Emmanuel Esposito Custom Knife

Canada and Italy

Comments: Born in Torino Italy, 23 year old knife making sensation Emmanuel Esposito is already one of the finest and most talented knife makers in the world. Making knives since 2002, Emmanuel studied mechanics at school and worked in the family machine shop where he developed a love of precision machining and intricate mechanisms.

The name of this remarkable model is the Rhino Hexa Tech after the extraordinary Hex shaped pearl inlays that fill the inter-frame pocket. We have absolutely no idea how this remarkable work is done and we hope you will agree there is absolutely nothing like it anywhere! When was the last time you were able to say that about a custom knife?

Emmanuel prefers natural materials such as Black and White Pearl as well as Antique Tortoise, and names Charly Bennica, Jurgen Steinau and Richard Hodgson as makers he admires. He also favors aggressive modern designs and is back-ordered one year on deliveries at the moment.

Emmanuel makes both folders and integral fixed blades, and specializes in knives that may be taken apart and that have complex mechanisms. The folders in particular feature a unique and patented ball-bearing pivot system that provides unparalleled strength regardless of blade position.

He is a member of the Italian Knife Makers Guild (“Corporazione Italiana Coltellinai”) and generally attends only two shows each year - the CIC in Milan and the East Coast Custom Knife Show in New York. He counts among his Knife Making friends Charly Bennica, Antonio Fogarizzu, Salvatore Puddu and Francesco Pachi – sort of a “who’s who” of important European knife makers.

Ever wish you purchased a Ron Lake on the ground floor before he became a legend? I know I do ‚Äì so don‚Äôt let this opportunity to discover the next folding knife making legend before the rest of the world finds out too!  

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