Tighe/Borka Collab - 2016 TKI
Price $1,895.00
Product Details
Blade Length 3.875
Overall Length 9
Closed Length 5.125
Weight (oz) 4.7
Source Previously owned
Additional Specs
Knife Type Tip Up Clip
Blade Details Clip Point
Handle Material Carbon Fiber
Other Details Tactical
About the Maker
Tighe, Brian
Canadian knife veteran Brian Tighe has spent the last 40 years honing his skills as a quality knife maker, creating award-winning knives that are consistently recognized in the industry for their bold sense of design, impeccable craftsmanship and precision engineering. Brian Tighe specializes in custom folding tactical knives that combine high-tech materials with high-tech styling. Each blade is one-of-a-kind in style featuring original locks and steel designs known for their supreme functionality. All of Brian’s tactical blades are made with top-quality Titanium, Carbon Fiber, Damasteel and other top-quality Stainless Steels. He is currently working with “Glow in the Dark” Carbon Fiber as well as “Glow in the Dark” inlays in various composites. Brian’s knives have been featured in respected publications like BLADE magazine, Knives Illustrated, Tactical Knives and American Handgunner as well as in all four of David Darom’s books “The World of Art Knives”. Brian won “Most Innovative Design” at the 2010 and 2012 BLADE show. Beyond his custom knife work, Brian has worked on production collaborations with Columbia River Knife and Tool (CRKT) and Spyderco Knives. In June 2016, Brian launched his own line and business venture: Brian Tighe & Friends. BT&F specializes in bringing innovative and advanced technology to the mid-tech knife market making affordable, professional-grade folding knives, made in the USA and assembled by hand. In June 2017 at BLADE Show BT&F were awarded “Most Innovated Design” for the Tighe Breaker Integral Automatic the 1st of its kind.
Borka Blades
Borka Blades (Sebastijan Berenji) is a highly sought after custom knife maker with a skill set that knife aficionados flock to. Sebastijan was born and raised in Yugoslavia, and became a U.S. Citizen in 2016. The company is named after his late mother, Borka. Some years into his knifemaking career, he designed a folder that was unique and that again had knife fanatics buzzing. Not only did he turn the heads of aficionados, he captured the interest of Microtech Knives CEO, Anthony Marfione, who proposed doing a collaboration.