Some time has passed since the last time we took a peek at what Artisan Cutlery had cooking – but we’re glad to do so now, because we can talk about the incoming Trust, from designer Theo Estevao.
The Trust is an elegant design, but also quite a large one. The blade length is listed as 3.76 inches – that’s a considerable run of steel, enough for chores both in suburbia as well as out in the rough and tumble of the great outdoors. The blade shape, a modified wharncliffe (or reverse tanto if you’re nasty), provides dependable, predictable geometry – the Trust has a look unique to itself, but it won’t cause any surprises when it comes to separating matter.
The reliable performance of the Trust continues in Artisan’s choice of blade steel, S35VN. This is a couple generations of super steel behind the curve, but it’s hard to imagine any but the most recalcitrant of steel addicts quibbling with it here; for use in a knife like the Trust, whose sizable blade may do chores both heavy and light, S35VN’s balanced, but still elevated, performance will adapt easily to either extreme.
Down south a ways we’ve got an elegant handle with scales comprised each of two different parts: a scalloped aluminum portion and, underneath, a wider titanium element. Said element is also cut into a frame lock on the off-side. Something worth noting is that this two-part scale construction allows the Trust to retain a symmetrical look from side to side even with the frame lock; the scalloped aluminum portion covers it up. The Trust is also a strikingly light knife for its size, with a weight of 2.9 oz.
It is releasing soon.
Knife in Featured Image: Artisan Cutlery Trust
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