Acta Non Verba Z050 Stonewash Knife

When it comes to knives, few companies have what it takes to claim being ‘one of the best manufacturers’. But that’s where Acta Non Verba comes in. With a name that literally means: “Deeds, not words” they bring knives that show you just what they can do. As a company, the focus entirely on making knives that are exceptionally durable, with ultra premium steels, luxurious handle materials and super smooth actions.

This is the plain edge version of the ANV Z050 slipjoint knife. It features a sleek 2.6 inch / 65mm blade made from Sleipner blade steel. It’s designed with a sweeping and near continuously curved cutting edge with a high flat ground edge. The blade is precision made, and sharpened to a laser edge. It’ll stay sharp too thanks to the specialist steel. Similar to D2 it’s easy to sharpen, stays sharp and is reasonably rust resistant too. For opening, the blade includes a nail nick type system. Easy to open, smooth and luxurious in hand.

This knife comes with a variety of handle options: Dural Black, Dural Red and Dural Silver. Made from 6061-T6 Aluminum the handles are durable, cool to the touch and excellently finished. They’re smooth in all the right places allowing an extremely comfortable grip that doesn’t cause hotspots during use. A large pivot grabs your attention and also features a matching smaller circular hardware at the end of the handle. This knife includes an extremely deep carry wire pocket clip that is reversible for left and right handed users.

This knife is set up with a slip joint mechanism with a double detent feature. It’s easy to open and close, but offers enough resistance in both positions to keep your fingers safe during use. Luckily, and in combination with the blade length this knife is legal to carry across most of the world. Of course, we can only speak for UK laws here, but we’re happy to say, this is probably one of the best UK friendly pocket knives on the market today.

We’re happy to announce that should this version not be quite the right knife for you, we also stock this same knife with a DLC black coated blade. Great for those that like a more noir aesthetic. Choose wisely, it’ll last you a lifetime!

For us, the new Z050 is a kind of look back at the time when the pocket knife had pocket dimensions. Most of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers carried such a knife somewhere in their pockets. A small, oval, elegant helper for every day. Those were the pocket knives of the past and same is the Z050. Thanks to its smaller size, relaxed and smooth shape with two-hand opening, it will never attract more attention than necessary. The blade, which we made out of steel Sleipner, will serve well in everyday activities, and the handle equipped with a double detent slip joint mechanism will allow the Z050 to be worn even where the classic lock is already prohibited. Everything is completed by a deep carry reversible clip, thanks to which right-handers and left-handers can wear the “fifty” comfortably. For the very first time, we have also prepared three different colors of the aluminum handle for you. Discreet matte black, professionally elegant silver and sophisticated bold red. We’re sure that you will be satisfied.