The latest in the GiantMouse GM series is releasing in just a couple hours. The GM12 (and it’s piratical counterpart, the GM12P) is a high-end piece with a refined Jens Anso/Jesper Voxnaes look and all sorts of luxurious finishing touches.
These days, most of the GiantMouse news comes from drops in the ACE lineup, their standard production line; ACE models hit shelves at a variety of price points and are usually available on an ongoing basis. But the company started out with the GM series, which functioned then – and now – as a line statement pieces, where the company cuts loose and pulls out all the stops. That means the highest-end materials, impressive machining, and, yes, a limited, single batch production run.
If we were to encapsulate the GM12’s design in a phrase, it would be “magic trick,” because the knife manages to have a pretty bold visual aesthetic that, when looked at closely also reads as a practical folding knife, built on time-tested shapes and principles. The 3.3-inch blade has a dramatic sweep to it, but underneath the flair you see a very clean, utilitarian drop point shape – the sort of puukko-adjacent profile that Anso and Voxnaes have played with on other GiantMouse releases like the Reo and the Corta. Opened with a flipper, it is made from MagnaCut, bringing the super steel one step closer to world domination.
The Corta is a good point of reference for the GM12’s handle, because it seems to be an expanded, wilded up riff on that knife’s grip. There’s more of a humpback shape here, more pronounced finger grooves (not to mention the forward groove on the blade itself), and a cutaway style backspacer lanyard loop. The front and back scales are both textured with a wave pattern which flows from edge to edge, only breaking around the hardware – which includes a button lock near the pivot.
Now, the standard GM12 is made with titanium, and limited to 400 pieces. The “Pirate” version, the GM12P, comes with scales made from solid hunks of PVD-coated bronze; it weighs quite a bit more at 6.5 oz., and is even more limited: just 200 pieces for this one.
The GM12 models are releasing later today, Thursday November 14th, at 12pm EST/9am Pacific. Good luck!
Knife in Featured Image: GiantMouse GM12
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