Kizer Vanguard G-10 Gemini Knife – $44.99

Ever since he saw the movie First Blood when he was just a kid, Ray Laconico knew what he wanted to do with his career: to become a knifemaker. Since officially taking up the trade in the 1990s, Laconico has developed a simple, clean, and functional style that shows through in each of his designs. The Kizer Vanguard G-10 Gemini fits the bill with its 3.1 inch drop-point made from high-carbon Japanese VG-10 steel. Equipped with a flipper tab and ball bearing system, the knife opens with ease. The skeletonized stainless steel liner, housed inside the G-10 scales, makes for secure lockup once opened. Carry it with the right-handed tip-up clip or tether it with the lanyard hole.

• Kizer
• Designed by Ray Laconico
• Blade: VG-10 stainless steel
• Handle: G-10
• Liner lock
• Skeletonized stainless steel liners
• Flipper tab
• G-10 backspacer
• Lanyard hole
• Pocket clip for right-handed tip-up carry
• Blade thickness: 0.09 in (2.3 mm)
• Blade length: 3.1 in (7.9 cm)
• Closed length: 4.1 in (10.4 cm)
• Overall length: 7.25 in (18.4 cm)
• Weight: 3.6 oz (102 g)