If you know of Patrick Ma, then this design will be very familiar to you. But if you don't, quick background. Patrick founded his first gear company, Triple Aught Design (now TAD Gear) back in the early 2000s. Without getting into all the details, he left TAD, and eventually went on to found Prometheus Design Werx (PDW); which he still runs. About 2.5 years ago, Patrick joined Michael Vagnino and together they founded TERRAIN 365, a cutlery company that builds knives primarily for outdoor/water use. Their primary blade material is a dendritic cobalt called Terravantium. Which, as near as I can tell is just a marketing name for dendritic cobalt much like Stellite.
As part of PDW Patrick has been releasing runs of the various 'Invcitus' folder designs, which is a nice drop point blade with a wide belly, useful for general utility. But it's also a little big at 3.5-4" blade lengths. For the past decade, I've rarely carried a knife with a blade over 3" for daily use, because I work in an office environment and larger blades tend to make the natives a bit restless. When Patrick designed the 'Badger' a 'baby Invictus' I lusted after one, but missed the initial PDW run for them. Two years goes by and in late January Terrain 365 announced that they were doing a limited release of the 'Badger' as the Invictus All Terrain Compact (ATC). Pro-Tip - if you're friends with the designer it helps because then you find out in advance of the run. These were dropped and within a few hours had sold out, but one of them, a Titanium model made its way into my shopping cart and eventually here into my hot little hands. I definitely like this knife.
Short specs: Ti framelock, bronze and ceramic capture roller bearings, blade made out of 'Terravantium' dendritic cobalt (it is sharp and seems to hold a nice edge), 3" blade, the little glow in the dark beads in the thumb stud where kind of cute, but I removed the right hand one, because I kept feeling my thumb slip on it. The slightly sharper edge of the stud now makes opening very positive.
This knife will now be my 'office' knife. Because of the nice fit and finish and the ability to talk to people about the design, etc. I'm very fortunate to know Patrick and admire his designs, ethos, and work ethic. It's actually quite nice to finally have one of his designs in my hands/pocket every day.
Without further ado: