Epsilon EKO

The Epsilon EKO opens stuff that is closed, especially in a pinch. Designed from experience, created out of necessity. Just like the Beta QR, the EKO is there when you need it and disappears into your EDC when you don't. I've been working on this project for about 5 months. It started as a conversation with Joe at Scout Leather Co. about making a knife. I said, "I want a 'gentleman's box opener' and not another thing to put in my pocket. I'd be fine with throwing out the entire 'knife' part." Joe replied, "what about using a key?" And the EKO was born. Well, about 15 prototypes later and the EKO was born. Check out the "behind the scenes" section below for some details on the design process. DETAILS: The EKO is waterjet by a US vendor from domestic 6/4 titanium. The rough blanks are shipped to me and hand-finished entirely in-house. The blank is stone washed in a ceramic tumbling media before the blade is machined on my Haas CNC mill. I could have skipped all the tedious hand-finishi