N.U.M.B. Knifeworks Silhouette Black

The NUMB Knifeworks Silhouette.
For centuries, the folding knife has been a study in clumsy compromises. The liner lock. The back spring. The frame lock. Clunky mechanical gymnastics that interrupt the quiet poetry of a well-made tool. I’ve watched rugged men wrestle with stubborn locking bars in the stark, dusty expanses of the Black Rock Desert, fumbling when they should have been fluid. It is an indignity we simply accepted.
Until now.
Enter the Silhouette by NUMB Knifeworks.
At first glance, it is exactly as its name implies—a sleek, phantom-like companion that disappears into the pocket, all sharp lines and quiet, uncompromising confidence. But beneath that elegant exterior lies a complete reinvention of the wheel: The Pinch Lock.
It is a mechanism so entirely new, so devastatingly intuitive, it makes you wonder what the rest of the cutlery world has been doing for the last hundred years. You don't pry with your thumbnail. You don't push awkwardly against a stiff piece of titanium. You simply... pinch. A delicate, deliberate squeeze of the thumb and forefinger, and the blade is released or secured with a vault-like, mechanical finality.
If you've ever spent time at the grinder, inhaling the scent of hot steel and the gritty hum of industrial sanding belts, you know the profound difference between a fleeting gimmick and a true revolution. The Pinch Lock is the latter. It is precision engineering masquerading as dark art, offering one-handed operation so seamless it feels like an extension of your own nervous system.
The Silhouette doesn't just open. It arrives. And it leaves every other mechanism in the dust.

Left & Right options are only indicative of what pocket clip is included on the knife.  Like all PinchLOK™ knives, the lock and body are ambidextrous but Nick's "brain" thought curving the pocket clip was a good idea so they are not reversible.  Additional pocket clips can be purchased on our website. 

SPECIFICATIONS:

Model Number: N5.0
Blade Length: 2.62" | 66.55 mm
Blade Thickness: 0.118" | 3.00 mm
Blade Steel: M390 | 60-62 HRC
Blade Grind: Hollow
Blade Shape: Modified Sheepsfoot
Blade Finish: Belt Satin | Belt Satin DLC
Opener: Blade Hole
Lock Type: PinchLOK™
Pivot Assembly: Caged Ball Bearings
Overall Length: 6.31" | 160.28 mm
Weight: 3.35 oz | 95.00 g
Handle Length: 3.69" | 93.73 mm
Handle Thickness: 0.47" | 11.95 mm
Handle Material: Titanium 
Handle Finish: Raw Ti | PVD | Crystallized Ti
Pocket Clip: Reversible | Titanium
Carry Position: Tip-up
Button & Hardware Material: Titanium
Designer: Nick Palizzi
OEM: Reate Knives