Four Bombs, One Job!
Probably the best-known titanium bottle opener in the EDC scene is dropping – and in four sizes at once. The Beer Bomb by NotoriousEDC is opener and little pry tool in one, machined from grade-5 titanium and made to be used rather than admired. Pick the bomb that fits you and your EDC kit:
Baby Bomb – the fun-size version at 3/4 of the original. At roughly 4.8 mm and only around 17 g it lives on your keyring, in your backpack or in the glovebox. Don’t let the size fool you, it pops caps like a big one.
Original – the benchmark at roughly 6.4 mm thick. The classic everything else is measured against.
Big Poppa – 50 % thicker than the original, around 9.5 mm and about 60 g. Sits really solid in the hand if the standard feels too dainty for you.
Atomic – twice as thick as the original, around 12.7 mm and just under 79 g. Not subtle, no question about it! If you’re after understatement, you’re in the wrong place.
Why do we carry this tool? Because a comparable model was classified as a prohibited weapon by the BKA (Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office), but we found a clean solution. Together with NotoriousEDC we developed a 3D-printed insert (with the Knife Lounge armchair, of course) that closes off the opening and puts an end to any discussion.
Four Bombs, One Job!
Probably the best-known titanium bottle opener in the EDC scene is dropping – and in four sizes at once. The Beer Bomb by NotoriousEDC is opener and little pry tool in one, machined from grade-5 titanium and made to be used rather than admired. Pick the bomb that fits you and your EDC kit:
Baby Bomb – the fun-size version at 3/4 of the original. At roughly 4.8 mm and only around 17 g it lives on your keyring, in your backpack or in the glovebox. Don’t let the size fool you, it pops caps like a big one.
Original – the benchmark at roughly 6.4 mm thick. The classic everything else is measured against.
Big Poppa – 50 % thicker than the original, around 9.5 mm and about 60 g. Sits really solid in the hand if the standard feels too dainty for you.
Atomic – twice as thick as the original, around 12.7 mm and just under 79 g. Not subtle, no question about it! If you’re after understatement, you’re in the wrong place.
Why do we carry this tool? Because a comparable model was classified as a prohibited weapon by the BKA (Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office), but we found a clean solution. Together with NotoriousEDC we developed a 3D-printed insert (with the Knife Lounge armchair, of course) that closes off the opening and puts an end to any discussion.
Four Bombs, One Job!
Probably the best-known titanium bottle opener in the EDC scene is dropping – and in four sizes at once. The Beer Bomb by NotoriousEDC is opener and little pry tool in one, machined from grade-5 titanium and made to be used rather than admired. Pick the bomb that fits you and your EDC kit:
Baby Bomb – the fun-size version at 3/4 of the original. At roughly 4.8 mm and only around 17 g it lives on your keyring, in your backpack or in the glovebox. Don’t let the size fool you, it pops caps like a big one.
Original – the benchmark at roughly 6.4 mm thick. The classic everything else is measured against.
Big Poppa – 50 % thicker than the original, around 9.5 mm and about 60 g. Sits really solid in the hand if the standard feels too dainty for you.
Atomic – twice as thick as the original, around 12.7 mm and just under 79 g. Not subtle, no question about it! If you’re after understatement, you’re in the wrong place.
Why do we carry this tool? Because a comparable model was classified as a prohibited weapon by the BKA (Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office), but we found a clean solution. Together with NotoriousEDC we developed a 3D-printed insert (with the Knife Lounge armchair, of course) that closes off the opening and puts an end to any discussion.
A Gateway slipjoint with a coffin look
October in Hamburg. Fog is rolling in from the harbour, and in St. Pauli the first plastic skeleton is hanging in a shop window. Jack Wolf Knives has timed this well: the Coffin is a slipjoint whose handle looks like a little coffin. Macabre? Okay, a bit. In the hand, though, it feels surprisingly cosy.
The coffin pattern is an old friend among traditionals. The handle tapers towards both ends and breaks into angular corners along the sides, and it’s exactly this silhouette that gave the pattern its name. Ben Belkin, founder and designer of Jack Wolf Knives in Scottsdale, Arizona, has carefully modernised the shape. A keystone shield in the handle scale shows where it all comes from.
Gateway – your way into the Jack Wolf world
The Coffin is part of the Gateway series, and the name is meant literally: Gateway is the front door to Jack Wolf and to traditional pocket knives in general. Price-wise, the series sits well below the premium models, yet it holds its own on fit and finish. To get there, Jack Wolf relies on modern manufacturing. Where old pocket knives are often built from thin stamped parts, Gateway parts are made from thicker steel on CNC mills and wire EDM machines, with integrally milled bolsters. Liners and backspring are joined without any gaps, and the handle scales are fitted with absolute precision. The nickel silver pins you see on the outside work as decoration and alignment aid at the same time. Assembly and final finishing, right down to the finished edge, are done by hand.
Blade and dimensions
The blade is flat ground from Sandvik 14C28N, hardened to 58–59 HRC. The steel is stainless, takes a fine edge and is back on track with a few passes on the stone after a week of parcel tape. A 72.4 mm blade with 63.3 mm of cutting edge at 2.5 mm thick – easily enough for your lunchtime sandwich and the post. Closed, the Coffin measures 90.2 mm and weighs around 58 g (with slight differences depending on the variant). You’ll barely notice it in your jeans pocket, even next to your keys. The handle scales come in several variants, including canvas Micarta and smooth black bone.
Slipjoint action
It opens the classic way, via the nail nick. The backspring holds the blade open, there’s a half stop on the way, and there is no lock.
The Coffin is made for anyone who has been carrying flippers and liner locks so far and wants to find out what traditionals are all about. And if you already have a few Jack Wolfs in your setup, this is one that doesn’t need to be kept for best.
Coffin open, blade out, apple sliced. October doesn’t get any spookier than that.
A Gateway slipjoint with a coffin look
October in Hamburg. Fog is rolling in from the harbour, and in St. Pauli the first plastic skeleton is hanging in a shop window. Jack Wolf Knives has timed this well: the Coffin is a slipjoint whose handle looks like a little coffin. Macabre? Okay, a bit. In the hand, though, it feels surprisingly cosy.
The coffin pattern is an old friend among traditionals. The handle tapers towards both ends and breaks into angular corners along the sides, and it’s exactly this silhouette that gave the pattern its name. Ben Belkin, founder and designer of Jack Wolf Knives in Scottsdale, Arizona, has carefully modernised the shape. A keystone shield in the handle scale shows where it all comes from.
Gateway – your way into the Jack Wolf world
The Coffin is part of the Gateway series, and the name is meant literally: Gateway is the front door to Jack Wolf and to traditional pocket knives in general. Price-wise, the series sits well below the premium models, yet it holds its own on fit and finish. To get there, Jack Wolf relies on modern manufacturing. Where old pocket knives are often built from thin stamped parts, Gateway parts are made from thicker steel on CNC mills and wire EDM machines, with integrally milled bolsters. Liners and backspring are joined without any gaps, and the handle scales are fitted with absolute precision. The nickel silver pins you see on the outside work as decoration and alignment aid at the same time. Assembly and final finishing, right down to the finished edge, are done by hand.
Blade and dimensions
The blade is flat ground from Sandvik 14C28N, hardened to 58–59 HRC. The steel is stainless, takes a fine edge and is back on track with a few passes on the stone after a week of parcel tape. A 72.4 mm blade with 63.3 mm of cutting edge at 2.5 mm thick – easily enough for your lunchtime sandwich and the post. Closed, the Coffin measures 90.2 mm and weighs around 58 g (with slight differences depending on the variant). You’ll barely notice it in your jeans pocket, even next to your keys. The handle scales come in several variants, including canvas Micarta and smooth black bone.
Slipjoint action
It opens the classic way, via the nail nick. The backspring holds the blade open, there’s a half stop on the way, and there is no lock.
The Coffin is made for anyone who has been carrying flippers and liner locks so far and wants to find out what traditionals are all about. And if you already have a few Jack Wolfs in your setup, this is one that doesn’t need to be kept for best.
Coffin open, blade out, apple sliced. October doesn’t get any spookier than that.
A Gateway slipjoint with a coffin look
October in Hamburg. Fog is rolling in from the harbour, and in St. Pauli the first plastic skeleton is hanging in a shop window. Jack Wolf Knives has timed this well: the Coffin is a slipjoint whose handle looks like a little coffin. Macabre? Okay, a bit. In the hand, though, it feels surprisingly cosy.
The coffin pattern is an old friend among traditionals. The handle tapers towards both ends and breaks into angular corners along the sides, and it’s exactly this silhouette that gave the pattern its name. Ben Belkin, founder and designer of Jack Wolf Knives in Scottsdale, Arizona, has carefully modernised the shape. A keystone shield in the handle scale shows where it all comes from.
Gateway – your way into the Jack Wolf world
The Coffin is part of the Gateway series, and the name is meant literally: Gateway is the front door to Jack Wolf and to traditional pocket knives in general. Price-wise, the series sits well below the premium models, yet it holds its own on fit and finish. To get there, Jack Wolf relies on modern manufacturing. Where old pocket knives are often built from thin stamped parts, Gateway parts are made from thicker steel on CNC mills and wire EDM machines, with integrally milled bolsters. Liners and backspring are joined without any gaps, and the handle scales are fitted with absolute precision. The nickel silver pins you see on the outside work as decoration and alignment aid at the same time. Assembly and final finishing, right down to the finished edge, are done by hand.
Blade and dimensions
The blade is flat ground from Sandvik 14C28N, hardened to 58–59 HRC. The steel is stainless, takes a fine edge and is back on track with a few passes on the stone after a week of parcel tape. A 72.4 mm blade with 63.3 mm of cutting edge at 2.5 mm thick – easily enough for your lunchtime sandwich and the post. Closed, the Coffin measures 90.2 mm and weighs around 58 g (with slight differences depending on the variant). You’ll barely notice it in your jeans pocket, even next to your keys. The handle scales come in several variants, including canvas Micarta and smooth black bone.
Slipjoint action
It opens the classic way, via the nail nick. The backspring holds the blade open, there’s a half stop on the way, and there is no lock.
The Coffin is made for anyone who has been carrying flippers and liner locks so far and wants to find out what traditionals are all about. And if you already have a few Jack Wolfs in your setup, this is one that doesn’t need to be kept for best.
Coffin open, blade out, apple sliced. October doesn’t get any spookier than that.
A Gateway slipjoint with a coffin look
October in Hamburg. Fog is rolling in from the harbour, and in St. Pauli the first plastic skeleton is hanging in a shop window. Jack Wolf Knives has timed this well: the Coffin is a slipjoint whose handle looks like a little coffin. Macabre? Okay, a bit. In the hand, though, it feels surprisingly cosy.
The coffin pattern is an old friend among traditionals. The handle tapers towards both ends and breaks into angular corners along the sides, and it’s exactly this silhouette that gave the pattern its name. Ben Belkin, founder and designer of Jack Wolf Knives in Scottsdale, Arizona, has carefully modernised the shape. A keystone shield in the handle scale shows where it all comes from.
Gateway – your way into the Jack Wolf world
The Coffin is part of the Gateway series, and the name is meant literally: Gateway is the front door to Jack Wolf and to traditional pocket knives in general. Price-wise, the series sits well below the premium models, yet it holds its own on fit and finish. To get there, Jack Wolf relies on modern manufacturing. Where old pocket knives are often built from thin stamped parts, Gateway parts are made from thicker steel on CNC mills and wire EDM machines, with integrally milled bolsters. Liners and backspring are joined without any gaps, and the handle scales are fitted with absolute precision. The nickel silver pins you see on the outside work as decoration and alignment aid at the same time. Assembly and final finishing, right down to the finished edge, are done by hand.
Blade and dimensions
The blade is flat ground from Sandvik 14C28N, hardened to 58–59 HRC. The steel is stainless, takes a fine edge and is back on track with a few passes on the stone after a week of parcel tape. A 72.4 mm blade with 63.3 mm of cutting edge at 2.5 mm thick – easily enough for your lunchtime sandwich and the post. Closed, the Coffin measures 90.2 mm and weighs around 58 g (with slight differences depending on the variant). You’ll barely notice it in your jeans pocket, even next to your keys. The handle scales come in several variants, including canvas Micarta and smooth black bone.
Slipjoint action
It opens the classic way, via the nail nick. The backspring holds the blade open, there’s a half stop on the way, and there is no lock.
The Coffin is made for anyone who has been carrying flippers and liner locks so far and wants to find out what traditionals are all about. And if you already have a few Jack Wolfs in your setup, this is one that doesn’t need to be kept for best.
Coffin open, blade out, apple sliced. October doesn’t get any spookier than that.
Dirty Deeds – the tool for the jobs your knife shouldn't have to do
Notorious EDC is a US brand, and one of the few American EDC makers that actually make it to Europe. The Dirty Deeds itself is manufactured by Reate – which explains the tight tolerances and finish quality you'd normally expect from a high-end folding knife, not a pry bar.
What it actually does: prying, scraping, opening packaging, popping stuck lids. All the small jobs that otherwise end up done with your knife – which then needs cleaning, and then resharpening.
Grade 5 titanium, stonewashed
Machined entirely from Grade 5 titanium, the same alloy used in aerospace applications. Titanium gets you close to the strength of steel at a fraction of the weight, and it doesn't corrode on its own. The stonewashed finish hides wear marks – useful for a tool that's going to live in your pocket and pick up scratches from day one.
Dimensions and weight
Length
89 mm
Width
16 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Weight with clip
25 g
Weight without clip
24 g
Material
Grade 5 Titanium
Finish
Stonewashed
Manufacturer
Reate
Small enough to disappear
The slim profile doesn't print in the pocket. It ships with a filler tab – a smooth titanium insert you swap in for the pocket clip if you'd rather carry it loose or in an EDC pouch. Takes a couple of minutes to switch over.
Pry bars haven't quite caught on in Europe the way they have in the US, but they're starting to show up more in EDC setups here too. Once you're carrying
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