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It never ceases to amaze me where some of the ROS Arms knife designs originate.
The Beaver model (yeah I know laugh it up guys...lol) was taken from a prisoner at a top level prison who had been using it as a shank. One nice thing about some criminals is the can be so innovative.
The design of course is no longer crude but very stream lined and can act as self protection OR a wonderful skinner. It represents the original seized weapon very little, but it was born in a high level cell block.
What even amazes me more is that at LEAST two customers that I know well are prison guards themselves and were drawn to buy this blade having NO KNOWLEDGE of this, because I myself did not know the full story of this knife until Blade Show.
I guess deep down inside they just saw the raw functionality of the design.
Even MORE interesting, we had a prototype of what could be the "Beaver 2" notice I said COULD be.
A customer of ours reprofiled the whole knife as a gift and it was one of the most asked about knives on the table. It was not for sale but everyone picked it up and we had many offers for it. It even had a bottle opener on the end. I will have Vlad post pictures when he returns from overseas.
Just some info I thought you guys might like to know...the trivia of the day, if you will....
The Beaver model (yeah I know laugh it up guys...lol) was taken from a prisoner at a top level prison who had been using it as a shank. One nice thing about some criminals is the can be so innovative.
The design of course is no longer crude but very stream lined and can act as self protection OR a wonderful skinner. It represents the original seized weapon very little, but it was born in a high level cell block.
What even amazes me more is that at LEAST two customers that I know well are prison guards themselves and were drawn to buy this blade having NO KNOWLEDGE of this, because I myself did not know the full story of this knife until Blade Show.
I guess deep down inside they just saw the raw functionality of the design.
Even MORE interesting, we had a prototype of what could be the "Beaver 2" notice I said COULD be.
A customer of ours reprofiled the whole knife as a gift and it was one of the most asked about knives on the table. It was not for sale but everyone picked it up and we had many offers for it. It even had a bottle opener on the end. I will have Vlad post pictures when he returns from overseas.
Just some info I thought you guys might like to know...the trivia of the day, if you will....