New Collaborations: White River Knives

White River Knives is especially known for its hunting, camping, and survival blades. (Be sure to check the Knives Illustrated July/August issue when we’ll be running a story on the White River Firecraft FC 3.5 Pro.) But the company also uses its production capacity to build knives for other makers. Recently, they have produced some designs from Kurt Delia and Todd Begg to bring you blades in completely different arenas.

Delia Designs From White River Knives

Kurt Delia is known especially for his breaching /rescue tools designed for law enforcement and military use. White River Knives produces Delia’s Lifespike and Rescuehawk. The Lifespike is a take-anywhere multi-use rescue tool with an overall length of 11.5 inches and fits in a Kydex sheath. It features a 4.65-inch blade on one end and a chisel pry point on the other. It’s made from one piece of 80CRV2 steel with an integral ½-inch channel gas line wrench and 9/16-inch pommel wrench. The MSRP is $300.

The Rescuehawk is a tomahawk made from one piece of 80CRV2 steel that’s designed to chop, pierce, hook and pull with its unique-shaped head with spike and integral belt/cord cutting notch. It has a chisel pry point at the tail end. It also features a ½-inch channel gas lie wrench. The Rescuehawk measures 12.5 inches overall and weighs 24 ounces. It comes with a Kydex sheath. The MSRP is $450.

White River / Delia Lifespike

Todd Begg’s War Junkie Designs

White River Knives is also producing Todd Begg’s War Junkie series of knives. This series includes the Recondo, All Terrain, Dagg, and PDK.

The Recondo ($400) is based on the Vietnam-era MACVSOG fighting blade with 5.25-inch clip-point edge.

The All Terrain ($415) is more survival oriented with a 4.88-inch recurve edge and lots of belly that would be great as a skinner.

The Dagg ($550) is a double-edged dagger with 6-inch blade.

PDK ($550) stands for Personal Defense Kukri and it’s just that. It draws its blade shape from the kukri machete, but it’s shorter with an overall length of 11.66 inches and a blade length of 5.87 inches.