Chad Los Banos was recently propulsed in front of the scene of knife designer with its marvelous collaboration with Böker, the SubCom. He’s the third hawaiian knife designer that I know, after Ken Onion and Steven Seagall.
The SubCom F is a very short knife and light (about 2.5 Oz.), with a stubby (1 7/8″ lenght) blade, so being a real useable tool. It comes with a strong framelock, an one-handed opening ambidextrial button, a clip, and the right side of the handle is covered with a FRN (fiberglass reinforced nylon) panel. The handle is comfortable enough to be strongly graped even by a large hand.
With a correct retail price (about $ 40) it’s a very user-friendly knife. Some variations are coming (apart from several different coloured panel and a fixed-blade version, the Subcom FB) : a very interesting Wharncliff blade version - the Wharcom - and a surprising first-response unit version, with a cutting hook taking place of the more traditional blade, the Rescom (see pictures after the jump).