{"product_id":"koi-knives-wood-duck-mallard-william","title":"Koi Knives - Wood Duck - Mallard - William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYOU MUST BE 18+ YEARS TO PURCHASE A KNIFE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk anyone in Australia to draw a duck and they'll draw this one. It isn't from here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottle-green head, white collar, chestnut breast over a clean grey body. The Mallard is, objectively, one of the best-dressed birds on the planet. It is also the most abundant duck on it. Neither of those things happened by being polite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was brought to Australia from the Northern Hemisphere in the late 1800s and has been settling in ever since — parks, ponds, city lakes, anywhere with bread and an audience. Charming. Adaptable. A little bit of a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem is that it doesn't just visit. It interbreeds with our native Pacific Black Duck — readily, fertilely — and when it does, the Mallard's genes win. Generation after generation the native markings fade toward the newcomer's. On Lord Howe, on Macquarie, across the Tasman in New Zealand, pure black ducks have been all but bred out. In Tasmania it's getting hard to find one without a bit of blow-in in the bloodline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo no, the Mallard doesn't belong here. We know. We named a knife after it anyway, because pretending it isn't here doesn't make it leave, and because a brand that only tells the flattering half of the story isn't telling the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsider Michael our honest houseguest. Beautiful, uninvited, and staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe dress code\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael wears his namesake. A grey titanium frame for the drake's clean body. Iridescent green anodising through the pivot, flipper, standoffs and clip, for the head that gives the bird away in any light. And a chestnut timber inlay, a nod to the breast, and to the native it can't quite stop imitating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is the flashier of the two ducks. He would be. That's rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe machine underneath\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael and Wendy the Wood Duck are the same knife under the plumage. We designed the platform once, properly, and let the two birds tell their own stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e95 mm of Sandvik 14C28N, ground to a drop point with a long, clean belly for slicing and a fine tip for detail — the geometry of a knife that earns its keep, whether it's grazing through a day of small jobs or standing guard over a bigger one. Titanium frame, timber inlay, frame lock. Flipper tab and thumb stud, so you can open it fast or open it deliberately. Deep-carry clip, glass breaker, jimping where your thumb lands. 125 grams, and 10 mm across the handle — enough to feel like something, thin enough to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte__table-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOverall length (open)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200.6 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClosed length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e116.3 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e95 mm (84 mm exposed)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade thickness\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.5 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHandle thickness\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e125 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSteel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSandvik 14C28N\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDrop point\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeployment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlipper tab and thumb stud\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrame lock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrame\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGrey titanium, chestnut timber inlay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitanium and stainless steel, green anodised\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClip\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeep carry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFeatures\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThin profile, glass breaker, grip jimping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stay sharp and have a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eknife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e day\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koi Knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58769257234592,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1089\/2940\/files\/MallardDuck.webp?v=1788688384","url":"https:\/\/hommesuniques.com.au\/products\/koi-knives-wood-duck-mallard-william","provider":"Hommes Uniques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}