Product Description

The Heretic Knives Medusa Manual H010-8A-BLZ is a manually-opened folder with a CPM MagnaCut tanto blade and a Blizzard aluminum handle, bringing a reinforced tip profile to the Medusa platform's manual folder format in a distinctive light colorway.

CPM MagnaCut is Crucible's stainless steel engineered specifically for knife blades by metallurgist Larrin Thomas, rather than optimizing for one property, MagnaCut is formulated to deliver strong edge retention, corrosion resistance, and toughness simultaneously, closing the gap that usually forces a tradeoff between the three. Its balanced carbide structure keeps it easier to sharpen than extreme high-vanadium steels like CPM-S90V, while still outperforming older workhorse stainless steels like D2, 154CM, and CPM-S30V on corrosion resistance and edge stability.

The tanto blade shape on this Medusa trades the curved belly of a drop point or recurve for a reinforced, angular tip built for piercing and tip strength, a common choice for buyers who prioritize tip durability over general-purpose slicing geometry.

Blizzard is one of Heretic's named aluminum handle finishes, applied over the same CPM MagnaCut blade regardless of finish, so the look changes without changing the steel's performance.

As a manual folder, this Medusa opens by hand rather than a push-button mechanism, the specific opening method (flipper tab, thumb stud, or otherwise) and lock type were not stated and should be confirmed before publishing.

• Blade: CPM MagnaCut tanto blade, balanced edge retention, corrosion resistance, and toughness; tanto profile adds reinforced tip strength; blade length and finish not confirmed this session.
• Handle: Blizzard aluminum, a named cosmetic finish distinct from Heretic's other colorways; handle texture not confirmed this session.
• Deployment: Manual folder, opening mechanism and lock type not confirmed this session.
• Carry: Tanto blade platform on Heretic's Medusa line, overall length, closed length, and weight not confirmed this session, verify against hereticknives.com before publishing.

Buyers who want a reinforced tanto tip for piercing and hard-use tip strength rather than a curved slicing profile.
Buyers who want the Blizzard aluminum colorway rather than Heretic's other Medusa finishes.
CPM MagnaCut buyers who want strong all-around performance, edge retention, corrosion resistance, and toughness, without the sharpening difficulty of extreme high-vanadium stainless steels.

CPM MagnaCut's balanced edge retention, corrosion resistance, and toughness ground into a reinforced tanto blade, set in a Blizzard aluminum handle, the Heretic Knives Medusa Manual H010-8A-BLZ is built for buyers who want tip strength and a distinctive light colorway in a standard manually-opened folder. Add the Heretic Knives Medusa Manual H010-8A-BLZ (H010-8A-BLZ) to your cart today and get same-or-next-business-day shipping from Columbia, Louisiana. Questions? Call 888-225-9775, we carry these knives daily.