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using a wheel with a tritium capsule (a solution well- known from, e.g. the Luminox watches – tritium glows independently in every conditions so it is easier and safer to open the knife when it is dark) or a hole in the blade used with a consent and under a license of Spyderco. Each knife with a folding blade is equipped with a powerful frame lock with a thickness of 3.2 mm made of Ti6Al4V which is also used by the world's leading knife makers and companies which manufac- ture knives. Moreover, a frame lock head is covered by carbide tipped. It significantly improves its hardness, and consequently prolongs its life cycle and enhanc- es a general work culture (an effect of "adhering" tita- nium to the blade vanishes and there are eliminated possible difficulties with bending a lock when folding the knife). A lock is more durable also thanks to ma- terial roughness which appear due to such coating. Certainly, each folder is equipped with the washers from Nylatron and a ceramic detent ball which pre- vents an accidental opening the blade in the pocket. The clips, depending on the model, are made from titanium and G10 (the latter due to small elasticity of the material do not hold the knife very strongly in the pocket). If it comes to a knife geometry, now it prevails hollow grind since it ensures the best cutting proper- ties. The blades, regardless of the used steel, are hard- ened for 58-60 HRC. On the basis on my experiences with Poltergeist's products I can easily say that the knife will preserve for a long-time its working sharp- ness and it will make no problems for the experienced user during its sharpening. Every knife has a wide range of interesting details which increase its visual attractiveness and func- tional properties. It is about cuts for the index-finger (in order to control better the blade during cutting), three-dimensional, rounded liners (in order to improve functional ergonomics) and beveling in the area of a pin, which enhance ergonomic of the knife opening. I can go on with a long list. Every design has a lot of such details, unfortunately the photos not always can reflect all of them. The knives made by the Poltergeist KNIVES