The RoseCraft 14C28N segment continues to grow – along with their already quite beefy selection of traditional knife patterns – with the new Snake Creek Copperhead. This super slick piece is an ode to the capabilities of the wharncliffe blade.
Wharnies are all over the place these days; we all know this. But the reason they’re all over the place can largely be attributed to traditional knives. As this segment of the market grew, so too did knife nerds’ awareness of the wharncliffe blade, which was utilized in all sorts of slipjoints over the centuries (yes – centuries). And while the modern folder makers have made hay when it comes to the streamlined slicer, we think the Earl of Wharncliffe would agree with us when we say that it’s first home will always be in the traditional scene.
So, the Snake Creek. It’s a copperhead pattern, and copperhead means two things as far as we’re concerned: a wharncliffe main blade and a slightly curved handle. RoseCraft obviously checked the first box, with a slim, but not short, 3-inch wharncliffe in 14C28N, their new blade steel of choice. Not every copperhead knife has only one blade, but RoseCraft clearly favors jack knives and so the wharnie is the sole operator here on the Snake Creek.
And that handle – a handsome, traditionally oriented take on the copperhead’s ergonomics. Bolsters on both ends frame covers made from either smooth blue or jigged brown bone. Either flavor will arrive bearing what appears to be RoseCraft’s current favorite inlay, the bomb-style shield. With a design like this you aren’t expecting a pocket anchor, of course, but nobody should be disappointed to here that the Snake Creek Copperhead weighs just 2.9 oz.
It is available now.
Knife in Featured Image: RoseCraft Snake Creek Copperhead
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