Butch Vallotton, like most knifemakers, started making knives as a hobby, had to start selling knives to pay for his hobby and before he knew it became a professional fulltime knifemaker in 1984 with a waiting list of customers at the age of thirty.
A self-proclaimed gadget freak, he is credited with inventing the ambidextrous blade thumb stud.
The Spyderco Vallotton Sub Hilt Folder features an ambidextrous thumb stud that both opens the blade (in addition to the
Spyderco Round Hole) and doubles as a stop pin keeping the blade from rotating open beyond the locked position.
A long time fan of Italian-style, heavy-stock folders the Vallototn Sub-Hilt bears an international flavour with a modified coffin-shaped handle of polished black G-10 with tongue-and-groove fitted stainless bolsters.
Further complementing the handle is a Michael Walker LinerLock a four-way: tip-up/tip-down, right- or left-handed steel clip and screw-together scale construction.
Crucible Steel Inc. of New York produces the CPM-S30V powdered steel used for the modified Tanto-shaped blade. The blade is hollow-ground at the cutting edge with a convex-grind at the tip and is offered PlainEdged for the best available cutting
performance.
- SKU
- SC149GP
- Age Restriction:
- 18+
- Overall Length (cm)
- 22.1
- Blade Material:
- S30V Stainless Steel
- Blade Thickness (cm)
- 0.4
- Cutting Edge:
- 9.0
- Grind:
- Hollow
- Sheath:
- No
- Warranty:
- 1 Year
- Closed Length (cm)
- 12.7
- Pocket Clip:
- Yes
- Handle Material:
- G10
- Handle Colour:
- Black
- Blade Type:
- Plain
- Blade Shape:
- Drop Point
- Blade Finish:
- Satin
- Product Weight (g)
- 176
- Lock Type:
- Liner Lock
- Designer:
- Butch Vallotton
