Kizer has finally made its way into the traditional knife genre with the recently released Trestle. While traditional in inspiration, the Trestle is also made from a full suite of modern materials and available in a lot of different material configurations.
The Trestle comes from the mind of Azo Mai, the head designer over at Kizer and a man with a whole mess of production models in his portfolio at this point. However, we have yet to see Mai flex his muscles in the traditional scene, and for his first offering in that field he chose to create a smart, flashy, classy take on the most primordial of folding knife patterns, the original everyday carry piece: the single-blade jack knife.
We’ll discuss the five non-limited variations below, but across the board the dimensions on all Trestles are the same. The core of the experience is the 2.9-inch clip point blade, sweeping gracefully out along its length to a useful, raised tip. The clip point has been around (probably) almost as long as there have been jack knives, and there’s a good reason for that: it can slice, it can dice, it can open packages, pull through zip ties, do a little whittling – the works, as far as EDC chores are concerned. Slipjoint-heads will notice that the half-stop on the Trestle is actually a “less-than-half stop,” with the blade pausing in its opening arc at a more obtuse angle relative to the handle, helping boost up the safety factor a bit.
The blade steels available are as follows: M390, S45VN, 14C28N, and damascus. Each steel comes with specific inlay materials on the titanium frame: Camo Carbon for M390, shredded carbon fiber or mother of pearl for S345VN, Micarta for 14C28N, and mkuruti wood for the damascus piece. And yes, the 14C28N model is much more wallet-friendly than its stablemates, with a sub-$100 price tag. There are two limited editions on the way too, with either M390 or S45VN steel and timascus scales of a deep blue-purple hue.
The standard variations of the Trestle, however, are available now.
Knife in Featured Image: Kizer Trestle
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