Spyderco byte June 2024 - Featured Product: FB01 / 02 MORAN™ UPSWEPT / DROP POINT
FB01 / 02
MSRP: $173.50
ORIGIN: Japan
William Francis Moran Jr., better known as Bill Moran, was an extremely influential figure in the world of custom knifemaking. One of America’s premier custom bladesmiths, he was instrumental in the rediscovery of the art of forging pattern-welded, or Damascus, steel. His iconic “Featherlight” design was also the basis for Spyderco’s very first, and most enduring, fixed-blade production models.
Bill Moran was born on May 1, 1925, on a dairy farm near Lime Kiln, Maryland. He learned the art of blacksmithing by trial and error using an old coal forge he found on his family’s property. He forged his first knife...