TRM Neutron 2 Pinstripe Titanium 3D MagnaCut Liner Lock Knife (3.00" Blade)

Solid titanium handles, milled full of fine pinstripe lines and contoured to the palm, put a little more weight in the hand of this TRM Neutron 2. The blade is still thin, flat ground, and caught by a liner lock.

• Pinstripe 3D Contoured Titanium Handles - The handles are solid 6AL/4V titanium, milled full of fine parallel pinstripe lines and contoured to fill the palm. Pocketed titanium liners run inside them, and the metal gives a colder, denser feel than G10.
• MagnaCut Stonewash Drop Point Blade - TRM takes the flat grind the full height of a stonewashed blade, cut from thin stock. It goes through cardboard and rope without wedging and still takes rougher jobs. MagnaCut at 60 to 61 HRC holds an edge and shrugs off damp pockets.
• The Action & Liner Lock - TRM machines the thumb studs from titanium and fits one on each side. The blade rides on phosphor bronze washers rather than bearings, and it opens smooth and controlled instead of snapping. A titanium liner springs over to sit behind the tang.
• Deep Carry Titanium Pocket Clip - The deep carry clip is titanium, bent in the same shop that machines everything else, and it rides tip-up on the right. It sets the knife low, and titanium puts a little more weight on the pocket seam than G10 does.

The TRM Neutron 2

The TRM Neutron 2 pockets its titanium liners down into the scales instead of stacking them on top, keeping the width for the hand rather than the hardware. The same instinct runs the blade thin and the grind flat. A knife built on a small frame slices where a lot of compact folders wedge. Les and Marianne Halpern have been machining knife parts in Massachusetts since 1997, and TRM cuts, heat treats, grinds, and assembles the Neutron 2 in that same shop, down to the clip they bend themselves.