TOPS I-Stick Mini Blue/Black G10 1075 Push Dagger (2.75" Blade) ISTKM-01

The TOPS I-Stick Mini is a compact double-edged push dagger cut from thick 1075 carbon steel, with a milled Blue/Black G10 T-handle. Built for close-quarters thrusting and slicing push cuts.

• Black Traction Coated 1075 Double-Edge Blade - Both edges step down off the thickest stock in the class, so the geometry cuts instead of wedging. 1075 is a budget-tier carbon steel built on toughness, and it comes back on an ordinary stone. Black Traction Coating is a baked-on textured powder coat, however the ground edges stay bare, so keep them dry and oiled.
• Milled Blue/Black G10 T-Handle - Milling breaks through the black surface into blue layers underneath, with horizontal grip lines across G10 that is otherwise finished smooth. A single screw sits in each side, holding the scales firmly in place.
• Black Kydex Sheath with Two Multi-Position Clips - Kydex holds the knife with an audible click and releases it on a deliberate pull. Two spring steel clips ride the sheath, one per side, and both reposition lettinig the knife carry in a large pocket, on a belt, or in a pack.

The TOPS I Stick Mini

The TOPS-I Stick Mini is a push dagger that holds itself in the hand rather than asking to be gripped. It came out of a conversation designer Leo Espinoza had with a law enforcement officer whose old hand injury had cost her grip strength. She needed a defensive knife that stayed put without a tight wrap-around hold, and the T-handle answers that by filling a closed fist off the stock itself. TOPS got there by shrinking the footprint of the original I-Stick without taking anything off the stock, so the Mini keeps the weight that made push daggers from this shop unusual in the first place. Each edge is thinned behind a spine left at full thickness, so a tool this heavy thrusts and push cuts and still slices. Carried in a pocket or on a belt, it comes out of the sheath ready for action.