Jim Burke & Tashi Bharucha Custom Collab VSS Villain Supersonic, Checkered Zirc

This one-off is from a small 5-10 piece collaboration run between Jim Burke and Tashi Bharucha. Burke is well known for making quality 4+ folders and his grinds are considered best in class. Tashi is the knife industry's greatest custom collaborator, his designs have tall blades and clean lines.

Fit and finish is perfect. The complex compound grind is even and symmetrical throughout the wide blade.

Action is perfectly tuned on washers. Flips open with a snap and the closing is drop-shut. Polished black checker-pattern zirconium inlays.

Impressively consistent red/purple anodization on the orange-peeled ti. Glowing red vial inlay in the backspacer.

It handles like a cross between a Begg Bodega and a TAD Dauntless. Hinderer Knives XM-18 3.5, Strider Knives SMF, and Spartan Blades Harsey shown for size comparison only.