What happens when a professional tattoo artist starts making knives by hand? You get Grant's Grinds.

Jason Grant of Brass Brigade spent years as a tattoo artist before turning his hand skills toward knife making. The freehand precision that tattooing demands translates directly to the grind bench, and Jason uses it differently than most. Every J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie is hollow ground entirely by hand. No CNC. No routers. Everything done freehand in Southern California by a maker who treats each knife the way a tattoo artist treats a canvas.

The J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie takes the J-KAL V3 as its starting point and gives it a life of its own through the Bowie blade shape, a design exclusive to Lone Star Knife and Supply. CPM-154 at roughly .135" thick, hollow ground freehand to a 2.75" Bowie profile. Full tang construction. 6.625" overall. Ships with a fitted Kydex sheath with deep carry pocket clip and a T20 Torx bit for hardware. Made in Southern California, USA.

This version takes the handwork further. The blade and tang on this J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie have been hand-textured by Jason, a surface treatment applied freehand the same way Jason would approach a tattoo. The result is a blade surface with a distinctive, irregular texture that no machine could replicate because no machine did it. Natural Micarta scales, green lanyard bead included.

Note from Lone Star Knife & Supply: The Hand-Textured Micarta is the one in this batch that stops people. The texture on the blade and tang is exactly what you would expect from a professional tattoo artist who has spent years applying freehand detail to surfaces. It is not a pattern. It is not a finish. It is Jason's hand on the steel. One exists.

Why This J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie Hand-Textured Micarta Stands Out

• 2.75" CPM-154 Bowie Blade, hollow ground AND hand-textured freehand by Jason Grant
• Hand-Texturing on blade and tang, applied freehand like a tattoo, no two alike
• Natural Micarta Scales, full tang construction
• Standard Deep Carry Pocket Clip on fitted Kydex sheath
• Green Lanyard Bead included
• T20 Torx Bit included for hardware
• No CNC, no routers, everything done by hand in Southern California
• Lone Star Knife and Supply exclusive Bowie blade shape
• One of one
• Made in USA (Southern California)

Specifications

• Brand: Brass Brigade
• Maker: Jason Grant
• Model: J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie (Lone Star Knife and Supply Exclusive)
• Starting Point: J-KAL V3 Platform
• Blade Length: 2.75"
• Overall Length: 6.625"
• Blade Thickness: ~.135"
• Blade Steel: CPM-154
• Blade Style: Bowie
• Blade Grind: Hollow Grind (Freehand, Grant's Grinds)
• Construction: Full Tang
• Sheath: Fitted Kydex with Deep Carry Pocket Clip
• Hardware: Includes T20 Torx Bit
• Grinding Method: 100% Freehand, no CNC, no routers
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Southern California)
• Handle Material: Natural Micarta
• Tang: Hand-Textured by Jason Grant
• Blade Surface: Hand-Textured by Jason Grant
• Sheath Clip: Deep Carry Pocket Clip
• Includes: Green Lanyard Bead, T20 Torx Bit
• Edition: One of one

Why You'll Want It

The Hand-Textured Micarta J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie is the only knife in this batch where the blade itself has been worked by hand after grinding. Jason Grant applied his tattoo artist's hand to the steel and the result is a surface you will not find anywhere else. One piece. CPM-154, Southern California made.

About Brass Brigade

Jason Grant is the maker behind Brass Brigade, operating out of Southern California. Before he made knives, Jason was a professional tattoo artist, and the hand skills that career demands, the ability to work freehand with precision at a small scale, translated directly into knife making. Jason grinds everything by hand. No CNC. No routers. Every hollow grind on every Brass Brigade knife is done freehand, a technique so rare in modern knife production that Jason calls it Grant's Grinds. The J-KAL Texas Pocket Bowie is a Lone Star Knife and Supply exclusive design, built on the J-KAL V3 platform with a Bowie blade shape created specifically for this collaboration.