{"id":88634,"date":"2018-02-22T13:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T18:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=88634"},"modified":"2018-02-22T13:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:26:49","slug":"crkt-tecpatl-knife-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/crkt-tecpatl-knife-review\/","title":{"rendered":"See Why Clay Switched to this New Everyday Carry Knife: The Tecpatl from CRKT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet the Tecpatl from CRKT.\u00a0 The brainchild of Michael Rodriguez, a combat veteran from 7th Special Forces Group.<\/p><\/div>\n

I recently ran into an old friend, Micheal Rodriguez, a dyed-in-the-wool Warrior from 7th<\/sup> Special Forces Group. Michael isn\u2019t just a friend, he was my instructor at Special Forces Sniper School. Known across the Regiment simply as “Rod,” he is one of those guys that consistently amazes you.<\/p>\n

We retired around the same year, and from time to time we would run into one another at industry events or shooting matches.<\/p>\n

“Hey, Rod. What’ve you been up to?”<\/p>\n

\u201cJust out mountain biking with George W. Bush.\u201d Or, \u201cI had to climb this mountain so they could test how guys with traumatic brain injury perform in low oxygen environments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not joking.\u00a0 Rod really hangs with 43.<\/p>\n

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The tip is stout but sharp. It won’t blunt when stabbing or thrusting.<\/p><\/div>\n

Rod got into bladesmithing somewhere along the way and actually turned up at the Task Force Dagger (a veteran charity organization) 3-Gun match that I was attending with some of his first blades in tow. He was donating them to a raffle to raise funds for the treatment of other wounded vets. He is just that kind of guy.<\/p>\n

So it should have been no surprise to find Rod had been selected for Columbia River Knife & Tool\u2019s Forged By War program<\/a>. Funded by CRKT, this program was started a few years back to bring the designs of modern warriors to life. There are several GWOT Veterans, along with Vietnam Veterans, and veterans from other conflicts as well.<\/p>\n

Bladesmithing is a great outlet for those of us whose war is over. There is something magic about turning steel into a weapon, molding it with your skills and will. Even if you just have a chance to make a knife out of a railroad spike or an old file at one of those roadside tourist attractions, it is worth your time. Put it on your bucket list!<\/p>\n

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The influence of Rod\u2019s knife, the Tecpatl, is Aztec. In fact, Tecpatl is the name of the dagger carried by Jaguar warriors, the elite of the Aztec Army. The designs on the knife carry that influence, though the symbolism is mostly Special Forces. Rod describes all of them in his video from CRKT (see below).<\/p>\n

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The Tecpatl comes with a lifetime warranty.<\/p><\/div>\n

Specs<\/h2>\n