A Brief History During the late 1980's and early 1990's I was the lead Hand-to-Hand Combat instructor for a company named Global Studies Group International (GSGI) run by a group of U.S. Navy SEALs who were former members of SEAL Team Six. By that time, my knives had become well known among the Naval Special Warfare Community, Army Special Forces (Delta), The British SAS and various other Government agencies. In fact, the founder of the German GSG9 and also the 2nd in command of Scotland Yard carried Emerson Custom Knives. This knife, the CQC-6, became so sought after in the Special Operations community that owning an Emerson CQC-6 became a symbol of a "Made Man" in the SPEC OPS community and carried tremendous bragging rights among the operators that carried them. As a result I ended up working directly with a number of special groups and sub groups within the Naval Special Warfare Community, Army Special Forces and U.S. Government DoD branches along with several international and foreign agencies. My work included specialized combat weapons and of course hand-to-hand combat and edged weapons training. Benchmade Knives approached me to make a production version of the knife that I was building for all these world's elite operators, the Emerson CQC-6, the true father of the modern tactical folding knife. I told them no, but I had another design, the CQC-7 and that knife went on to become the most popular and sought after tactical folder of all time. In fact it created the genre of the Tactical Folding Knife. It was at the time the #1
Specifications:
Include original box. From a private collection. Pre-Owned.
Lightly used. Never sharpened. Excellent condition. (History of the CQC-7 was taken from an interview of Ernest Emerson conducted by knifeart)
Specifications:
- Model: CQC-7 Specwar Knives Logo
- Overall Length: 8.00"
- Blade Length: 3.25"
- Blade Steel: 154 CM
- Blade Style: Tanto
- Blade Finish: Satin
- Grind Type: Chisel Hand-Ground
- Handle Material: Paper Micarta
- Color: Black
- Bolsters and Liners: Titanium
- Bolsters Finish: Bead Blast
- Backspacer: Black G-10
- Country of Origin: USA
Include original box. From a private collection. Pre-Owned.
Lightly used. Never sharpened. Excellent condition. (History of the CQC-7 was taken from an interview of Ernest Emerson conducted by knifeart)
