Macaroni Maxi Fixed Blade, CPM154 Steel

The thing about serendipity is that by its very definition you can't keep relying on it. My original Macaroni was an offcut knife, made from left over scraps of steel from larger models. That's not always going to be available, especially as my ever-greater achievements in planning and efficiency (read: being cheap) result in less waste steel.

But they turned out to be popular and I wanted to make more, and I wanted to make them better. Thus came about the peculiar turn of events wherein I had to deliberately go out and buy steel for the express purpose of making knives designed to be offcut saviors.

Man, this gig is weird sometimes.

If the OG is too small for you, here's the Macaroni Maxi which is bigger but still pretty small. It's just one of those paradoxes, isn't it? Measuring up at 4-3/4" (121mm) in total length with a 2-3/4" or so usable blade length (70mm, and accounting for its hand made nature with a tiny amount of variance from piece to piece) the Macaroni Maxi is nevertheless 1/4" (6mm) thick to result in a rather extreme amount of robustness. This in line with the overall length of a lot of larger folding knives, you'll notice, only you'll have your work cut out for you trying to break the pivot on this because it hasn't got one.

And now these are made out of high quality CPM154 stainless steel which is, yes, significantly more corrosion resistant than the old model and thus basically worry free.

The large finger cutout and two-bolt dismountable 3D printed handle are such that you can achieve a three finger grip and combine to make it surprisingly ergonomic. Each is provided in a Kydex sheath with a reinforced polymer belt clip that hangs it unobtrusively on your belt or backpack strap or wherever else you want to keep it until it's needed.

It'll be there, always ready.