We still haven’t quite finished covering all the incoming We Knife Co. models has been announcing lately – and the next up on our reporterly dance card is the Inceptus, a folder from Robert Saniscalchi that cuts loose with an unconventional blade shape.
An interesting thing we’ve noticed over the years is that, sometimes, our classification of a knife’s blade can differ from that of its creator’s. In this case, We Knife Co. lists the Inceptus’s blade as a “wharncliffe,” which isn’t wrong, but in our opinion doesn’t tell the whole story. We’d call this a modified wharncliffe – a seemingly small distinction, but we think it better conveys the fact that what Saniscalchi came up with here is by no means a textbook example of the form.
The Inceptus’s blade has an almost tanto-like angle in the blade, a kink upwards that separates the 3.57-inch cutting edge into a primary and secondary edge. The forward edge portion – what you’d typically call the secondary edge – is actually larger and looks like it will provide all the necessary horsepower in push cut-type chores. M390 blade steel cranks all the performance numbers up to exactly where they need to be, whether you’re considering the Inceptus as a user or a premium production display piece.
Saniscalchi approached handle design with the same highly angular aesthetic that informed the blade here. It’s bulky around the pivot, but tapers as we move out to the butt end – and there’s no excessive finger groovage here, so users will be able to decide with a high degree of granularity how they are going to hold their Inceptuses – Inceptii? – during use or display. This is a frame lock knife and has a listed weight of 3.94 oz.
Knife in Featured Image: We Knife Co. Inceptus
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