Popular outdoors company Bladerunners Systems (BRS) created a new line of folding pocket knives: the Minuteman Knife Collection.
The brand was originally known for making Balisong knives that are often classified as weapons, making them illegal in most parts of the U.S. With this new line, the brand has created a legal pocket knife that was made with the same high-quality materials as the previous knives. Built in collaboration with Blackstone Valley Knifeworks, this line of folding pocket knives includes a 3.5-inch blade made of stainless steel and a titanium handle.
The plain-edge blade and curved Wharncliffe point is what sets these knives apart from the rest, giving them a contemporary look. This new Minuteman knife collection is available online now with a carrying case and a cleaning cloth.
Plain-Edge Pocket Knives
BRS' Minuteman Knife Collection is a Line of Folding Pocket Knives
Trend Themes
1. Legal Pocket Knives - Knives made with the same high-quality materials as weapons, now legal by design. Innovative opportunity for outdoors and survival gear companies looking for new products.
2. Curved Wharncliffe Blades - Blades that include the curved Wharncliffe point are becoming more popular in modern knife designs and thus opening up innovative opportunities for knife makers and related industries alike.
3. Plain-edge Knives in Contemporary Designs - Modern knife designs featuring plain-edge blades without serrations and in contemporary aesthetic forms are becoming more in demand, disrupting the traditional knife-making industry and creating unique product opportunities.
Industry Implications
1. Outdoors and Survival Gear - Companies in the outdoors and survival gear industry can take advantage of the innovation opportunity presented by legal pocket knives made with high-quality materials.
2. Knife-making - The trend towards curved Wharncliffe blades and plain-edge blades in contemporary designs opens up a disruptive innovation opportunity for knife-makers to create unique and modern products.
3. E-commerce and Retail - The availability of the new Minuteman Knife Collection online with a carrying case and a cleaning cloth demonstrates the need for e-commerce and retail strategies to sell contemporary knife designs with plain-edge blades.