Goof afternoon,

Once again, I was blessed with a productive weekend and able to wrap up my workshop activity a bit earlier than I anticipated. This saves me the grief of having to put the shift briefing together first thing in the morning.

Recently, I had the opportunity to be a part of a special project that amounted to building five Malinowski - a knife I haven’t built in probably 2+ years - for a raffle at my place of employment. I was happy to do it but the pattern itself kept nagging at me. As my style has evolved, I felt the need to bring this pattern back to life and into compliance with my current more refined methods.

The redesigned Malinois is just BARELY larger, clocking in at 7.5” OAL with a 3” blade. Those of you who rightly complained about the handle on the original Mal being too small will be pleased beyond repair. This one is roomier and more ergonomic, not to mention the fact that it benefits from the blasted texture I’ve been so fond of lately.

In order to further draw some delineation between this knife and the illustrious Mule, These have been made using 0.090” thick Nitro-V steel. On average they weigh in at 3 ounces. That’s absurd. To put it candidly if you’re a fan of the BRK Gunny, this is your knife.

I’m going back and forth on what I think I ought to build for Bladeshow but I better figure it out soon because the date isn’t getting any further away. I hope I may be forgiven for the use of CPM-154. It IS a fine steel. It simply lacks the hype that Magnacut has. 

Buy these Malinois. All of them. Now.

Stay safe,

-Alex