Description
It is the newest addition to the lionSTEEL fixed blade squad in 2024. It is a slender and tapered "EDC fixed blade" knife and it comes with an elegant pocket-sized leather sheath.Ago features an M390 steel blade satin finished and a SOLID® handle with a titanium ring nut, which also acts as a guard. The SOLID® handle is available in different variations, and its slender shape allows for multiple grip and use solutions.
Ago was designed by Gianluigi “Wilson” Simonella, a lifelong custom knife maker, as well as a materials craftsman and founding member of the Italian Knifemakers' Corporation (CIC).
Ago by lionSTEEL, technical specifications
Total length:
177
mm. - 6.97 in.
Blade length:
79
mm. - 3.11 in.
Total weight:
85
gr. - 3.00 oz.
Blade steel:
M390 sintered steel
Blade finish:
Satin finished
Handle material:
Santos wood
Sheath:
Leather
Packaging:
Cardboard box
Wilson
Gianluigi “Wilson” Simonella is an essential character for the artistic Italian knife environment.
He’s a “made in Maniago” custom knife maker, founding member of the C.I.C. (Italian knife makers Corporation) and he manufactures the oldest tools of the world in his laboratory, using best steels and high-quality natural materials since the mid ‘80s.
Wilson knives are single pieces handcrafted with original and minimal lines, and supplied with sheaths sewed by hand.
Wilson Pickett used to put the “soul” in his music and in the same way Wilson puts soul into his knives.