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The CQC-6 (Close Quarters Combat — Six) or Viper Six is a handmade tactical folding knife with a tantÅ blade manufactured by knifemaker Ernest Emerson.Although initially reported as the sixth design in an evolution of fighting knives and the first model in the lineup of Emerson's Specwar Custom Knives, Emerson later revealed that the knife was named for SEAL Team Six.
Production knives made by the company differ from Emerson's custom knives by the logo on the blade which reads "Emerson Knives, Inc." Sometimes the model number is found on the blade with a date and a serial number. Additionally, custom knives made by Emerson have dual titanium liners and handles made from linen micarta with titanium bolsters.
Ernest R. Emerson (born March 7, 1955) is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert.Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, [1] Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career.
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The Commander (knife) is a large recurve folding knife made by Emerson Knives, Inc. that was based on a custom design, the ES1-M, by Ernest Emerson that he originally built for a West Coast Navy SEAL Team. [1] It was winner of the Blade Magazine Overall Knife of the Year Award for 1999. [2]
Emerson Combat Systems was developed as one of numerous eclectic martial systems that arose in the 1980s. Rather than teach individual philosophies and parameters of different fighting styles that he studied such as Jeet Kune Do, Kyokushin, Shotokan, Brazilian Jujitsu, Boxing, and Escrima; Emerson took elements that he thought were useful from those arts and presented them as part of a system.
Phill Hartsfield Kwaiken. Hartsfield's blades are Japanese-influenced, each one was hand ground from various kinds of tool steel, including 01 and A2.They are differentially edge hardened to RC 60-61 on the Rockwell scale with the remainder of the blade hardened to 58-59 on the scale to allow for flex during the cut. [4]