All Emerson handmade knives are custom knives, fully made by me, one at a time. The traditional “Emerson Customs” are made for hard-use and feature bead blasted titanium bolsters and liners, usually with green micarta scales or handles.  Occasionally you will see some with G-10, or other materials but the vast majority are green canvas micarta which has become the “look” of an Emerson Custom hard-use knife. These are the ones I like to refer to as Estwing hammers with an edge.

But I also make dressed up versions of various custom models that I call Super Customs – to separate them from their hard-use cousins. The Super Customs feature various handle materials such as polished pearl, carbon fiber and special treated woods as well as a number of other rare and exotic materials. The titanium bolsters and liners of the Super Customs are generally worked and polished to a high luster finish and oftentimes anodized in vibrant colors.

The extra work that I must do to bring them to this high degree of finish along with the extra regard needed for the finish of exotic handle materials and the extremely limited numbers is what gives them the name – Super Customs.

But rest assured there is one thing for certain – they are still an Emerson knife and though they may be dressed up – they will still perform and cut like hell if ever needed.

Ernest Emerson