CUSTOM KNIVES - LUCAS EMERSON

The unbroken legacy.

MX-300 / TECTONIC ZIRCONIUM & BLACK MAPLE

Handmade folding knives from Harbor City, California. Built first as tools.


DESIGNED & MADE BY LUCAS EMERSON

HARBOR CITY, CALIFORNIA - EST. 2023


01 / THE KNIVES

Selected work.


MX-100

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Satin African Blackwood - Bowie-inspired profile


MX-200

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Satin Butterscotch Micarta - Recurved profile


MX-300

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Classic Forged Gold Carbon - American tanto

02 / THE MAKER

the name is inherited. The work is not.

I grew up in the knife shop. The work was always there: steel, machines, handwork, mistakes, judgment, and the standard my father built over decades.

Emerson Archetype is my continuation of that work. Not a copy of it. My own knives, made by hand and built first as tools.

Emerson Knives begins in 1979. Emerson Archetype branches from that continuing lineage in 2023. 1979 EMERSON KNIVES 2023 EMERSON ARCHETYPE
Emerson Knives begins in 1979. Emerson Archetype branches from that continuing lineage in 2023. EMERSON KNIVES 1979 2023 EMERSON ARCHETYPE

03 / THE HANDWORK

A closer look.

MATERIAL STUDY / AFRICAN BLACKWOOD & ZIRCONIUM

African Blackwood scales, zirconium bolsters, and bronze-anodized titanium give this MX-100 its warm, dark palette.

The close views show the fitted parts, contrasting finishes, and details along the spine.

04 / NEW WORK


FROM THE SHOP

Objects to carry.

The Standard Tag — Copper
$50.00

Solid copper. Cut in-house. Stamped and sealed by hand.

Each tag is individually serialized. Comes with a 4” blackened stainless steel chain.

The tag will darken, wear, and change as it is carried.

Bear the standard.

The Standard Tag

Solid Copper.

Made by hand.

Individually serialized.

IN PERSON / 2026

at the table.

Emerson Rendezvous 2026

Castle Rock, Colorado


SEP

18


Blade Show West 2026

Salt Lake City, Utah

OCT

9-10