GiantMouse is breaking new ground in its catalog with the Redington. While this beefy fixed blade retains the characteristic elan of a GiantMouse design, it is a full on outdoors survival knife.
For the majority of its existence, GiantMouse was built on design collaborations between Jens Anso and Jesper Voxnaes. Early last year, however, Anso parted ways after nearly a decade with the company to pursue other projects. Of course, the Voxnaes and the rest of the GiantMouse team have maintained the company’s brisk release pace, but for this one they tapped into a unique collaborator: the experts at the U.S. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape school, otherwise known as S.E.R.E., which does field training in – surprise surprise – Redington, Maine.
Measuring 5.1 inches in length, the Redington’s blade is by no means small; but its wide profile, beefy tip, and big bold swedge give it the swagger of a claymore. Unsurprisingly, it’s designed for tough chores in unfavorable conditions and it looks able to stand up to that remit. The blade steel used on the Redington is CPM MagnaCut, which we’ve seen in just about every knife application you can imagine, from the smallest EDC to rough-and-tumble outdoors pieces like this one.
The Redington’s handle is big, roomy, and contoured, with 3D-milled black canvas Micarta scales laid on the full tang. It’s a handful in the best possible way. Large scope chopping isn’t the only thing the Redington may be called upon to do, and thus the designers gave it a massive forward finger choil beneath the edge, as well as mid-spine jimping, for precision as well as power while it’s working. The Redington weighs 6.8 oz. and comes with a Kydex sheath.
It’s available now.
Knife in Featured Image: GiantMouse Redington
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