Designed by celebrated custom knife maker Andrew Demko, the Spartan is one of Cold Steel's most popular folding knives. The Spartan's super-sharp stonewashed blade is made from Japanese AUS-10A stainless steel and was designed to echo the aesthetics and cutting performance of the world famous Kukri. Its distinctive Kopis-inspired handle is precision injection molded out of Griv-Ex with heat treated steel liners, and this, in addition to Cold Steel's famous Tri-Ad lock, makes for a knife that is incredibly safe and secure. The Spartan also features the patented Demko thumb plate, which can be used to open the knife like a conventional "one handed opener" or be snagged on the edge of a pocket during the draw stroke and opened at lightning speed!