Is there a more classic tactical knife than the Emerson CQC-7 (And the CQC 6 by relation)? The CQC 7 was the first real tactical folding knife. Today I could go on any website that sells knives and buy a tactical folder, and that’s because of Ernest Emerson. The CQC-7 serves with some of the United State’s most elite forces. In the book No Easy Day, it was revealed the point man on the bin La[...]

The Emerson Mini CQC-15 exists in an interesting place in the Emerson CQC realm. Obviously its a smaller variant of the Emerson CQC-15, which itself was quite a big knife. The CQC-15 was itself a combination of the Emerson Commander and the famed CQC-7B. So the mini CQC-15 is also derived from the Commander and the CQC-7. What it takes from Mom and Dad The first thing you notice is the tant[...]