One day Ed Van Hoy was looking at a CRKT Original
K.I.S.S.® designed by Ed Halligan. A light came on in his head.
He saw a cool way to add a second blade, and sent a handmade sample
knife to crkt. Because both Eds are successful custom knife designers
for CRKT, so CRKT did the gentlemanly thing and called Ed Halligan,
and got the two of them together.
It’s a
tribute to Ed Halligan that as the designer of the original, and
most successful and copied two-piece knife ever, he was willing
to collaborate to make his brainchild even more sophisticated. Soon
the K.I.S.S.® Two-Timer™ was born.
There was much
work to be done. The Eds had to design a detent mechanism that would
allow both the large blade and small blade to open and lock independently.
The result is
a unique Frame Lock™ folder with two blades. The 2.375”
large blade is Tanto-inspired with a Chisel-Point grind on the front
and flat on the backside—so that when the blade is closed onto
its handle/frame, the precision fit effectively “seals”
the cutting edge to the frame. The small 2.125” drop point
pen knife blade folds perfectly into a CNC-machined relief in the
larger blade.
A milled slot
is used to one-hand open the large blade. The small blade is opened
by pressing the extended blade tang with the finger. Both blades
can be closed with one hand, simply by releasing the LAWKS®
lever and Frame Lock.
CRKT asked the
Eds to incorporate the patented* Lake And Walker Knife Safety (LAWKS®)
on the larger blade. When the LAWKS lever is pushed forward with
a flick of the thumb, the knife becomes a virtual fixed blade, and
the Frame Lock is virtually impossible to release by the most vigorous
use until the LAWKS lever is retracted.
The large blade,
frame, and custom stainless steel pocket/money clip are 420J2 stainless
steel in bright vibratory finish. The smaller blade is 420J2 stainless
steel with a bead-blast finish.
So there you
have it, the most sophisticated K.I.S.S. ever built, with one hefty
blade for tough jobs, one small blade for detail tasks. And it’s
still a thin and lightweight personal key fob and money clip knife,
just like the Original K.I.S.S.
Two blades.
Too cool. Proof that two Eds are better than one.
FEATURES:
• Action: Money Clip & Pen Knife
• Blade Material: 420J2 High Carbon Stainless
Steel
• Blade Style: Chisel-Point Tanto and Pen Knife
• Blade Finish: Bead Blasted Pen, Satin Tanto
• Handle Material: 420J2 High Carbon Stainless
Steel
with a Bead Blasted Finish
• Locking Mechanism: LAWKS® Lever and Frame
Lock
• Carry Method: Stainless Steel Money Clip |
MEASUREMENTS:
• Tanto Blade Length: 2.375”
• Pen Blade Length: 2.125”
• Handle Length: 3.5”
• Tanto
Overall
Open Length: 6.00”
•
Pen Overall
Open Length: 5.75”
• Weight: 3.0 oz. |
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