Overview
This ATCF Auto by Pro-Tech features a stonewashed Magnacut blade with notched thumbrest. The handle has a gray aluminum frame with carbon fiber scales, tip up 3D milled titanium clip with hidden screws. #3 of 50. Excellent Condition.
Terzuola ATCF Auto Limited Special Projects 2022 #3 of 50
Original price $599.00
Price $575.00
Product Details
Blade Length 3.375
Overall Length 7.875
Closed Length 4.5
Weight (oz) 3.3
Source Previously owned
Additional Specs
Knife Type Tip Up Carry, Tip Up Clip
Blade Material MagnaCut
Blade Details Spear Point, Drop Point
Handle Material Metallic, Carbon Fiber
Other Details Tactical
About the Maker
Pro-Tech Knives
The art of modern manufacturing excellence meets old world craftsmanship. Pro-Tech Knives, LLC is a family owned knife company that has been building high quality American Made knives since 1998. Each Pro-Tech knife is a blend of the finest materials available and a commitment to craftsmanship. Our knives are built with the most current high tech manufacturing processes that include; CNC Machining, Wire EDM, Laser Cutting, etc. The high tech components are assembled and hand fit by dedicated and caring craftsmen and women here in our factory. Made in America! Pro-Tech builds some of the finest knives in the world right here in the good old United States. The majority of components for each knife are manufactured inside the Pro-Tech facility. We start with bars of aluminum, billets of hand forged Damascus, sheets of steel and titanium. These premium raw materials are carefully machined, ground, deburred, finished, assembled, sharpened, inspected, and packaged right here under one roof. We manufacture small batches of our knives so that we can take the time to individually hand fit and finish each knife to a level rarely seen in a factory knife. Our production knife models offer the best design, function, and value of any knife on the market today. Our custom art knives are unique pieces of art. Each of our custom, limited-edition knives is a showpiece of heirloom quality. No matter which of our knives you choose, we are confident that you will be very satisfied with your purchase.
Terzuola, Bob
Bob Terzuola was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York University. Upon graduation in 1967 he went to Panama as a Peace Corps trainer and later became a jade carver and gemologist in the Motagua River Valley, Guatemala. In 1979, Terzuola began making knives and joined the Knifemakers' Guild in 1981 on an endorsement from Bob Loveless. Terzuola's first knives were fixed blade designs made for soldiers in Guatemala. Later that year moved to New Mexico and began making folding knives. Seeing a need for a knife that could be carried discreetly, he developed a model featuring black micarta for the scales and bead-blasted titanium bolsters. Innovations in desgin for which he coined the term "Tactical Knife". Bob attends many of the largest and well known custom knife shows across the world. Bob Terzuola Knives are known for their trademark design and high quality workmanship. Terzuola's most popular model is the ATCF, a folding knife design. This was his first tactical folding knife, although he also makes it with non-tactical materials. Other knife models that Bob Terzuola is popular for are the 3A, TT-1, Model 7, Eagle Rock 514, TTF3A, Model 26, Starmate, TTF3B, Pathfinder, Century Starfighter, Starmate, Battle Guard, TTF6, Model 18 Combat Master, WEE T, and Battle Mate, just to name a few. Bob Terzuola also designed a very popular knife for Spyderco, the SLIPIT. The SPLIT is made of the finest non-locking tactical folders on the market. Bob Terzuola has authored a book about the design of tactical knives named, 'The Tactical Folding Knife.' When you hear people say that Bob Terzuola literally wrote the book on tactical folding knives, he really did! Many custom tactical knifemakers have his book in their shop, and highly value his opinions and designs. Bob Terzuola has also authored articles about tactical knives and knifemaking for Blade, Soldier of Fortune and other publications.