Spyderco byte February 2024 - History of the "Tactical Wharncliffe"
Did Spyderco Invent the Tactical Wharncliffe:
Michael Janich’s long affiliation with Spyderco goes back to the mid-1990’s, when he first began writing for knife, gun, and self-defense magazines. His insightful reviews of Spyderco knives caught the eye of Spyderco’s founding family and soon marked him as a friend of the brand.
Later in that decade, company co-founder Sal Glesser attended James Keating’s “Riddle of Steel” training camp and rekindled his lifelong interest in the martial arts and edged-weapon tactics. While there, he also met fellow Coloradan Bert Locke, who was a military special operations veteran, a martial arts instructor, and one of James...