The Electrode – Titanium Folding Knife

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The Electrode is my first production folding knife, and it’s been a long time coming. I started working on it back in January 2024, and I’m just now finishing it in June 2025—not that anyone’s counting, but yeah, that’s a year and a half of prototyping.

I went through over 20 full prototypes and made literally hundreds of changes from the original design. This knife has been me chasing perfection—and I think I’ve gotten pretty close (or maybe I’m just biased). It’s been “done enough” for a while now, but this year I finally dialed in the smaller details and refined the action to be exactly what I wanted.

I designed this knife with as few visible screws as possible—you won’t see the clip screw, the lockbar screws, or any other hardware except for the pivot and two body screws. I also wanted this knife to compete with folders that cost twice as much, and honestly, I think it does. Sure, there are still some small details that set the higher-end stuff apart (for now), but this knife is 90%+ of the way there at a much more affordable price—while still being 100% made in-house (excluding hardware) right here in the USA.

Specs:

Opening Methods: Front flipper & tab flipper

Blade Steel: CPM S35VN or CPM-154(same as RWL-34) 

Hardness (HRC): Averaged from 3–5 tests per unit

Handles, Clip, Spacer: 6AL-4V (Grade 5) Titanium

Pivot System: Custom bearings made Ph bronze cage with grade 5 Si3N4 balls, 

    Bearings ride on hardened washers to prevent wear on the titanium

Lockbar Insert: Hardened AEB-L

OAL: 8" open / 4.5" closed

Blade: 3.3" length / 3.6" cutting edge

Thickness:

     Blade: .125"

     Handles: .47"

     Clip: .58"

Hardware:

     Pivot: T10 6AL-4V Titanium

     Body Screws: T8 6AL-4V Titanium