2018 EMERSON knives CATALOG 100 PERCENT TOUGH. 100 PERCENT AMERICAN. emersonknives.com 2018 EMERSON knives CATALOG 100 PERCENT TOUGH. 100 PERCENT AMERICAN. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 03 THE EMERSON STORY 04 EMERSON KNIVES 06 ACCESSORIES / JEWELRY 34 ANYONE WHO HAS EVER DOUBTED THE TOUGHNESS OF AMERICANS DOESN’T KNOW THE AMERICA THAT I KNOW. WE ARE FARMERS. WE ARE EMERSON BRAND APPAREL 35 TRADESMEN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. WE ARE TRUCK DRIVERS, DOCK WORKERS AND COAL MINERS. WE ARE COPS AND SOLDIERS. WE ARE FIGHTERS AND WE ARE TOUGH. WE ARE AMERICANS. BOOKS / DVDS 36 TECHNICAL INFO 37 IN THE WORDS OF OUR FOUNDER, “EMERSON KNIVES ARE MADE IN AMERICA BECAUSE AMERICA MADE ME. AMERICA GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE MY DREAMS. I AM 100% AMERICAN AND SO ARE EVERY ONE OF MY KNIVES, DOWN TO THE LAST SCREW. 2 3 You Can Count on It INTRODUCTION What can we count on? No matter what the media tells us about how messed up America is, no matter what a bunch of college kids with no life experience have to say, things are not falling apart or self-destructing. When all of their self-induced smoke clears, the American flag still waves proudly, standing watch over all of us. It’s ironic that these same spoiled children attending universities paid for by student loans or with money right out of their parents’ pockets are reaping the benefits of the very system they claim to be victims of. How is this possible? EMERSONKNIVES.COM It’s possible because, here in America, you have the right to believe in things and ideas any way you wish. You can count on it, just like you can count on the police to come to your aid every time you dial 911. 2018 CATALOG In America, you have the right to protest anything you want because you can count on other Americans to put on the uniform and charge willfully into harm’s way to guarantee your freedom to march in the streets. You can count on millions of Americans to wake up every morning and trudge off to work to keep the gears turning, the motors running, and the crops growing. You can count on hard-working Americans to keep the water running and the power on so you can watch pampered athletes stand down during the national anthem while being paid millions of dollars for playing a game. In a time when young men are offended by “micro aggression,” thank God there are still plenty of tough-minded, self-sufficient Americans you can count on to step up, face the adversity and challenges real life throws at them, and know that they will shake it off and carry on. That small attention-seeking minority has no idea how much they count on the rest of us, even though we can’t count on them. We live in a time of great opportunity and great prosperity. It’s still an America where being smart and working hard pays off for those who are willing to do so, every day of the week. You can count on it. Those whose aim is to tear us down have no perspective on how lucky they truly are to live under the protection of the American flag. You can count on America. You can count the courage and hard work of Americans. You can count on Emerson Knives. God Bless America. – ERNEST EMERSON | 2018 4 5 WHEN EMERSON KNIVES WAS CONCEIVED, OUR STORY THE EMERSON STORY Our story begins with the vision of our founder, Ernest Emerson, who started making custom knives in his garage back in 1979. He rapidly rose to prominence as an expert knife maker, due in equal parts to his expertise as a craftsman, his artistic eye for THE FIRST TACTICAL design, and his practical experience as one of the world’s most sought-after and respected hand-to-hand combat instructors. Emerson Knives Incorporated was formed by Ernest with one single goal in mind: build the best military and law enforcement edged weapons in the world. The result was a whole new knife category—“Tactical Knives”—and they took the world by EMERSONKNIVES.COM storm. The iconic Emerson CQC-7 became the #1 tactical knife of all time, and it still dominates the market over 20 years later. KNIFE WAS BORN. Today, Emerson Knives are coveted by elite military and law enforcement units around the world and have set the standard by which all other tactical knives are judged. They have served the world’s most elite special operations soldiers in every world 2018 CATALOG conflict and secret mission for over two decades. They have been carried into harm’s way with the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, Delta Force, Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, U.S. Marines, CIA Special Activities Division, and even the legendary British SAS, founder of modern counter-terrorist forces. An Emerson CQC-7 that was used in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden even sold for $35,400, making it the world’s most expensive and valuable production knife. Emerson Knives employs over 20 hardworking Americans who every day push our products to go the extra mile and support your mission in life. Our founder continues to oversee operations and is the author of scores of articles, books, and videos on tactics, training, and combat. He is one of the most sought-after instructors in the world and is in high demand for seminars and lectures to civilian, military, and law enforcement agencies. He’s also an inducted member of The Black Belt Hall of Fame, The United Sates Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and is the only knife maker who owns and operates his own training facility, the world-class Black Shamrock Combat Academy Gym in Los Angeles. In a day and age when most knives are designed by graphic artists and just-out-of-school twenty-somethings who’ve never used a knife for anything other than sharpening a pencil, the Emerson name continues to stand head and shoulders above the rest. WHY AN EMERSON KNIFE? Because only the best will do. And having the best at your disposal never puts you at a disadvantage. Emerson knives are the “best of the best,” designed and built for hard men and women who are described the same way. Incorporating cutting-edge designs, an artist’s eye for form, an engineer’s knowledge of mechanics, and a tactical operator’s knowledge of function, our knives have forever changed the face of the cutlery industry. If you want to carry the “real deal,” a “Tactical Knife” you can depend on to perform flawlessly in most any conditions or circumstances, there’s really only one choice. Carry a knife from the company that invented the tactical knife. Carry an Emerson. 6 7 THE DOG THAT NEVER RUNS OUT OF FIGHT. EMERSON KNIVES EMERSONKNIVES.COM BULLDOG 2018 CATALOG BIG BULLDOG BULLDOG™ The Emerson Bulldog offers an uncompromising blend of strength, toughness, and the hard-headed, stubborn attitude of the canine it’s named after. The chopped Tanto blade—made from 154 CM steel— is rounded out by a rugged G-10 handle to make this the perfect fit for discerning customers who don’t want to be held back by a leash! BULLDOG BIG BULLDOG Overall Length: 7.5 in. Overall Length: 8.9 in. Blade Length: 3.2 in. Blade Length: 3.7 in. 8 9 EMERSON KNIVES MINI-COMMANDER EMERSONKNIVES.COM 2018 CATALOG COMMANDER SUPER COMMANDER COMMANDER™ The award-winning Commander—hands down one of our top three models—is about as close to perfection as you can get. It’s the first knife to feature Emerson’s patented “Wave Shaped Feature” EVERY EMERSON and has since been known as the fastest-deploying knife in the world. Seemingly open when it comes out of the pocket, the Commander definitely commands—respect. Available in both mini and full-sized versions, Commander has seen action in most every theater of combat around the globe and is recognized by soldiers everywhere as one of the best combat folding knives ever developed. KNIFE IS EXPERTLY It’s definitely earned its rank as a classic. MINI COMMANDER COMMANDER SUPER COMMANDER Overall Length: 8.0 in. Overall Length: 8.75 in. Overall Length: 9.5 in. CRAFTED BY HAND. Blade Length: 3.4 in. Blade Length: 3.75 in. Blade Length: 4.0 in. 10 11 EMERSON KNIVES MINI CQC-7 BW EMERSONKNIVES.COM 2018 CATALOG CQC-7B “...THE CQC-7 literally SUPER CQC-7 BW defined what a cqc-7 ™ The Emerson CQC-7 is only the most influential knife of the past 20 years and will go down in history as Production tactical the most influential Tactical Knife of all time. This bad boy set the standards and changed the face of knife making forever. No one who knows what they’re talking about would challenge that. folder should bE” MINI cqc-7bw cqc-7b super cqc-7bw Overall Length: 7.2in. Overall Length: 8.0 in. Overall Length: 9.15 in. –blade magazine Blade Length: 2.9 in. Blade Length: 3.3 in. Blade Length: 3.78 in. 12 13 “I’VE CARRIED EMERSONS ON EVERY OPERATION SINCE 1997, FROM BALKANS TO THE SAND PIT” – D.L. KING (COBRA)—JOINT US/EUROPEAN COUNTER-TERRORIST STRIKE FORCE EMERSON KNIVES CQC-7A BT EMERSONKNIVES.COM CQC-7 FLIPPER SF 2018 CATALOG CQC-7A CQC-7 FIXED CQC-7 BT FLIPPER cqc-7A / CQC-7 FIXED The Emerson CQC-7 Knife is an iconic design that defined the modern tactical folding knife.