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During work hours Chad Los Banos is a Corrections Officer on Hawaiis Big Island. On his free time he is a hobbyist who practices martial arts and collects knives. In both his job and on his free time he handles knives, lots of them in all shapes and sizes. This motivated him to develop his own knife design he calls the Lava. The Lavas form follows function approach piqued Spydercos interest and a collaborative knife design was the result. The Spyderco/Los Banos Lava has a long curving handle paired with a short blade. This limited-edition Sprint run of the Lava features a VG-10 stainless steel blade, full stainless steel liners and back spacer, bright blue textured G-10 scales, and detailed jimping (texturing) on the thumb ramp and index-finger choil. A stout back lock mechanism locks the blade firmly in the open position, and a reversible hourglass clip offers ambidextrous tip-up carry. length overall 5.25" (133 mm) blade length 1.86" (47 mm) blade steel VG-10 length closed 3.39" (86 mm) cutting edge 1.47" (37 mm) weight 2.8 oz (79 g) blade thickness 0.098" (2.5 mm) handle material G-10