Birdwatcher - W.O.E. X SPD Edition. A special folder collaboration between Prometheus Design Werx and Watches of Espionage. Drawing inspiration from W.O.E.'s field carry experience in the intelligence community and Use Your Tools ethos, combined with the purpose-driven design sensibilities from Prometheus Design Werx Founder & Chief Designer Patrick Ma, and excellent quality of make, gave rise to the Birdwatcher folding knife. A subtle namesake for "spy" from the British intelligence community.
The Birdwatcher is designed for low-profile, low-visibility carry, either low in a pocket or appendix carry. The overall thickness is just 10mm while integrating tried and true robust titanium frame-locking construction. G10 on the presentation side keeps things lighter weight, tactile, yet strong.
The Birdcatcher is a great knife - nice and thin and disappears in your pocket, with a deep carry clip (which isn’t quite inconspicuous given the PDW etc. branding on the clip, but is still nice to have so the end of the knife doesn’t stick out of your pocket), good action, very sharp and slicey blade with a nice finish (and made of magnacut, one of the best of all modern steels, at least in my opinion) and cool finishing details like the lume cabuchons on the thumb studs. To repeat, though, the part I like the best is how thin overall the knife is - it has such a great profile in your pocket you’ll find yourself reaching for it every day.
Specifications
Unique details on this folder includes thumbstuds machined to resemble the crown of dive watches, inlaid with dive watch grade luminescent cabochons, and a laser-etched topo map graphic of Camp X, the unofficial name of the secret Special Training School No. 103, a WWII British paramilitary installation located in Canada used for training the British SOE and United States OSS in covert & clandestine operations. The Birdwatchers will be available on both PDW’s and W.O.E.’s websites. For the full story on the Birdwatcher, check out W.O.E.’s Dispatch article HERE.
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Blade Material: Crucible MAGNACUT (*From One of the Final Deliveries of this Premium American Made Blade Alloy)
