Patent ID: 8635782

Claim:
A knife comprising: a blade assembly; and a handle assembly; said blade assembly comprising a blade and a tang extending outwardly from said blade, wherein said blade having a cutting edge; said handle assembly comprising a chassis and a handle cover; said chassis having a unitary hilt section, a body section and an end section; wherein said body section being elongated having two ends with said unitary hilt section being disposed on one end of said body section and said end section being disposed on the other end of said body section opposite said unitary hilt section; said unitary hilt section including an opening; wherein said tang extending through said opening into the body section of the chassis, said unitary hilt section being adjacent to said blade, and said handle cover at least partially surrounding the body section of the chassis; and means for connecting the tang directly to the unitary hilt section; means for connecting the handle cover to the tang disposed along the length of said body section; and means for connecting the handle cover to the chassis disposed along the length of said body section.