Survival Knives: Essential Tools for Hiking and Outdoor Adventures

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

Type of production: Artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade finish: Raw
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 255mm.
Balancing: advanced
Weight: 475g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: Each knife is unique and handcrafted; there may be slight differences in finishes, colors and materials compared to the photographed product.

Selvans Expeditions, as well as the Selvans model from which it derives, was born from the collaboration between Extrema Ratio and the Master instructor F.I.S.S. (Federazione Italiana Survival Sportivo e Sperimentale) Daniele Dal Canto. This tool is the result of the modification of the ONTOS, military survival knife, realized in order to accentuate and maximize the performance of the knife.

Selvans Expeditions uses Böhler N690 steel heat treated to 58 HRC with MIL-C-13924 burnishing and stone washed surface treatment (Dark Stone finish). The handle has been lengthened and the blade weighted to promote effective cutting strokes. It comes with a desert Cordura sheath with MOLLE system, equipped with a mini pouch containing paracord with flammable filament that can be used in case of emergency and/or critical weather conditions and a Firesteel for lighting fires.

The survival kit (not included and purchasable separately) has been optimized and includes whistle, chainsaw, drinking pads, compass, brass wire, flintlock, flashlight, paracord 2,5 mt. and sharpener.

Intended use: Survival / Heavy Utility

Production type: Industrial
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: Stainless steel N690Co 58HRC
Blade Finish: Burnishing MIL-C-13924 with Dark Stone finish
Handle: Forprene
Blade length: 160mm.
Blade thickness: 6.3mm.
Total length: 312mm.
Balance: Advanced
Weight: 430g.
Sheath: Cordura, M.O.L.L.E. compatible.
Package: Cardboard box with Extrema Ratio logos
Notes: Designed and developed thanks to the collaboration with the instructor Daniele del Canto of F.I.S.S.S. (Federazione Italiana Survival Spotivo e Sperimentale).

Japanese steel blends with Italian excellence

For this 2021 collaboration, between the Collini Cutlery of Busto Arsizio and the Fox of Maniago, we have decided to propose the 609OD Bushman model, an excellent bushcraft knife produced by Fox of Maniago, using Japanese V-Toku2 steel in Sanmai. produced by Japanese Takefu Steel instead of the D2 used in the production model.

Specifically, we used V-Toku2 carbonaceous at 62 / 63HRC for the central plate and SUS410 stainless steel for the two external plates, in order to guarantee a very high cutting capacity, penetration and sealing of the wire together with an ease of re-sharpening. and maintenance but at the same time the blade has a remarkable resistance to corrosion and an important increase in resilience given by the type of external steel and by the laminated structure.

Technical features

Intended use: bushcraft - outdoor - collection
Type of production: Industrial
Production Lama: Italy
Blade: fulltang, in Japanese laminated steel (San Mai) with V-Toku2 (carbonaceous) cutting edge at 62 / 63HRC and external SUS410 (stainless steel) scales
Blade treatment: satin
Handle: micarta
Blade length: 160mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 290mm.
Thick when closed: -
Balancing: advanced
Weight: 369g.

Sheath: in leather, belt, ambidextrous, for horizontal or vertical carrying
Packaging: cardboard box with Fox logos
Bevel: flat with scandi-like sharpening, convex
Notes: Special and limited edition - since the cutting edge is made of carbon steel it is advisable, in order to keep the blade in perfect condition, to protect the edge with a light surface of oil.

As in the ancient Japanese Samurai swords.

The rolled steel - imported into 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. In fact, as early as 1100 the expert Japanese blacksmiths combined different materials together to give the Katana swords incredible cutting capabilities combined with a resistance and flexibility previously unknown. It is thanks to this revolutionary construction technique that Samurai swords have been preserved to this day, becoming one of the most fascinating objects made by man. Following this tradition applied to modern metallurgy, today we are able to have technologically advanced steels already tested and used in cutlery also by famous brands such as Fallkniven, Cold Steel, Mcusta, Kai, Sog, Zwilling, Rockstead, etc.

Characteristics of San Mai steel: These are different types of metals bonded together to create a composite that encloses and intensifies the strengths of the metals individually taken:

- Longer life of the cutting edge
thanks to the use of very high quality steels with high carbon content (VG10, CoS, Shiro) or sintered (SPG2), in the heart of the sheet (Core Steel), the blade, once hardened, achieves decidedly hardness and cutting performance higher than those achieved with the use of traditional steels.

- Greater resilience
built with the principle of Japanese swords, 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 side facing (Stainless Steel).

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

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

- Improvement of the aesthetic result
The knives made with 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.

For more information: collinisteel

Type of production: Custom
Country of Production: Italy
Blade: D2 steel at 59/60HRC
Blade finish: Black Blood & Raw
Handle: Micarta
Blade Length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 255mm.
Balance: Advanced
Weight: 475g.
Sheath: Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: Each knife is unique and handcrafted, there may be slight differences in finishes, colors and materials compared to the product photographed.

Type of production: Artisan
Country of production: Italy
Blade: in D2 steel at 59 / 60HRC
Blade Finish: Icebrush
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 255mm.
Balancing: advanced
Weight: 442g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: Each knife is unique and handcrafted; there may be slight differences in finishes, colors and materials compared to the photographed product.

Intended use: Hard Utility / Collection

Type of production: Handmade
Country of production: Italy
Blade: 59 / 60HRC D2 steel
Blade finish: Raw
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 255mm.
Balancing: advanced
Weight: 475g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed
Packaging: -
Notes: Each knife is unique and handcrafted; there may be slight differences in finishes, colors and materials compared to the photographed product.

Intended use: Hard Utility / Survival

Type of production: industrial seeds
Country of production: USA
Blade: CPM-154CM stainless steel 58 / 60HRC with cryogenic treatment
Blade finish: tumbled
Handle: micarta
Blade length: 147mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 273mm.
Balancing: coinciding with the lower guard branch
Weight: 931g.
Sheath: in thermoformed kydex with 360 ° rotating steel clips
Notes: Design by Tom Brown - used in the film The Hunted with Benicio Del Toro

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

Viper - Tank - Black Aspis - VT4004BK - knife

Intended Use: Sport / Utility

Type of production: Industrial
Production Blade: Italy
Blade: Stainless D2 to 58/59HRC
Treatment Blade: Aspis Coating
Handle: Canvas Micarta
Blade length: 155mm.
Blade thickness: 5.8mm.
Length closed: -
Overall length: 297mm.
Thick when closed: -
Balancing: -
Weight: 415g.
Closure: -
Clip: -
Sheath: Black Cordura, by Vega, with attacks SPRINGS
Packaging: Cardboard box, cover letter, certificates of warranty
Notes: Design by Thomas Rumici