This Wild Blade Is What Happens When Two Designers Split a Knife in Half

It’s like yin and yang — a pair of seemingly opposing forces joined in perfect harmony.

Closeup of Bestech Excentric knives open on gridded counter

Published December 13, 2024

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Updated December 13, 2024

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These days, collaborative products are fairly commonplace, even in the EDC knife world. Whether it’s two brands, a brand and an artisan, or two artisans working together, the designers and craftspeople usually synergize on every facet of the product.

Bestech’s latest blade release, however, takes a very different approach. Instead of its designers working together throughout the process, the Bestech Excentric is what happens when they split the work right down the middle, literally.

Bestech Excentric knife open on stone and metal background — Despite the Excentric’s esoteric design approach, the blade and handle meld beautifully together.

Blade meets handle

The creation of this knife began at this year’s IWA OutdoorClassics exhibition in Germany. There, Grzegorz Grabarski of Kombou Designs and Toni N. Tietzel of TNT Knives met and immediately hit it off.

They knew they wanted to work on a knife together from that moment. However, how they chose to approach their collaborative design was highly unorthodox.

Tietzel, a grind specialist, crafted the blade, giving it an unusual tanto shape and highly stylized compound grind. Then, he passed it off to Grabarski, who championed the handle, blessing it with biomechanical curves reminiscent of H.R. Giger’s artwork.

Despite splitting the work in half at the knife’s pivot, the two parts synergize to create a harmonious, extraordinary whole.

Bestech Excentric knife closed on the end of a pipe — The Bestech Excentric’s premium materials ensure this knife is much more than a novelty.

Premium piecemeal

Though the Bestech Excentric’s design is reason enough to gawk, it doesn’t get the job done on its own. Luckily, the materials are impressive in their own right.

The handle is crafted from titanium and sports a sturdy frame lock and anodized bolster. It also has a matching titanium pocket clip.

The blade is made of Böhler M390 steel, praised for its corrosion resistance and edge retention. This high-end steel is often compared to S30V.

The complete package proves that, even with an unusual approach, collaboration knives can sometimes be much more than the sum of their parts — especially in the hands of master craftspeople.

Coming soon

Unfortunately, Bestech has not yet released any information on the pricing or specific release date of the Excentric, though it should be expected to hit the market very soon.

Judging by the materials and uniqueness of the design, the Excentric should fetch a price somewhere in the $150 to $250 range.