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Home Products TAD Dauntless - JW Smith

Overview

This TAD Dauntless features a drop point hand rub satin finished blade with dual thumbstuds and a notched thumbrest. The handle has brown canvas micarta scales, bead blast titanium liners and tip up titanium clip. Nice lockup, detent, and blade seating. Comes with original box. Excellent condition. 3.5" blade, 8.25" overall, 4.75" closed.

Product Details

Blade Length 3.5

Overall Length 8.25

Closed Length 4.75

Weight (oz) 4.4

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Knife Type Tip Up Carry, Tip Up Clip

Blade Material M390

Blade Details Drop Point, Spear Point

Handle Material Metallic, Micarta

Other Details Tactical

About the Maker

Smith, John W.
Smith, John W.

"I have been a fulltime maker since 1993 and am proud to be a voting member of the Knifemakers Guild. Most of my work is in embellished locking folders, with an occasional art fixed blade. In 1994 I began doing my own engraving and started making Damascus in 1999. I prefer natural handle materials such as mother of pearl, fossil Ivories and stone. Blade steel is my Damascus (unless otherwise noted) or one of the high quality stainless steels currently available. The embellishments I offer are engraving, gold inlay, mosaic pearl inlays, file work, carving and solid 14K gold screws and thumb studs that I make in shop."

T.A.D. Gear, Inc.
T.A.D. Gear, Inc.

Whether on your toughest missions or in your everyday adventures, we know that exceptional quality and engineered functionality will help you succeed. We make gear and apparel for capable people. In the military, teams and equipment are deemed mission capable when they are ready to perform any operation within their scope. Wherever your missions take you, we know that you depend on our gear to help you achieve your objectives and get you home safely. We take that responsibility seriously. Engineers and machinists use 000 (triple aught) as shorthand for a thousandth of an inch, which has been the high standard of precision tolerance for over a century. Inspired by that ideal, we apply thorough design, high attention to detail, and strict tolerances to ensure our products meet your most rigorous needs.

Hinderer, Rick
Hinderer, Rick

In the mid 1980’s Rick Hinderer began his knife making journey making art knives in a small 14′ x 18′ turkey coop with none of the modern amenities, like heat or running water! Art knives are a far cry from the tactical scene which Rick is so deeply entrenched in now. Over the years his meticulous attention to knife design and knife making, coupled with his real world experience as a Fire Fighter / EMT sets him apart from the rest. Rick’s design philosophy is deeply rooted in his experience with using his knives as part of his first responder tools. That catalyst of change from art knives to hard use tactical was after Rick joined the rescue dive team. He really began to look at knives and designs more as hard use tactical tools than works of art. Rick began changing over from old world knife making techniques to modern CNC precision manufacturing. With the combination of designing art knives, and his real world experience as a first responder, this unusual perspective allows him to design hard use tactical folders that are not only aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but extremely comfortable in the hand. All of Rick’s products are engineered to go the distance when it counts the most whether it be when life is on the line, or you just need a good cutting tool.