personally don't have a use for this feature, I just thought it looked cool. It's got a full-thickness tip and an unsharpened swedge grind. This is my brand spanking new Strider WP, a newer version with what Strider refers to as a "rail edge".
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