Survival Knives: Essential Tools for Hiking and Outdoor Adventures

The Wander Tactical Godfather knife is a custom knife of Italian artisan production.

With a 59/60HRC D2 steel blade and Marble treatment, it stands out for its sturdiness and reliability.

The green Micarta handle and a leather sheath complete the design, while the long 240mm blade and 6mm thickness give the knife an imposing presence.

Balanced backwards, it has a weight of 732g and a total length of 404mm, making it an exceptional tool for cutlery lovers.

Type of production: Artisan
Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade Treatment: Marble
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 240mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 404mm.
Balancing: rearward
Weight: 732g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Type of Production: Handcrafted
Blade Production: Italy
Blade: Apex Ultra steel at 63HRC
Blade Finish: Stone Washed
Handle: Ironwood, G10, and carbon pins
Blade Length: 90mm
Blade Thickness: 4.8mm
Total Length: 204mm
Balance: Set back 3cm from the guard branch
Weight: 179g
Sheath: Hand-stitched and crafted leather
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Coltelleria Collini of Busto Arsizio - No. 310

Intended Use: Collection / Light Utility

Type of production: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: W2 steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: hamon made with selective tempering
Handle: mango wood, resin spacers and blue G10, 4mm carbon fiber pin
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4.8mm.
Total length: 235mm.
Weight: 210g.
Scabbard: leather, handmade
Packaging and certificate: cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique and numbered knife, handcrafted especially for Coltelleria Collini - No. 297

Intended Use: Collection / Light Utility

Type of production: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: W2 steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: hamon made with selective tempering
Handle: ebony wood, resin spacers and blue G10, 4mm carbon pin
Blade length: 110mm.
Blade thickness: 4.8mm.
Total length: 235mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 210g.
Scabbard: leather worked and sewn by hand
Packaging and certificate: cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique and numbered knife, handcrafted especially for Coltelleria Collini - No. 296

The Smilodon, commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, was an extinct large feline that lived during the Pleistocene, between 2.5 million and 10,000 years ago. It was a member of the felid family and was distinguished by its unique features, particularly its huge saber-shaped upper canines.

The Smilodon was larger than present-day tigers, with a length of about 1.6-1.8 meters and a height at withers of about 1 meter. Its weight could range from 200 to 400 kilograms. The Smilodon's most distinctive feature were its upper canines, which could reach a length of more than 20 centimeters. These canines were extremely sharp and adapted for grasping and stinging prey. Smilodon is believed to have been a specialized predator, hunting large mammals such as Pleistocene herbivores. Its hunting technique was probably based on a powerful pounce and the use of its canines to maul the throat of prey. It is likely that its powerful bite was capable of severely damaging the bones of its victims.

Despite its impressive appearance, Smilodon was not closely related to present-day tigers, but represented a separate evolutionary branch. It is thought to have become extinct due to climate change and the disappearance of its main prey at the end of the Pleistocene.


Exclusive knife in entirely handmade "Smoke Gray" coloration, part of a batch of products made especially for the Atlanta 2023 Blade Show.

Intended Use: Excursionism / Heavy Duty

Type of production: Handcrafted
Country of production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade finish: Smoke Gray
Handle: Micarta
Blade Length: 190mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 365mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 682g.
Sheath: made of Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: unpacked - supplied with certificate of originality and Wander Tactical warranty
Notes: This knife is part of an exclusive batch of knives made entirely by hand and customized one by one designed for the Atlanta 2023 Blade Show.

Exclusive knife in entirely handcrafted "Comix" coloration, part of a batch of products made especially for the Atlanta 2023 Blade Show.

"Comix" type coloring refers to a coloring technique used in comic books and illustrations that is inspired by the style of traditional comic books. This style of coloring often features flat, bright colors with sharp edges between different shades. Some hallmarks of comix-type coloring include:

Flat backgrounds: Areas of solid color are applied without shading or complex tonal gradations. This gives a more "clean" and stylized look to the image.

Sharp edges: The borders between different shades of color are often marked by black or dark contour lines. These lines define the boundaries of the various elements in the image and accentuate the contrast between the different colors.

Bright colors: In comix-type coloring, bright, saturated colors are often used to create visual impact. These colors can be used to distinguish characters or to emphasize certain elements of the image.

Simplified shading: Although comix-type coloring may include shadows and highlights to add depth, these are often simplified compared to other coloring techniques. Shadows may be represented by areas of darker color or simple lines or brush strokes.

Graphic effects: Some elements of graphic effects, such as dots or speed lines, can be used to accentuate action or movement in illustrations.




Production Type: Handcrafted
Blade Production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade finish: "Comix" coloring, entirely handmade and hand-painted
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 240mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 403mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 740g.
Sheath: made of thermoformed kydex
Packaging: unpacked - supplied with certificate of originality and Wander Tactical warranty
Notes: This knife is part of an exclusive batch of knives made entirely by hand and customized one by one designed for the Atlanta 2023 Blade Show.

Type of production: Artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: 60HRC Sleipner Steel
Blade Finish: PVD
Handle: Black Stabilised Birch with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 294mm.
Balance: on the guard branch
Weight: 360g.
Scabbard: hand worked and sewn leather
Packaging and certificate: Cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Coltelleria Collini in Busto Arsizio - no. 256

Type of production: Artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: Sleipner steel at 60HRC
Blade finish: satin
Handle: Ironwood with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 294mm.
Balancing: on the guard branch
Weight: 345g.
Sheath: in worked and hand-stitched leather
Packaging and certificate: cordura case and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife handcrafted for Collini Cutlery in Busto Arsizio - n. 257

Production Type: Artisan
Blade Production: Italy
Blade: Sleipner steel at 60HRC
Blade Finish: PVD
Handle: Black Stabilized Birch with FatCarbon Darkmatter guard and carbon pins
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 244mm.
Balance: set back 3cm from the guard branch
Weight: 265g.
Scabbard: handcrafted and hand-stitched leather
Package and certificate: cordura pouch and certificate of authenticity
Notes: unique knife and handcrafted for Coltelleria Collini in Busto Arsizio - no. 253

Type of production: Artisanal
Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade Finish: Stone Edge Finish
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 180mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 360mm.
Balance: backwards
Weight: 624g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Medieval Finish
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 243mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 405mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 690g.
Sheath: thermoformed kydex
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Production Type: Artisan
Blade Production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade Treatment: Raw Finish
Handle: Micarta
Blade Length: 243mm.
Blade thickness: 6mm.
Total length: 400mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 662g.
Sheath: made of thermoformed kydex
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Camo
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 200mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 347mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 510g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed, with tek-lok type attachment
Packaging: without packaging, supplied with its own certificate of authenticity
Notes: Dimorphodon with clip point tip and Rambo knife style blade - Limited Edition - Each knife is unique and handcrafted

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Black Blood dual tone
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 198mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 345mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 436g.
Sheath: in brown leather
Packaging: without packaging, supplied with its own certificate of authenticity
Notes: Dimorphodon with clip point tip and Rambo knife style blade - Limited Edition - Each knife is unique and handcrafted

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Bronze Lava Field
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 200mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 347mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 500g.
Sheath: in brown leather
Packaging: without packaging, supplied with its own certificate of authenticity
Notes: First example blade treatment - Prototypo - Each knife is unique and handcrafted

Absolutely like new - Comes from a private collection - Unique item made in 2020, prototype, does not correspond to any standard model of Wander Tactical production - Made entirely by hand.

Use: Collection / Utility / Hunting

Production type: Handcrafted
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: integral, japanese rolled steel (San Mai) with V-Toku2 (carbonaceous) cutting edge at 62/63HRC and SUS410 (stainless steel) outer cheeks
Blade finish: satin finish 
Handle: Paracord
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 6.65mm.
Total length: 200mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 180g.
Sheath: in kydex
Package: Certificate of authenticity
Notes: Unique piece of 2020 - Prototype: it doesn't correspond to any standard model of Wander Tactical production - Entirely hand made - Absolutely like new, coming from a private collection,

Japanese steel merges with Italian excellence

For this 2019/2020 collaboration, exclusive to Coltelleria Collini, we decided to propose a series of best sellers produced by Wander Tactical. Knives made with the famous San Mai steel produced by the Japanese Takefu Steel. Specifically we have used the carbonaceous V-Toku2 at 62/63HRC for the central plate and the stainless SUS410 for the two external plates, in order to guarantee a very high cutting capacity, penetration and edge holding together with an easy resharpening and maintenance. At the same time the blade has a remarkable resistance to corrosion and an important increase of resilience given by the type of extreme steel and the laminated structure.

As in the ancient swords of the Japanese Samurai.

The rolled steel - imported in Italy by Collini Steel directly from the Japanese Takefu Steel - is based on the ancient Japanese tradition in the creation of the famous Samurai swords. As early as 1100, expert Japanese blacksmiths combined different materials to give Katana swords incredible cutting capabilities combined with previously unknown strength and flexibility. It is thanks to this revolutionary construction technique that the Samurai swords have been preserved until our days becoming one of the most fascinating objects made by man. Following this tradition applied to modern metallurgy, we are now able to have technologically advanced steels already tested and used in cutlery by famous brands such as Fallkniven, Cold Steel, Mcusta, Kai, Sog, Zwilling, Rockstead, etc.

Characteristics of San Mai steel: It is made of different types of metals alloyed together to create a composite that contains and intensifies the strengths of the metals taken individually:

- Longer cutting edge life
thanks to the use of high quality steels with a high carbon content (VG10, CoS, Shiro) or sintered (SPG2), in the core steel, the blade, once hardened, reaches hardness and cutting performance decidedly superior to those achieved with the use of traditional steels.

- Greater resilience
Built on the principle of Japanese swords, the multilayer steel is difficult to break thanks to the toughness of the central steel (Core Steel) and the elasticity of the steel used for the lateral coating (Stainless Steel).

- Improved corrosion resistance
The steel used for the outer layers (Stainless Steel) gives the blade a high resistance to corrosion. The combination of the two or more materials used by Takefu Steel generates, at a galvanic level, a structure that improves corrosion resistance even on the edge.

- Easy machining even after heat treatment
Although steel normally becomes harder after hardening, the lateral steel used in multilayer machining does not lose its softness and allows easy machining, drilling or welding even after heat treatment. For optimum blade performance, cryogenic treatment is recommended.

- Improved aesthetic performance
Knives made of multi-state steel or damascus pattern at the end of the processing are aesthetically elegant, refined and highly appreciated by collectors all over the world.

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Custom knife from 2021 from a private collection, in like new condition, complete with scabbard and certificate.
Checked, certified in our internal laboratory.

Type of production: Handicraft

Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel 59/60HRC
Blade Treatment: Dual Tone
Handle: Micarta 
Blade length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 300mm.
Balance: Advanced
Weight: 448g.
Scabbard: Brown leather
Packaging: -
Notes: Each knife is unique and handcrafted

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Raw Finish
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 2430mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 400mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 712g.
Sheath: in thermoformed kydex and leather
Packaging: -
Notes: exclusive model produced in just two pieces and handcrafted

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade Finish: Moon Effect
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 180mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 360mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 644g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Raw Finish
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 240mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 400mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 702g.
Sheath: thermoformed kydex
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

Type of production: Artisan
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: Moon Effect
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 240mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 400mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 715g.
Sheath: thermoformed kydex
Packaging: -
Notes: unique and handcrafted knife

In collaboration with Wander Tactical, a unique and exclusive piece to collect, the Godfather model, in a satin blade version with San Mai Japanese steel blade produced by Takefu Steel.
This time, in the rich catalog of products offered by them, we have chosen a particular steel with a carbon cutting edge, but with external stainless steel cheeks. Specifically, for the central sheet we used the carbonaceous V-Toku2 at 62 / 63HRC and the SUS410 for external lamination in order to guarantee a very high cutting, penetration and sealing capacity of the wire together with an ease of regrinding and maintenance; at the same time the blade has a remarkable corrosion resistance and an important increase in resilience given by the laminated structure.

Type of production: Artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: integral, in Japanese laminated steel (San Mai) with cutting edge in V-Toku2 (carbon) at 62 / 63HRC and external cheeks in SUS410 (stainless)
Blade treatment: satin
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 235mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 400mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 700g.
Sheath: in black leather

In collaboration with Wander Tactical we have decided to propose their heavy duty, the Smilodon model, in an exclusive satin blade version that uses the famous Japanese steel San Mai produced by Takefu Steel. Specifically, for the central plate we used the 61.5HRC CoS (Cobalt Special, mechanically considered 25% higher than the already highly appreciated VG10) and the 420J2 (at 56 HRC) for the two side plates in order to guarantee a very high cutting capacity, but at the same time a remarkable resistance to abrasion, resilience and oxidation resistance.

Type of production: Artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: integral, in Japanese rolled stainless steel (San Mai) with 61.5HRC CoS cutting in cryogenic quenching
Blade treatment: satin
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 180mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 340mm.
Balancing: set back
Weight: 605g.
Sheath: Kydex, thermoformed, with Tek-Lok type connection
Package: -
Notes: unique and exclusive piece.

In collaboration with Wander Tactical we have decided to propose their heavy duty, the Smilodon model, in an exclusive satin blade version that uses the famous Japanese steel San Mai produced by Takefu Steel. Specifically, for the central plate we used the 61.5HRC CoS (Cobalt Special, mechanically considered 25% higher than the already highly appreciated VG10) and the 420J2 (at 56 HRC) for the two side plates in order to guarantee a very high cutting capacity, but at the same time a remarkable resistance to abrasion, resilience and oxidation resistance.

Type of production: Artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: integral, in Japanese rolled stainless steel (San Mai) with 61.5HRC CoS cutting in cryogenic quenching
Blade treatment: satin
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 180mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 340mm.
Balancing: set back
Weight: 605g.
Sheath: Kydex, thermoformed, with Tek-Lok type connection
Package: -
Notes: unique and exclusive piece.

Type of production: Artisan
Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel to 59 / 60HRC
Blade Treatment: Desert
Manicure: Micarta Brown
Blade Length: 130mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total Length: 285mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 394g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packing: -
Notes: Special Edition made in one single "One of a Kind"

WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS KNIFE FOR HIGH IMPACT ACTIVITIES AS CHOPPING AND BATONING, WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE EDGE AND/OR POINT. ITS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE MAKES IT IDEAL FOR PRECISION CUTTING AND HUNTING.

Type of production: Artisan
Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel to 59 / 60HRC
Blade Treatment: Ice Blood
Manicure: Micarta Black
Blade Length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total Length: 285mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 508g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packing: -
Notes: Special Edition made in one single "One of a Kind"

Type of production: Custom made
Blade production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel to 59 / 60HRC
Blade Treatment: GunKote
Manicure: Jade G10
Blade Length: 150mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total Length: 285mm.
Balancing: backward
Weight: 508g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packing: -
Notes: "One of a Kind"  Special Edition