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It’s rather easy to make a product better by just adding new features to it… but it’s incredibly difficult to design a better version of a classic product by focusing on the basics and improving on them. Meet the WESN Samla, a product so simple, so good, and so portable, it has all the hallmarks of an icon. Designed to be the one knife you carry with you on outdoor trips, the Samla’s simple design is reinforced by the use of the best materials for the job, and a user experience that will easily make it your favorite pocket knife.

The Samla by WESN falls well within the archetype of your pocket-knife. It comes with a friction hinge and can be deployed by simply pushing on a lever with your thumb to open the blade. The blade itself comes crafted from a high-durability Sandvik 14C28N Stainless Steel with a sheepsfoot design, making it ideal for chopping, slicing, carving, whittling, all the activities you’d find yourself doing in the outdoors. It sits within a handle made from either titanium or rosewood (depending on the variant you pick) with beveled edges, making it comfortable to hold and maneuver around. Opening the Samla is ridiculously simple too. The blade’s tang sticks out of the front, acting as a lever that lets you open the blade when you want. A friction hinge gives the blade just the right amount of resistance as you open it, and the absence of a locking mechanism means you can open and close the blade with just one hand, highlighting the Samla’s simple yet sophisticated user experience.

Measuring a mere 3.25 inches (8.2 cm) when closed and weighing between 1.2 ounces (rosewood variant) and 1.4 ounces (titanium variant), the WESN Samla is perfect for slipping into one of the many pockets on your outdoor jacket or cargo pants when you venture outdoors. The blade length and design is perfect for dicing veggies and prepping meat for your meals, but it’s also capable of easily cutting small branches for firewood, whittling away at twigs or using as a firestarter to spark flint, or even cleanly slicing through paracords. Like all of WESN’s products, the Samla echoes the minimalist ethos of Scandinavian design and is built to absolutely last. Each Samla comes with a lifetime warranty as well as a nifty veggie-tanned leather sheath to carry it along with you wherever you go!

Designer: Billy Chester of WESN

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The WESN Samla – A Friction Folding Pocket Knife

The Samla is WESN’s latest addition. It takes all the strength, quality, and craftsmanship you’d expect from a WESN blade – and packs it into their most compact, lightweight knife to date.

Designed to be the perfect food prep companion or precision cutting for hiking the trails, the Samla boasts a Sweden-sourced Sandvik 14C28N stainless steel blade. This top-grade steel gives ultimate hardness and corrosion resistance, with optimized chemistry to minimize microchipping and edge folding.

Features & Benefits

Light as a Feather: Even casual day-explorers know that weight matters. For a hiker’s knife, they knew they needed to make it compact and light as a feather, without compromising on toughness or durability. The titanium or wood scale handle measures a snug 3.25” in length, and just 0.25” in thickness. But this is a knife that punches well above its size – just 5.7” from foot to tip when fully open.

With Your Meals in Mind: Carry the only knife you need in your cook kit. The sharp, precise steel blade measures 2.45” and slices easily through prep work. It’s tough and versatile enough to cope with everyday repair tasks around camp, from slicing rope to cutting canvas.

The Trademark WESN Durability: Outstanding corrosion resistance means you can draw a bright, keen blade every time with minimal maintenance. Each component is treated with care and attention in their design: From the non-locking friction folder for a smooth, steady action to the phosphor bronze washers for long-lasting, corrosion-resistant performance.

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The WESN Allman takes on a pretty bold task of perfecting one of the most already-beloved quintessential knife designs. The classic drop-point flipper. One of the most popular knife styles in the world, the drop-point is called so because the spine of the blade (above the edge) drops downward, giving it a more pronounced tip. The edge of the blade travels upwards to meet the gently dropping spine at this somewhat centrally located tip, making it a knife that’s almost as functional as a spear, and an ideal knife for piercing as well as cutting. Most Swiss Army Knife multitools make use of the Drop Point knife, and have helped democratize this style. The flipper format too, is perhaps the most common format for pocket knives. The blade rotates into a hollow handle, and flicks out when the mechanism is actuated using a small trigger under the thumb.

The Allman is no different in this regard. It’s compact, like most pocket knives, and features a drop-point blade with a switchblade mechanism. However, it tries to be a specimen of absolute finesse and perfection in its category… much like a well-aged single-malt amidst a sea of spirits. The Allman knife comes in a compact 3.5-inch form factor, with a 2.75-inch blade concealed within it. It’s designed to fit perfectly into the palm of your hand, and is weighted in a way that makes maneuvering the knife easy too. The Allman features an S35vn steel blade, a material respected in both the industry and the field, and swings open from within the handle with a smooth one-hand deployment action courtesy the ball bearing pivot.

The Allman’s handle explores two classic material variants too. The G10 fiberglass handle is a complete crowd favorite, giving the knife a certain lightness yet not compromising on durability even the slightest. The G10’s anti-corrosion, weatherproof, sturdy nature allows it to last much longer than any other polymer. On the other hand, the Allman also comes with the option of a titanium handle. Titanium, the choice of connoisseurs, lasts generations long without showing any signs of stress. It also happens to have the highest strength to weight ratio of all the known metals, allowing the knife to attain a balance that makes it comfortable to use.

Using industry standards, refined mechanisms, a crowd-favorite design, and premium materials, the Allman pocket knife is what classics are made of. It comes with a pocket clip and a lanyard hole built into it too, to make carrying it around convenient at all time… and a lifetime warranty to ensure you’ll be using it all the time.

Designer: Billy Chester of WESN

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With a 2.75” blade and a 3.5” handle, the WESN Allman is a compact, lightweight knife that fits right in your hand. Available in both a titanium and G10 option, the Allman is perfectly weighted and designed to be at your side wherever you go.

The Allman is manual-open with a flipper tab for ease and their perfectly-weighted, American-made S35vn steel blade opens beautifully with a ball-bearing pivot.

The WESN Allman Titanium & the WESN Titanium Micro Blade

Whether you choose the G10 or Titanium options, the Allman is ready for whatever you throw at it. They refused to sacrifice functionality for good looks. What they did instead was to get rid of anything unnecessary or superfluous, and to let the hard-working nature of the knife speak for itself.

With both the frame lock (Titanium model) and the liner lock (G10 model), you can use the Allman in any situation with peace of mind, knowing your blade is firmly locked into place. Whether you want to use this knife as your casual all-purpose EDC, or if you want to put it hard to work as your hunting knife, the Allman’s G10 or Titanium options guarantee you’ll find the perfect fit.

Titanium is world-renowned for its toughness. Not only is it a hardy, long-lasting material, it’s also incredibly lightweight. This means that, when it comes to the Allman, you can get the best of both worlds: a knife frame unrivaled in toughness and durability while simultaneously lightweight and easy to carry. Your Allman can hang with you wherever you go without becoming a burden in the slightest. Plus, with that one-of-a-kind color that only titanium provides, it’ll look slick the whole time.

G10 is one of the most popular materials used in knife making, and for good reason. It’s the toughest glass fiber option available. On top of being durable, it’s also known for being incredibly strong and resistant to chemicals, as well as maintaining its integrity under intense climate conditions. You can take it anywhere and know it will stand up to whatever you throw at it — so naturally, this all adds up to G10 being a perfect choice for the Allman.

The Allman’s milled pocket clip ensures that your knife will be by your side wherever you go while staying sleek and unobtrusive.

Partnering up with Stock & Barrel the WESN Allman Leather sleeve has been crafted keeping simplicity in mind. The sleeve is multifunctional and gives you a variety of carry options, in your pocket, on your belt or at your side.