Cobratec Collaboration
What you see here is not accident by any means....
In early 2022 Chad Cochran CEO of Cobratec LLC reached out to me. Chad was looking on a fresh view on their fixed blade lineup and he liked my work and designs, so i sent a few sample knives overseas. Overall, the Cobratec team was satisfied with my design, and they requested permission to manufacture my Kingpin model. I felt very humble and honored by this, and i could not say no to the offer.
Fast forward to late 2022, the first iteration of Cobratec X GZ Custom Blades Kingpin become available for purchase by the public. in various color G10 handle, D2 blade steel, with a kydex sheath and belt loop.
In the coming years the cooperation widened and i designed a dozen different blades which ended up at the Cobratec knives LLC fixed blade lineup. In early 2025 i accpeted Cobratec Knives offer and become one of the 2 European distributors for all Cobratec Knives related products and began to wholesale and popularize Cobratec Knives in the old continent.
Today i have a stock of hundreds of knives and ready to serve you for any of your knife needs, whether you need a Fixed, a Folder a Side Opening or OTF Automatic blade.
Our steel selection
Lost with steel namings? Check our interactive steel guide and selector to find the best steel for your needs.
What the ratings mean
Toughness
How well the edge and blade resist chipping and breaking under impact, twisting and batoning.
Edge retention
How long the edge keeps cutting before it needs sharpening.
Corrosion resistance
How well the blade resists rust from sweat, blood, humidity and salt water.
Ease of sharpening
How quickly you can bring the edge back on ordinary stones in the field.
Toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance figures are sourced from metallurgist Larrin Thomas's independently tested ratings at Knife Steel Nerds — "Knife Steels Rated by a Metallurgist" (unnotched Charpy toughness, CATRA edge retention, salt-spray corrosion testing). Ease of sharpening is GZ Custom Blades' own field estimate and isn't part of that dataset.
All steels side by side
Toughness, edge retention and corrosion resistance run 0–10 and are Larrin Thomas's published, independently tested ratings (see source above), not GZ Custom Blades' own numbers. Ease of sharpening is GZ Custom Blades' own field estimate. * CPM MagnaMax, A8 Mod and Titanium Gr5 are not covered in Larrin's published ratings — their toughness/edge/corrosion figures are GZ Custom Blades' own estimates instead. Every steel is a trade-off: gaining in one column costs in another. Edge geometry, heat treatment and how you use the knife matter as much as the steel itself.
