Typically, when a new EDC knife drops, you’d be lucky to get it in more than one colorway. Even when brands decide to do a special edition, it’s often only one variant, while the rest remain largely the same in terms of functional elements and material makeup.
Tacray’s Tiran II is different, however. This brand-spanking new knife is novel in its own right for its ultra-slender build. However, it also comes in a trio of options, each offering something entirely unique that the others don’t, making it a pretty special triple threat.
The pointy end
As the knife’s name suggests, this is actually a follow-up to the original Tiran, but it varies in some significant ways. That starts with the shape of the blade. The original had an angular modified tanto shape. However, this one sees it swapped for a more refined drop-point (although it does have a certain harpoon-inspired flair to it).
However, the high-performance steel of the original returns to this follow-up… at least for two of the editions. The fully-blacked-out version and the special edition both utilize ZDP-189 super steel with a DLC coating. However, one gets a sandblasted finish, while the other gets a brushed finish, even offering variation to the DLC coating.
