Good morning,

It’s been an eventful weekend and I’ve been working on a few different things I ought not to show you yet. The one that will come to fruition relatively soon though, is the absolute amateur job I did filming the creation of this particular Joe Ledger signature Gov’t Mule. In case you’ve missed all of my previous neurotic fan-boy rambling, this knife was just featured in Jonathan Maberry’s recently released novel Burn to Shine, which is the 14th installment in the Joe Ledger series. I’ve been reading these novels since I was 14 years old. Ledger is the formative action hero of my youth and as niche as it is, having my knife in his hand is maybe the highest honor of my life. In the coming days, there will be a page dedicated to this specific build/configuration of the Mule on the website in addition to the aforementioned YouTube video.

The knife itself is one of two fine pieces available this week. Ledger’s knife is a Mule in CPM Magnacut with a tapered tang, thumb jimping on the spine (You guys know I hand file those little grooves, right?) a war-wash finish, and textured black G10 with red liners. Simple, spartan stainless tubes because Ledger doesn’t fuck around. The knife also has hand-cut serrations that believe it or not are individually sharp enough to slice paper. Yes, it’s priced up a little. It has to be.

Next on offer is a funky Black Falcon. Ari at Current Composites was kind enough to gift me a literal scrap of this blue marbled G10 just so we could see how it handled the texturing treatment. I’m very happy with the outcome. Jade G10 over blue liners, all blasted to bring out the texture. Tapered tang. War wash. Stainless pins. Very fancy.

I’m continuing to R&D after Texas. My hope is to have at least one guarded knife on offer next week with a new construction method. It won’t matter to the end user but it’ll be a big deal to me, so fingers crossed. Why are there still daggers available for sale? Fix that.

Stay safe,

-Alex