The Eklipse is known the world over as one of the toughest tactical folders regardless of your mission. Rick’s focus when designing the Eklipse was a no nonsense tactical tool ready for the simplest cutting tasks to high speed low drag operations.
The Eklipse has a slight hollow ground blade. The blade thickness is a full .165″, and can handle the toughest cutting chores. The blade locks up on a solid ¼ in diameter Thumb stud which is press fitted into the blade. This makes for a very strong lockup as there is no loosening of the thumb stud which can happen with two piece designs. The fact that the thumb stud locks up against the frame adds an incredible amount of strength to the sideways torque of the blade as the sideways stresses are being stopped by the whole handle side, thus relieving the stress that would normally be put on the pivot.
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My first Hinderer in a long while and first Eklipse. I like it a lot actually. Good action and build quality, and the grind is nice. My only complaint is that the hollow is so slight it's difficult to even detect. However it gets decently thin behind the edge and actually cuts pretty well. I just wish it were more of a real hollow grind. Great experience with National Knives though.
