This aggressive looking beast was my very first folding knife, but at over 10" open, and with that hook, it's not exactly a pocket knife! It's slim and deadly like its namesake, and bears resemblance to the Barracuda through its "eye", "gills", "fins", and aquatic influenced materials; water ripple pattern Damascus steel, blood-red Coral scales, and large abalone spine inlays. I think this knife also has a real sense of movement, as though it is quickly darting forward. This knife has appeared in the following publications: in the Jan./Feb, 2003 German magazine, "Hephaistos". in the book, "Art & Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives", "Knives Annual 2003", in the Oct. 2000 Swiss magazine "Internationales Waffen-Magazin", and in the Jun.'00 "Knives Illustrated".

NAME: Barracuda Chromosome	STYLE: Manual Folding Fighter	LENGTH: Open - 10 1/2", Closed - 5 3/4"
BLADE STEEL: 1095, 1045, L6 Twist Pattern Damascus		GRIND: Hollow, 3" wheel
THUMBKNOB: 4mm Bullet Cabochon Almandine Garnet set in 14K White Gold.		SCALES: Coral, Contoured
BOLSTERS: 1095, 1045, L6 Twist Pattern Damascus, Contoured & Carved		LINERS: Anodized Titanium
BACKBAR: Fully Filworked O1 with Five (Three on the Outside, Two on the Inside) Abalone Inlays
HEAT TREATED BY: John Lewis Jensen