Max Knives TIKNU7+C — Crazy anodised titanium tool, 15 mm thick

Overview

The TIKNU7+C closes the TIKNU7 trio with the most demonstrative of the three finishes. The machined titanium body keeps its 37 × 51 mm, its 15 mm of thickness and its glass breaker tip, but the surface goes through what is called crazy anodising, where several colours mix rather than settling into one shade. The result varies from one example to the next. Like the other two TIKNU7 versions, this reference is released as a first run limited to 100 numbered pieces.

Fifteen millimetres, a figure you feel in the hand

Thickness is the measurement nobody thinks to read and the first one anybody notices. Fifteen millimetres is more than double a common folder handle and more than most objects that live at the bottom of a pocket. That figure gives the TIKNU7+C a rigidity nothing argues with, a weight you notice, and above all flanks wide enough for the anodised colours to have room to develop. The edges machined into that thickness also give the fingers material to settle against straight away.

Technical specifications

Titanium machined for the whole of the body, 37 millimetres one way, 51 the other, and 15 millimetres taken between the two faces. The surface treatment is crazy anodising: several colours share the surface and their arrangement changes with every example. The end forms a glass breaker tip. The first run comprises 100 pieces, all of them numbered.

Care

Do not try to revive the colours by polishing: on an anodised surface, polishing means removing the tone. A soft cloth, dry or damped with clean water, keeps the surface clean, and careful drying avoids the limescale rings that dull the effect. Store the piece on its own rather than against a set of keys, and wipe the glass breaker tip once it has been used.

Legal notice. Impact tools are restricted or prohibited in a number of countries and are frequently refused in aircraft cabin baggage. Check the law that applies where the order is delivered before purchasing.