907Knives ADAK, 2.3" AEB-L Fixed Blade, Segmented Richlite with Micarta Liner, Buffalo Leather Sheath with UltiClip - Made in USA (ADAK-RICHLITE-SEG-LEATHER)

Alaskan handmade, named for an island at the end of the Aleutians. One of one, and the only AEB-L blade in this drop.

The ADAK is a compact handmade fixed blade from 907Knives, built by Will Lower in a backyard shop outside Anchorage. This one runs segmented Richlite over a micarta liner, on an AEB-L blade right around 2.3 inches, and it ships in a buffalo leather sheath with an UltiClip. A lanyard is included.

Note from Lone Star Knife and Supply: Every other knife in this drop is 14C28N. This one is AEB-L, which is the steel the earlier ADAK runs used, so if you have one of those and want the pair to match, this is the knife.

Specifications

• Maker: Will Lower, 907Knives
• Model: ADAK
• Blade Length: Approximately 2.3"
• Overall Length: Approximately 5.5"
• Blade Steel: AEB-L, cryo treated
• Handle Material: Segmented Richlite with micarta liner
• Sheath: Buffalo leather with UltiClip
• Features: Lanyard hole
• Included: Lanyard, free
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Alaska), handmade

Segmented Richlite

Richlite is paper and resin compressed into a solid sheet. Segmenting it means the handle is built from separate pieces rather than cut from one slab, so you get lines running through the grip where the sections meet.

That is more work than a single slab and it is the only handle in this drop built that way. The micarta liner underneath adds one more layer to the stack. Will will tell you the handles are where he shines, and this is the one in the batch that shows why.

AEB-L

AEB-L started life as a razor blade steel, which tells you most of what you need to know. It is fine grained, it takes an edge as keen as anything in its class, and it sharpens back fast. Will cryo treats it in liquid nitrogen a friend supplies him, which is what gets it to where he wants it.

It gives up some corrosion resistance against the 14C28N in the rest of this batch. Wipe it down after it gets wet and it will be fine.

Buffalo Leather with an UltiClip

Leather is the quieter carry. It does not click against a button or announce itself when you sit down, and buffalo hide is thicker and more durable than the cowhide most sheaths use.

Will is the first to tell you he is not a leather worker and that he is still getting better at it. He is also the one who made this sheath, which is the point of buying from a one man shop.

The UltiClip is what makes it practical. It holds without a belt, so the sheath clips over a waistband or a pocket edge and a fixed blade carries about as easily as a folder.

The Lanyard Is Included

This is one of the three leather ADAKs in the drop, and all three ship with a lanyard at no charge. On this knife that is not a throw in.

The handle is short enough that bare you get two fingers on it and your third wrapped around the end. Run a lanyard through the hole and you have a full grip. The accessory and the design are solving the same problem, so we would rather you have it in the box than find out later.

Why It Is Called the ADAK

Adak is an island at the far end of the Aleutians. It is small, it is mountainous enough to run from coastline to a two thousand foot peak in no distance at all, and the sign at the airport reads birthplace of the wind.

Caribou live there and they are not native. They were brought in after World War II to feed the people stationed on the island. The base is long gone. The caribou stayed.

Will picked the name because a small island that packs that much punch suited a knife this size. Pronounced A-Dak.

How This Knife Came About

The ADAK exists because we asked for it. We wanted a small fixed blade in the same footprint as the TRM TAGALONG, which has been one of our best selling fixed blades, and we kept sending Will back to make it smaller.

What came back has a thicker handle than the TAGALONG.

About 907Knives

Will Lower is retired Army, twenty years in. The service sent him to Alaska in 2013 and he found a way to stay. He still works in support of the Army as a civilian, and 907 is Alaska's own area code.

He started making knives a little over a year ago, after a long winter and a YouTube video he watched in an airport on the way to Las Vegas. His first knife was so dull he calls it the letter opener, and his son still has it. He has sold more than a hundred since.

Everything happens in his shop. He stabilizes his own wood, including birch he harvests in Alaska. He has been approached about having his designs made overseas and turned it down, in his words because it is all about the love of the game.

We Toured the Shop

Alaska is a long way from Texas, so the Great American Knife Tour™ did this one over video. Will walked us through all of it, a twelve by sixteen foot shop a friend built in his backyard after the metal shavings got him evicted from the garage.

He also tells the story behind the ADAK name and shows off petrified coral a friend harvests out of Alaskan salt water.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/aGeIwN9iT7c

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