Kizlyar’s supreme whisper features elements of 3 cultures.
American design. Japanese influence. Russian manufacturing. Blend these three cultures, and the result is one amazing EDC knife.
Everyday carry knives get used for a myriad of mundane daily tasks, including opening boxes, cutting twine, and slicing up apples or your sandwich for lunch. They don’t have to be sexy to be functional. But then again, we live in the golden age of personal cutlery with more choices available to us than ever, so there’s also no reason they can’t be sexy and still be extremely practical at the same time … such as the Kizlyar Supreme Whisper from CAS Iberia.
The Whisper
Kizlyar Supreme has established itself as a top-quality manufacturer with a stable of very good domestic designers from their home base in Russia. Through a collaboration with CAS Iberia, they’ve worked with American knife designer, Jason Breeden, to come up with a truly international design in a Far East, meets East, meets West way.
Jason’s Whisper is heavily influenced by Japanese design and channels the traditional tanto in its blade shape and handle cues. Rather than the angular Western tanto, the Whisper uses the more gently curved traditional tip profile that is time-proven for its strength and penetrating power.
Despite the historical blade profile, the materials are completely modern. It features a tough, resilient D2 tool steel blade with a black titanium coating for added durability and corrosion resistance. The Whisper uses a high, flat grind on its 3.75-inch-long blade and has a set of dual thumb studs, mounted for ambidextrous, one handed opening. The action is smooth, and—with a little practice—the blade is easily snapped open with just the flick of the thumb.
This story is from the July-August 2017 edition of Knives Illustrated.
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