The Wayfarer Compact was our second folding knife model, a smaller version of the Wayfarer Classic. We built the first ones in 2015 and have been making it on and off and since. It was and still is a full custom (no CNC) liner lock, with a 3.5″ blade (8.25″ OAL). This model spawned our … Continue reading Wayfarer Compact
Coming up this weekend is the first annual Las Vegas Custom Knife Show. It is organized by our friends at Fifty Fifty Productions and will feature a ton of great makers. The show is January 26-27, Saturday 9AM-6PM and Sunday 10AM-3PM. It is being held at Bally’s Hotel & Resort, in the Jubilee ballroom. If … Continue reading Las Vegas Custom Knife Show
We wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the entire team here at Olamic. Thank you for the support shown in 2018, for giving us ample opportunity to make awesome knives, and for pushing our limits with your build ideas. To celebrate the season we made two very … Continue reading Merry Christmas
There are many things we can add to a knife but the concept of removing is just as important. A sculpture is just a solid block until the right amount of material is removed in the right places. On this build we decided to take our Funky Holes and see just how much titanium we … Continue reading 3.84oz Wayfarer 247
A limited run of compound grind Tanto and Sheepscliffe blades for the 247 is now available. This is a hollow grind and the style is inherited from our original linerlock Wayfarer and Wayfarer Compact models. You can use the Wayfarer 247 build form to reserve yours.
We wanted to have a texture available on titanium that is classy in a traditional way, like checkering, but wasn’t done by machine. This is the result of a number of experiments and we’re calling it Basaltic. Below are some of the first knives with this new texture. It works with a number of finishes … Continue reading Basaltic: new texture
Pictured here is the biggest fixed blade that we’ve made. This tanto sword is 19″ overall with an 11.5″ blade. The steel is our High Carbon Vanadium, sandwich’d on carbon steel. Handle is hornbeam wood matching the sheath with an HCVD bolster. This is the only made so far and it sold after being posted … Continue reading We made a sword
We just completed a batch of our fixed blades. These are fully handmade and all feature our in-house Damascus. There are two main types: High Carbon Vanadium Damascus (HCVD) and Nickel Carbon Mosaic Damascus (NCMD). This time we’ve incorporated a number of rare and challenging patterns on Voykar HT, Voykar Scout, Suna, and utility skinner … Continue reading New Fixed Blades
Our first folding knife was the Wayfarer (now called Wayfarer Classic) released in June of 2013. It was and still is a large (4″ blade) tactical folder. We have gone through many iterations of it, with all being full custom, one offs. It was followed by its smaller variant, the Wayfarer Compact and then a … Continue reading Custom Linerlocks: Small Batch