888 Professional

888 SOL's in Afghanistan

2011-04-05T14:25:00.000-07:00

Dear Triple Eight, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. Your SOL's work great here in Afghanistan, I have switched from my berber strap cutter to the Triple Eight SOL as a strap cutter it is much smaller, sharper and fits on my gear much better. It has been pretty busy over here.

UPDATE: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Hey TRIPLE EIGHT I thought I would shoot an e-mail and let you know that your SURVIVITOOL was put to use last week to cut the gunners harness off of the gunner when his MATV was on its side. I cant thank you enough!
- SSGT W.R. US Army

Guns and Ammo Review!

2011-03-21T10:49:00.000-07:00

888 Professional S.O.L. Knife
It's slim as can be, only three inches long when closed, and it "spins" open to reveal a 11⁄4-inch stainless blade--serrated on one side, straight on the other.
By J. Scott Rupp

I've been carrying the S.O.L. around for a few months. Talk about handy! It's slim as can be, only three inches long when closed, and it "spins" open to reveal a 11⁄4-inch stainless blade--serrated on one side, straight on the other. The company calls it just the ticket for emergencies, and it would be that, but with its pocket clip and tiny size, I like it for light everyday use.

{$35, www.888professional.com}

GREAT MENTION ON OUR TALONKNIFE IN NRA AMERICAN RIFLEMAN JANUARY 2010 ISSUE!

2010-12-22T11:36:00.000-08:00

GREAT FEEDBACK FROM A CUSTOMER

2010-11-30T15:04:00.000-08:00

Again, I'd like to say how impressed I am with your product and the noticeable improvements in the model I received...It really does feel like I'm holding a fixed blade and I doubt this first knife purchase will be my last.

- B.E.

Triple Eight Professional "Talon" Review

2010-11-22T14:57:00.001-08:00

888 Professional Cop Tool Demo and Review

2010-11-22T14:55:00.000-08:00

888 Professional Cop Tool Demo and Review

2010-11-22T14:54:00.000-08:00

KIRKIDASHI'S ARE IN STOCK!

2010-11-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN EDC KNIFE...

2010-08-23T14:40:00.000-07:00

By Aaron Lee – Creator, Sharp, Bright & Tactical WebMagazine
http://sharptactics.blogspot.com/

Every once in awhile, a buddy asks me for advice on choosing a knife for daily carry. (Many of us collect and buy knives regularly, we’ve become “experts”, in some sense, this article is not for us, it’s for those who are new to carrying a daily knife, who need a small nudge in the right direction, as to making a choice.) This is a pretty personal decision, but here are some basic tips you may want to keep in mind when shopping for your own knife, or passing on words of advice to friends and family:

A quick word about the Internet:
The Internet can be a great tool. Obviously, as with everything, the internet can help you find just as much bad info as good (often MORE). The same goes for looking at LCD televisions, cars, and knives. Don’t get sucked into forums where opinions rule. You know what they say about opinions. Stick to retail sites, do some pricing, and if you happen to run across reviews written by impartial people on blogs (like me!), that’s fine too. Do some looking, and scan through customer reviews on retail sites. Most importantly, keep point #1 in mind.
1) What will be your intended use for your new knife? If you want something to carry discreetly on your person with which to break down cardboard and recycling at work, don’t get a 7+ inch tactical fixed blade in a jump-rated, leg-strapped sheath system. You’ll get funny looks, and your knife won’t be convenient, that’s common sense. You’ve done some looking and you want a liner locking folder with a clip? Go into a local cutlery shop and play with some options. Take your time, you can always come back later, or, even if the brick & mortar cutlery shop wouldn’t appreciate it, buy online later. Thank them and tell them you’ll do some thinking.
2) Buy the best quality you can afford. As you probably know, the range of custom and factory-made knives available is almost infinite. You can find well-made knives at nearly any price range. Remember, you often get what you pay for. I can’t stress research enough though, take your time with your purchase. You’ll appreciate and use your knife more, if it’s convenient enough to carry every single day, and diverse enough to tackle all manner of chores. That being said, there are a ton of high quality EDC knives out there under fifty American dollars. I’ve been buying, collecting and reviewing knives for a long time, and I’m still shocked at the overall selection offered worldwide.
3) Make sure the company that made your knife offers some kind of warranty. Many production knife companies and most custom knife-makers offer limited lifetime warranties, stating that the knife is covered unless it’s obvious you were prying with the knife, or chucking it against seasoned wood, or what-have-you. Leatherman, for instance, offers a 25 year warranty, which in my mind is as good as lifetime. Companies like Triple Eight Professional offer fair and generous warranties for life, excluding blatant abuse, misuse, or lack of maintenance. Be sure there’s a warranty, and that the packaging, or packaging insert contains a physical mailing address for warranty claims. There’s nothing wrong with knives made overseas by American (or Canadian, or European) companies, that’s the key though; make certain the knife is made for, or by a reputable company which has a web presence, and a mailing address.
The above points are simply my own personal rules for knife buying. You may have others, these are just general, common-sense guidelines. I love knives in general, but I always make sure the manufacturer isn’t some fly-by-night hack factory, and I always require a warranty of some sort.
My personal, ideal EDC knife, is one that’s carried easily (pocket clip), has a blade size that won’t freak out non-knife people (usually under 4 inches), and is made by a company who backs up their work; like Triple Eight Professional, Spyderco, Leatherman, etc.
Good luck and good shopping. Use your head and you’ll come away with a knife that will serve you faithfully for many years.
Feel free to email me with questions and comments:

TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL DAMASCUS KIRKIDASHI KNIFE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES

2010-08-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

A very limited supply of damascus blade Triple Eight Professional KirkiDashi knives are available for shipping at $79.95 plus shipping and handling and sales tax for CA residents. We'll only have a few to ship out this week and it might be a while until we're able to get more on the shelves. As many of you know this item has been on back order since February.

Triple Eight Professional Rexroat-designed SOL

2010-08-05T15:02:00.000-07:00

Courtesy: Sharp, Bright and Tactical WebMagizine

A short while back, I reviewed Triple Eight Professional's fantastic WrightKnife. I've had the opportunity to handle and carry another 888 design over the past few weeks. It's another Kirk Rexroat design, and this one's based upon the features of WWII OSS "thumb" daggers, which were commonly stitched into clothing as a last ditch hideout weapon, or secured behind collar lapels.
Below are a couple of generic examples of what the thumb daggers of the day would have looked like:

The SOL is likely the most "weaponized" out of Triple Eight Professional's offerings thus far. It sports a wickedly pointed double edged blade with aggressive double-cut serrations on half of one side, which are handy for utilitarian tasks like cutting more fibrous materials. The SOL's tip is probably one of the most needle-like points that I've ever seen, and is short and stout enough to pack some real puncturing power.

specs:
Blade Material: Heat treated AUS8 Stainless Steel
Scales: 420 Stainless Steel
Clip: 420 Stainless Steel
Action: T8P Spinner Action
Weight 1.9 oz. (53.9 grams)
Length/Closed 3” (76.2 mm)
Length/Opened 4.25” (107.95 mm)
Length of Blade 1.25” (31.75 mm)
As I stated in my previous rundown of the 888 WrightKnife, one of my favorite things about these new knives, is the compact size. Don't get me wrong, I love my big knives like the Cold Steel Spartan folder, and my Benchmade 610 full size Rukus folder model, but Triple Eight's knives are addictive to carry and use. They boast an elegant simplicity which is rare in the factory-made knife market these days. All of Triple Eight's "folding fixed blades" feature the same frame/handle style, with a perfectly sized carry clip affixed to the rear handle slab side. The T8P Spinner Action opening is unique, the blade, and both handle sides rotate around a stout steel pivot, and the blade sits in place, virtually locked by a ball bearing and detent system mounted toward the butt of each knife.
Forgive the couple of low-res cellphone pics below; it's time for a new digital camera, as my older Canon Powershot has a scratched lens, and eats AA batteries very quickly. The higher quality pics on the white backgrounds, are courtesy of Triple Eight Professional:

You can see that I'm a fan of joining Triple Eight's knives with Glow Cobra lanyards from The Lanyard Zone. Lanyard Zone products are extremely high quality, and handmade by a fellow named Scott, in Canada. Scott delivers super high quality lanyards for knives and tools at reasonable prices, with quick shipping. His Glow Cobra lanyards are an outstanding choice for almost any knife or piece of gear you could think of. They feature a *VERY* bright glowing endcap, which glows for several hours when exposed to flashlights or natural sunlight. They're very useful for locating knives, flashlights or multi-tools in a darkened tent, or backpack.

As I mentioned in my previous review, 888's folders all draw smoothly, easily and with speed from the pocket. A lanyard "slab", as I'd describe it, is affixed to the clip side of the handle, and sticks up just enough for your thumb and forefinger to gain good purchase on the knife as it's drawn. However, I find that when a lanyard is attached, Triple Eight's knives can be withdrawn from a pocket even faster, plus they simply give the knife a cool look.
The SOL knife came out of the package razor sharp, which I find impressive due to the overall stout thickness of this tool's blade. The serrated portion of the blade is extremely aggressive, and also was sharp enough right out of the package to shave hair. And again, opening with one hand or two is extremely simple. I was surprised at how smooth the SOL opened with a single hand, and the fact that just like its cousin, the WrightKnife, I wasn't poked by the mega-pointy blade when opening the knife. That being said, I would urge owners of the SOL to use a bit of extra care when deploying the blade, simply because that tip is so sharp and acute. The small serrated portion of the SOL's blade is very handy. The SOL which I received has a slightly different cut to the serrations than the way it's pictured in Triple Eight's press photos. Between the larger arcs, the "points" of each serrated section are grooved, giving the blade a very toothy look, and producing an extremely effective area on the blade for use against rope, clothing or other fibrous materials.
The icing on the cake for this great little tool, is what appears to be a black Teflon coating, similar to the original BT coating that Benchmade used for years, before modifying their black blades with their newer BK1 coating. From what I understand with Teflon blade coatings, even in the unlikely event that a blade's coating wears off visibly, the blade remains protected from corrosion or spotting due to the fact that the coating actually enters the "pores" of the blade. The SOL's black coating serves to further the tactical look of this little cutting demon, and has held up well with nary a mark, on the SOL that I've been carrying, even after fairly tough, regular use over a period of several weeks. I've used it to break down recycling, open mail & cut open UPS packages, in addition to using it for a slew of other daily, mundane tasks. I like to evaluate knives in this manner, because this is how 99% of us likely use our sharps on a daily basis. Of course, as a real-world tactical knife, packed as a backup by cops or soldiers, this little knife definitely has what it takes to be used hard under extreme circumstances. I would advise against discounting the SOL because of its sub 2 inch blade length. It's very solid, very utilitarian, and touches up easily on a fine ceramic or diamond rod. I like "dogbone" style sharpeners. Gatco makes a fine one, but my favorite is Lansky's Spyder Crock Stick sharpener, intended for use on knives with Spyderco-style serrations. I have found over the years that this sharpener is a great portable solution to touching up almost ANY blade, regardless of serration style. Lansky makes a great US Made product, and they are inexpensive, you can usually find them for $5.00 or $6.00 USD.

I actually put the SOL knife through LOTS of daily use, before even a mild touch-up on the ceramic stick was needed. AUS8 is a good old standby, not a buzzword super-steel like the CPM steels made by Crucible, but it is effective. Triple Eight's heat treatment, or specific batch of steel used in their knives must be superior, because it feels like they hold an edge longer, and sharpen up much easier than all other knives I have which use AUS8 bladesteel, including many older knives from Spyderco, among other companies.

I feel like Triple Eight Professional has brought another reasonably priced, creatively designed EDC knife to the table. The SOL's blade-style is excellent for everything from utility, to emergency self defense, plus it simply looks badass. 888's knives are a fantastic pocket size, but still pack enough punch and cutting power to take on nearly any task that you face throughout your week. Triple Eight knives also carry a limited lifetime warranty against defects in materials and workmanship, obviously, abuse & neglect will void the warranty, otherwise, they've got you covered. All blade styles should be available from better web retailers. Check out Triple Eight Professional for more info, or to get your SOL.

GREAT INDEPENDENT YOU TUBE REVIEW OF THE TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL S.O.L.

2010-08-04T22:17:00.000-07:00

Triple Eight Professional's WrightKnife

2010-08-03T15:33:00.000-07:00

By Aaron Lee – Creator, Sharp, Bright & Tactical WebMagazine

http://sharptactics.blogspot.com/
We knife users, collectors and enthusiasts have so much to choose from, that when something truly innovative comes down the line, it has the ability to stop us in our tracks. I know that's the way I am, and I've seen every knife pattern, combination of ideas, gimmicks and tricks, sometimes it seems there's nothing new under the sun. On those rare chances that something is truly innovative, it's often gimmicky, and turns into an industry fad, making the company responsible for it lots of money, without truly offering the knife carrying public anything in return.
I can tell you right (Wright?) off the bat that Triple Eight Professional's WrightKnife is truly innovative, it's practical, and don't even think about using the word "gimmick" until you've handled one in person!

The WrightKnife takes its name from Wright Wyoming, home of its designer, Kirk Rexroat. If you've read a knife magazine in the past decade, you probably know who Kirk is. If you don't feel free to click that link and learn more. Kirk is a veteran respected bladesmith who works with beautiful materials like damascus and mammoth ivory. Rexroat's creations and beautiful, tough and functional all at once.

Triple Eight is a young company that's making waves in the industry. They count Rexroat and Canada's tactical master Greg Lightfoot among their design collaborators. Check out Lightfoot's customs here @ Lightfoot Knives. The people of Triple Eight Professional have tons of combined experience having worked in the knife, tool, flashlight and outdoor gear industries. We've already seen Triple Eight add on to its initial 3 knife offerings with another new wave of 3 more knives very recently.
I'll get back to the other offerings later...
All of 888 Professional's designs work the same way. They call them "folding fixed blades", which confused me at first until I thought about it. When you understand the strength of these little designs, from their oversize, donut style pivots, to the stout blades and overall construction quality, "folding fixed blade" no longer feels like much of a stretch.
Triple Eight calls their opening action T8P Spinner Action, it's patent pending and pretty basically genius in its simplicity. I don't even need to really explain much more than these photos show. Both handle sides and the blade all spin around the same oversized pivot. It clicks locked open and shut with a ball bearing and detent, and all you need to do to start the opening sequence is hold the knife tip-down in your hand and apply pressure to the front scale. This disengages the 3 pieces for rotation. It sounds tricky but it's very simple, addictive and safe. I actually tried to blunder my way through opening it several times. Emulating a clumsy handed person with no dexterity, I still could not force the knife to scrape or cut me when opening.
I put a lanyard on mine, which helps in drawing the knife from the pocket. The clip sits all 888 knives tip up in the pocket, the way most preferred by those using knives drawn quickly for emergency use. Draw is fast and easy because of the little lanyard slab, and even easier with a lanyard attached.
All of the 888 Knives have the same basic dimensions, in @ least the handle size and style, while blades vary only a bit. They just released a damascus kiridashi blade model which promises to be awesome. A perfect combination of old world and hi-tech.

The WrightKnife's specs are as follows:
Material: Heat treated 440 Stainless Steel
Scales 420 Stainless Steel
Clip: 420 Stainless Steel
Action: T8P Spinner Action
Weight: 2 oz. (56.7 grams)
Length/Closed: 3” (76.2 mm)
Length/Opened: 4.25” (107.95 mm)
Length of Blade: 1.25” (31.75 mm)

I REALLY love the size of these knives, and I look forward to obtaining the S.O.L., another Rexroat design based on the famous OSS Thumb Daggers of WWII. It's double edged, black and serrated! Badass!
888 also offers the Japanese style kiridashi blade, in Damascus stainless, the Rhino guthook knife, the Lightfoot Talon, and an awesome folding version of Roy Huntington's CopTool, called the SurvivIt Tool, which features a scraper/prybar blade, serrations and a webbing/cord cutting hook.

I have large hands, and I can still open this knife quickly. It's small, but in my mind that's advantageous, as you can use it anywhere without any big looks or freakouts from NKPs (non knife people). I've even shown a few female friends the knife who claim it's "cute". I hate to say it, but they are sorta cute, but I wouldn't hesitate to use this if the chips were down. It's primarily sized for tool use, but it's sharp as hell, with a stout, thick blade riding between two Teflon washers. A 1.25" blade of this sharpness and quality is sure to mess up somebody's day if need be. I'm experienced enough to know that this is a quality item. Don't balk at the Chinese manufacture, this is up there in quality with some of the better American factory knife companies USA made wares, including Spyderco and Benchmade. Remember, I get excited easily, but it takes quite a bit to impress me. Triple Eight Professional gets a huge pat on the back for impressing me with concept, quality, and affordability. These knives retail in the $35 USD range, and can be had just a bit cheaper from better retailers like Knifeworks and Knifecenter, though all 6 designs are available at 888professional.com

TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL NOW ON SALE IN THE UK!

2010-07-26T08:07:00.000-07:00

Triple Eight Professional knives and tools are now on sale in the UK through our exclusive distribution partner NITON TACTICAL. Click through here to visit Niton's site and learn more about how Triple Eight's innovative patent pending designs are helping cops in the UK do their jobs better while still complying with some of the toughest knife laws in the world! We're very excited about our relationship with the folks from Niton and look forward to many years of working together to help the Public Safety community in the UK be more efficient and effective!

Cut and paste this link to your browser:

http://www.niton999.co.uk/products.expanded.asp?product=5032&productname=Exclusive-Niton-Tactical-Cop-Tool-by-Triple-Eight-Professional-The-Ultimate-Everyday-Carry-Tool!-(TAC77)

Triple Eight In Action this Weekend

2010-06-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

Wearing the Triple Eight Professional logo at a local Autocross in San Diego!

STORY ON TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL IN AMERICAN COP!

2010-06-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

Check out this great mention on TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL in the current issue of AMERICAN COP. It was icing on the cake that they featured and described all of our knives as well as the new TALONKNIFE, RHINOKNIFE and the limited edition KIRKIDASHI! We all love reading AMERICAN COP magazine as it's one of the few industry publications that tells it like it is and we're honored to be on the same page as Benchmade and Spyderco...both great brands and heroes of ours.

GREAT FEEDBACK ON 888's PRODUCTS AND SERVICE

2010-06-17T05:36:00.000-07:00

I wanted to thank you for 888 Professional's lightning fast service. After your last message, I ordered 2 of the KirkiDashi knives - one for me, one for my father-in-law. You may see a pattern emerging here, I can't seem to only order one for someone else. I no longer remember if the original knife had thumb serrations, but I like them, and I must say the new lock mechanism looks like it matches the durability and balance of the knife. Again, thank you, and I look forward to adding these great little knives to my EDC rotation. - D.P.

GREAT KNIFE CENTER BLOG MENTION

2010-06-07T15:03:00.000-07:00

What we love about what the Knife Center said about our TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL S.O.L. KNIFE is that "THIS IS THE COOLEST NEW FOLDING KNIFE IN THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR FATHER'S DAY...EVEN THE WAY IT FOLDS IS COOL. THE SOL UNFOLDS TO BECOME A SHORT, SHARP DAGGER. THE SOL THEN FOLDS UP TO BE A NON-DESCRIPT PENDANT OR MONEY CLIP. IT LOOKS GOOD AND FEELS GOOD. YOU WILL SPEND HOURS PLAYING WITH THIS KNIFE. YOU NEED TO BUY THE SOL FOR THE KNIFE LOVING FATHER ON YOUR LIST....EVEN IF IT'S YOU!"

Wow, we couldn't say it better!

NEW AMERICAN HANDGUNNER AD

2010-06-06T07:41:00.000-07:00

Check out our latest ad in the current issue of American Handgunner. It's the first ad to feature our new products: Kirkidashi, Rhinoknife and the new TalonKnife. We're excited to introduce these to you and we should be shipping everything next week. Thank you for your support. We're very appreciative that you've taken the time to support a young growing brand like Triple Eight Professional and am honored to do business with you.

EXCLUSIVE THUNDER RANCH ENGRAVED TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL S.O.L. KNIFE IN USE BY SPECIAL FORCES TEAM IN AFGHANISTAN

2010-04-18T19:32:00.000-07:00

We're excited to announce that we've recently engraved a batch of Triple Eight Professional S.O.L. Knives for Clint and Heidi Smith at Thunder Ranch. As many of you know, Thunder Ranch is the preeminent firearms training school in the US. Clint and Heidi have trained literally thousands of private citizens in the proper and safe use of firearms for personal defense and as the creator of the "Urban Rifle" concept, Clint in is constant demand by elite military units especially those interested in picking up new knowledge and training prior to their deployment. Above is an image of an exclusive Thunder Ranch engraved S.O.L. Knife in use by a very elite special forces team currently deployed in Afghanistan. We're thrilled that they choose the S.O.L. as their everyday cutting tool and are honored to be associated with Thunder Ranch. If you're interested in picking up one of these exclusive knives, please give Thunder Ranch a call at 541-947-4104 for yours.

TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL S.O.L. KNIFE IN USE BY THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE

2010-04-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

One of our customers, a flight crewman in the Royal Air Force, had this to say about the Triple Eight Professional S.O.L. Knife: "This enigmatically designed tactile little knife fits unobtrusively on either my flying suit or webbing and the ring end of the knife perfectly helps lever open stubborn ammo tins." - British Helicopter Crewman, Royal Air Force"

Thank you for the input and we're proud to know that you trust our products enough to bring them with you into harms way!

Triple Eight Professional Review in Rifle Magazine

2010-02-25T16:33:00.000-08:00

888 is in the latest issue of Rifle Magazine with a review of our Folding CopTool. The feedback on our product is incredible and the review very very positive. We'd like to thank Rifle Magazine for giving a young brand like Triple Eight Professional some great exposure!

JANUARY 2010 STORY IN SWAT MAGAZINE

2010-01-09T09:52:00.000-08:00

Triple Eight Professional was featured in a full story in the January issue of SWAT magazine written by Eugene Nielsen! It's a great story, in a great magazine. We're honored to be featured and very appreciative that the review was so very positive about the Triple Eight Professional every day carry concept, our high quality manufacturing and innovative design. We love it and hope you all do too.

TOP SECRET TRIPLE EIGHT PROTOTYPE "RHINOKNIFE" SKINS AND DRESSES THREE DEER IN A DAY!

2009-12-02T09:36:00.000-08:00

We asked our good friend and expert hunter, Jeff O., to bring along our secret new Triple Eight Professional prototype blade shape on his latest deer hunt and this is what he had to say about our new RhinoKnife:

I have to tell you, I am impressed! The knife is an extension of the hand and works effortlessly, and I can't wait to get one ! I used the RhinoKnife to skin and dress out three deer. The first deer I used it on was my son's, and it was still on the key ring with the my car keys! I then helped my friend with the deer he shot. When I shot my deer, I used it for the entire deer, including gutting. The blade design is perfect. I found the RhinoKnife to be a great little Every Day Carry knife on my key chain for daily cutting needs and it also doubled as an easy to carry light weight hunting knife for the three deer we got on this last trip. When can I buy one???

KIRK REXROAT SKINS AN ELK WITH A WRIGHTKNIFE!

2009-11-04T19:29:00.000-08:00

Kirk got his elk this afternoon and he skinned it with a WrightKnife! We called him as soon as he sent the pictures and we could not believe he used our tiny knife. Kirk said "I love the WrightKnife's small size and it made short work of this job. It worked great on my elk and the WrightKnife would work even better and faster on a deer. Plus it was a snap to clean up and slip back on my key chain."

Kirk has been a hunter his entire life so it helps that he knows his way around an elk, but it does go to show how versatile and tough an innovative every day carry tool like a WrightKnife can get even the biggest hunting chore done with minimal fuss and without the need for an expensive dedicated hunting knife set.

FULL STORY IN TACTICAL KNIVES MAGAZINE

2009-11-02T13:12:00.000-08:00

Check out this great story on the Triple Eight Professional line of knives and tools in the most recent issue of Tactical Knives magazine! Dave Spaulding wrote a great story on our products and also did a performance evaluation with glowing comments. The folks at Tactical Knives did a photo shoot on the knives and even displayed our product along with those great flashlights made by First Light USA. Two young brands with innovative products on the same page together! We've enjoying the attention and buzz that this article has create for our new company and look forward to earning your business every day. We've got some new stuff we're looking to roll out soon so stay tuned to this blog to be the first ones to see what we've got up our sleeves.

BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BEAUTIFUL BLADES!

2009-10-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

John Conner is one of our favorite writers and when he mentioned Triple Eight Professional Every Day Carry Knives and Tools in this months issue of American Handgunner we were extremely honored! For Triple Eight to be mentioned alongside such huge brands as Benchmade, CRKT and Safariland is just incredible. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this as we're going to frame a copy and put it on the wall!

Best regards,

Triple Eight Professional

GREAT CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

2009-09-20T12:51:00.001-07:00

No question(s). There wasn't a button for "very cool!" Rec'd my knife today. This is one very clever tool. Everything you need in one small package. I like it! Definitely on the short list for Christmas gifts. Thanks! J.F.

AUGUST ISSUE OF SHOOTING INDUSTRY

2009-08-23T07:52:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice mention on the Triple Eight Professional folding CopTool as featured in this month's issue of Shooting Industry. Enjoy!

THE TACTICAL WIRE REVIEW OF THE 888 FOLDING COPTOOL

2009-07-03T08:16:00.001-07:00

Wow, check out the great product review by Tiger McKee that he recently wrote for "The Tactical Wire"! It's great to see how Tiger really understood the niche that Triple Eight Professional serves and how he appreciated the attention to detail, quality and convenience that we built into every knife we make. Product reviews like these are what it's all about for us. Happy Fourth of July!

5 OUT OF 5 STARS FOR THE TRIPLE EIGHT PROFESSIONAL S.O.L. KNIFE

2009-07-02T17:21:00.000-07:00

The SOL Knife is so small and easy to carry I always seem to have it on me when I happen to be "the only guy with a knife" and something needs to be opened. It's also handy in case I get into a jam, if you know what I mean. Great knife, and great customer service!

- David S.

I LOVE MY FOLDING COPTOOL!

2009-07-01T09:21:00.000-07:00

Hello 888 Professional,

I wanted to tell you that I carry your knife with me everyday!!! I also recently purchased more of your folding CopTools for my friends and family. I carry your knife along with my Emerson Horseman as a back up! It has held up incredibly!!!! I can't wait to see what you have in the future!! Thank you for your time and effort!!!

J.D. - New Jersey

P.S. You have saved my super pricey knives with your very useful tool!!!!!! Thanks!! Keep up the good work!!!!

STORY ON THE S.O.L. KNIFE IN AMERICAN HANDGUNNER

2009-06-18T17:42:00.001-07:00

Here's a great little mention on the Triple Eight Professional SOL Knife in the latest issue of American Handgunner Magazine. Enjoy!

FIVE STAR RATING

2009-06-05T20:59:00.000-07:00

I love the Triple Eight Folding CopTool, I gave it 5 out of 5 stars!

J.H. - MI

YOU ROCK

2009-05-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

Dear 888,

I've been a knife junkie for as long as I can remember and while my knife collection is extensive and valuable, the most valuable knife I own is the knife that I carry in my pocket everyday. That knife is now a Triple Eight Professional CopTool! Small, thin and super functional the CopTool is doing tons of different jobs for me. It's like carrying a big strong tactical knife that's also a multi tool but is the size of a car key. I also can't stop playing with it and love the way it opens and closes. Great work, great new knife.

A. W. - MS

I have been crazy about knives for over 60 years!

2009-05-09T18:22:00.000-07:00

Dear Triple Eight Professional,

Great product, well made and finished. Lots of good luck with your company.

- B. T. (a real world customer with 60 years of real world knife experience)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Triple Eight Professional Up for Two Awards in Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence

2009-05-09T18:18:00.000-07:00

Triple Eight Professional is in the running for two Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence Awards for the Triple Eight Professional Every Day Carry Folding Fixed Blade CopTool in the category of Safety Product of the Year and the Triple Eight Professional Folding Fixed Blade WrightKnife in the category of Knife of the Year! It's an amazing honor to even be mentioned along with these other great companies. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Gun Digest the Magazine Story on Triple Eight Professional

2009-05-04T10:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice story on Triple Eight Professional by Gun Digest the Magazine in their April 2009 issue. It's a great mention by a very influential publication. We're very thankful for the exposure.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Triple Eight Professional Up for Two Awards in Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence

2009-04-26T20:44:00.000-07:00

Triple Eight Professional is in the running for two Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence awards for the Triple Eight Professional Every Day Carry Folding Fixed Blade CopTool in the category of Safety Product of the Year and the Triple Eight Professional Folding Fixed Blade WrightKnife in the category of Knife of the Year! It's an amazing honor to even be mentioned along with these other great companies. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Kind Note From a New Triple Eight Professional Dealer

2009-04-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Hi Triple Eight Professional,

Sorry for my slooooow response. I've been out of town on and off for the past month. Nevertheless, I was able to order some of the (Triple Eight Professional) knives from your distributor and got them in on Friday. They are great! Surprisingly sturdy. We'll definitely be adding them to our site!

D.H.

Emails Like This Are Why We Created Triple Eight Professional

2009-04-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

I’m a retired Sergeant with Oakland, California Police Department. Worked special operations, entry team, etc. Also motors for 7 years. I would have really liked having a back up knife like this when I was on the department. My oldest Son is a US Navy Physican and the youngest is a Sargent in the Marine Corp. I’m more than sure one of them will find my new knife in their pocket when they come for a visit!

BD - California

Great Mention in Blade Magazine!

2009-04-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a mention that Triple Eight Professional received in the current issue of Blade Magazine! Great story and nice product shot. We've received a lot of calls on this and we're thrilled to have been recognized for the innovation and uniqueness of the Triple Eight Folding Fixed Blade design. Please enjoy!

More Comments From Our Customers

2009-04-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

Hello, my CopTool arrived this morning. Your service is outstanding. The knife itself is superb! I am not replacing a carry knife, but adding one. I had thought about getting one of those hammer-like devices for our cars, but always worried that it would be in the wrong place if I needed it. The CopTool will be right with me in the event I need to cut through a seatbelt. I am rarely impressed with something as simple as a pocket knife, but this one is a pleasant exception. I will probably order additional CopTools for my family. Your design, fit, and finish make most competitors look just average.

L. F. - IL

Nice Note From One of Our Customers!

2009-04-15T21:28:00.000-07:00

Thank you for the very quick turn around on my order. I ordered my knife on Monday and it arrived on Wednesday. That is excellent service.

-D.B. - California

Feedback From One of Our Customers!

2009-04-13T15:14:00.001-07:00

Dear 888,
I just hung up the phone with you praising your knife!!!! I just got the Wright knife, WOW is all I can say!! I am an Executive Chef, who has some of the finest blades on the planet!! I carry Benchmade, Cold steel, Bob Lum and Seki from Japan for pocket knives. I also, use Kikuichi, Misono, Shun, Henkel, Forshner, just to name the few off the top of my head, for kitchen knives. I must say, in all my 38 years, it has been a long time since I have gotten excited about a pocket knife.

J.D. - New Jersey

American Handgunner Story on Triple Eight Professional

2009-03-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, here is a nice story on Triple Eight Professional knives as featured in the April 2009 issue of American Handgunner magazine. We appreciate the coverage on our product line and enjoyed how Sammy Reese picked up on how we like to deliver innovation and value in a product line that everyone can use...thanks Sammy! Thank you all for taking the time to read this, as we're very appreciative and humbled by the mention. Best regards.

How Master Custom Knifesmith Kirk Rexroat Designed the WrightKnife

2009-03-26T08:25:00.001-07:00

We recently asked Kirk Rexroat, what inspired him to design the blade on the Triple Eight Professional WrightKnife and this is what he said:

Here in Wyoming a knife isn't a weapon but an indispensable tool. No matter what the task, whether I'm hunting, fishing, working with livestock, or at the coal mine (Kirk works in one of the largest coal mines in the world keeping their equipment running - wk), I've found the drop point blade shape to be the most functionally diverse. With this in mind, I designed the Wrightknife just for those myriad of tasks each day where a knife comes in mighty handy. Weighing only two ounces it can be tucked into your pocket or clipped to the inside of a purse to be there when you need it. The Triple Eight Professional WrightKnife makes it easier to live by that old rule of thumb to always have a knife in your pocket.

How Roy Huntington (Editor of American Handgunner and +20 Year Veteran Street Cop) Invented the CopTool

2009-03-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

After a career on the police department breaking all manner of folding and fixed-bladed knives, it dawned on me I didn’t need a knife — I needed a “tool.” I realized I used an old screwdriver more than I used a big knife, and the small pocket folder I had took care of the general cutting duties. Once I retired, I designed a 6" “fixed-bladed” tool with a belt cutter, scraper and serrated cutting edge. It sold exceptionally well to law enforcement, military and even to the trades like mechanics, construction workers, truckers and anyone who needed a tough “tool” for cutting, scraping, prying and the like.

When Triple Eight came to me and offered to make a folding version, it seemed a natural idea. The final result — the Triple Eight Professional CopTool — exceeds my expectations. It performs all out of proportion to its size, and would have definitely been a part of my daily carry “kit” when I was on-duty.

Roy Huntington

Tactical Knives Story on the Triple Eight Professional S.O.L.

2009-03-23T19:44:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. Here's a new story on the Triple Eight Professional S.O.L. Knife as featured in this month's issue of Tactical Knives Magazine. It's a huge honor to have our story picked up by this very influential magazine and we've already experienced a rush of web traffic and lots of calls into the office. Thank you for the interest and support and enjoy the story.

Tactical-Life.com Story on Triple Eight Professional

2009-03-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hello, everyone. Here's another press pick up on Triple Eight Professional by the website: http://www.tactical-life.com/ . Tactical-Life is a website devoted to information of interest to Fed/Gov Military personnel, Tactical/Law Enforcement personnel and citizens interested in personal defense. We're really honored to be mentioned by Tactical-Life and hope that you enjoy the article.

The Tactical Wire Story on Triple Eight Professional

2009-03-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Here's another story on Triple Eight Professional that was featured on "The Tactical Wire". This is a very popular website for the war fighter, first responder or anyone working in the field of public safety. Please click on it to read. We think its a real honor to be featured on this site. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

Gun Week Story on Triple Eight Professional

2009-03-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

Thought I'd share a really cool story that Dave Workman of Gun Week Magazine wrote about Triple Eight Professional in the last issue of Gun Week. Dave actually called me after SHOT Show and conducted an interview with me on how we came up with the product line and what we're all about. It was a real honor for a small company like ours to have a whole story written on us by a nationally distributed periodical. Best part is Dave understood how focused we are on delivering an innovative, high quality product at a price most people could afford. It's what we're about. Thanks for taking the time to visit our site.

SHOT SHOW 2009 SOUTHERN SPORTING JOURNAL HOT PICK AWARD

2009-03-05T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. I just wanted to start by saying thank you to all of you that have sent in your great feedback on the Triple Eight Professional line of knives and tools. It's nice to see that something that we've worked so hard on is appreciated by the folks that we developed this product line for; professional law enforcement, military, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. We were recently informed that Triple Eight Professional was named one of the "2009 SHOT SHOW HOT PICKS" by the editors of Southern Sporting Journal. Its a real honor for a small company like us to be recognized like this and I thought I'd share if with you all. Have a great day.

New video on the site

2009-02-20T20:42:00.000-08:00

Based on the great feedback we've received from our customers Roy created a short video for our site to help better demonstrate how the Triple Eight Professional knives work and what makes them unique. It's a spinning action that coupled with the axle gives the knives incredible torsional strength...it's why we call them "folding fixed blades". Hope you enjoy the videos

Triple Eight’s Everyday Carry Tools Gets Media Attention at S.H.O.T.

2009-02-18T16:01:00.000-08:00

San Diego, CA: Triple Eight Professional’s new line of compelling Everyday Carry Tools caused a stir at the international Shooting and Hunting Outdoor Trade Show in Orlando, FL. Here, photographers from the world-class Japanese gun magazine “GUN” set up their “mobile” photo studio at a press conference to photograph the Triple Eight Everyday Carry Tools!

“We’ve never seen anything like this!” they exclaimed. “Our readers will be excited to see these new ideas and they are definitely going into our ‘Best things we saw’ at the SHOT show report!”

The buzz continued after the show, with Triple Eight’s e-mail jammed with requests from editors and writers for samples, photos and more details about future products. Look for write-ups on Triple Eight’s products in a wide range of national media sources in the near future. We’re scrambling to keep up with orders after word got out to the shooting public after the S.H.O.T. show through bloggers and word of mouth, but rest assured, more product is arriving daily and we can handle future orders easily! While many in the industry are behind and supplies are dried-up, Triple Eight planned ahead and we’re ready to deliver!

888 Professional Products

2009-02-11T10:05:00.000-08:00

Whoever said big ideas come in small packages must have been thinking about Triple Eight’s newest line of tiny – but powerful — pocket tools. Being palm-sized doesn’t slow them down; it just makes them handy to keep with you. The first rule of knife use is to have a knife — Triple Eight’s new Everyday Carry Tools makes sure you never have to break that rule!

From their innovative chassis and heavy-duty axle-sized pivot points, to the compellingly addictive way they open and close, these new pocket tools from Triple Eight are ruggedly engineered, yet elegant enough for a gentleman’s pocket or a lady’s purse. The Slim-Line clips assure a steady rest in a pocket or when clipped to a shirt collar or waist band, or does double-duty as a secure money clip. If you can imagine a place to stash it, one (or all three!) of Triple Eight’s new Everyday Carry Tools will be there when you need them.