Robert Terzuola
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Robert Terzuola
| Robert Terzuola | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Knifemaker, jeweler |
| Influenced by | |
| Spouse | Susan |
Robert G. Terzuola is an American knife maker who popularized the type of knife known as the tactical folding knife.[1]
Early life
Terzuola was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York University. Upon graduation in 1967 he went to Panama as a Peace Corps trainer[2] and later became a jade carver and gemologist in the Motagua river valley, Guatemala.[3] By 1979, Terzuola began making knives and in 1981 joined the Knifemakers' Guild on an endorsement from Bob Loveless.
Knifemaking
Terzuola's first knives were fixed blade designs, made for soldiers in Guatemala. In 1981 he relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico and began making folding knives. Seeing a need for a knife that could be carried discreetly he developed a model using black micarta for the scales and bead-blasted titanium bolsters; for this effort he coined the term "Tactical Knife".[4]
Terzuola's most popular model is the ATCF, a linerlock folding knife. This was his first tactical folding knife, although he makes it with non-tactical materials on occasion with ivory or stag scales and damascus steel blades.[5]
Terzuola has authored a book about the design of tactical knives and has authored articles about tactical knives and knifemaking for Blade, Soldier of Fortune and other publications. In 2006 he relocated his shop to Albuquerque, New Mexico.[4]
Terzuola has collaborated with other knifemakers and production companies including Spyderco, Strider Knives, and Microtech Knives.[6][7]
References
- ^ Burch, Michael (2011). "Tactical Tuxedos". Knives 2012: The World's Greatest Knife Book (32 ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4402-1687-9. "some say that it was in the mid-'80s when the phrase became popular to describe Bob Terzuola's ATCF (Advanced Technology Combat Folder)."
- ^ Society for International Development (1975). International development review. 17. Society for International Development. p. 20.
- ^ Feldman, Lawrence H. (1975). "Jade workers in the Motagua Valley: the late classic Terzuola site". Museum briefs (Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri--Columbia) (17): 1–4.
- ^ a b Terzuola, Robert (2000). The Tactical Folding Knife: A Study of the Anatomy and Construction of the Liner-Locked Folder. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-858-1.
- ^ Dick, Steven (1997). The Working Folding Knife. Stoeger Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-88317-210-0.
- ^ Walker, Greg (1993). Battle Blades: A Professional's Guide to Combat/Fighting Knives. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-87364-732-7.
- ^ Delavigne, Kenneth (2004). Spyderco Story: The New Shape of Sharp (Hardcover). Colorado: Paladin Press. ISBN 1-58160-060-7.
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