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Article: Emerson Knives' CQC7.
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- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Let's get one thing perfectly clear -- Ernest Emerson of Emerson Knives is the archetype warrior-breed, and his custom and production knives are in high demand by special force operators and hardcore professionals.
That understood, we can look at the "mini" CQC7, the newest knife from the man on the leading edge of combat cutlery. The mini is an 85 percent version of the legendary CQC7 full-size, a chisel ground tanto made of 154 CM steel, G10 handles, titanium liner and the best ergonomics of a tactical knife this side of feudal Japan.
Unlike most reduced-scale knives, the mini CQC7 is not a proportional reduction ...