Liberator

The Medford Liberator is a fully skeletonized fixed-blade dagger built from a single piece of steel — there are no handle scales, no G10 slabs, no separate grip material. The frame itself is the handle. A large circular ring aperture dominates the upper half of the piece, functioning as the primary grip index point and providing a positive finger lock for thrusting work. A small secondary hole at the top of the ring accepts a lanyard cord or retention tether. Three triangular cutouts machined through the center of the frame remove material for weight reduction while maintaining structural rigidity along the spine. Two forward-angled quillons flare outward at the blade-to-frame transition, providing a positive stop against the palm during forward-grip use.

The blade is a narrow, symmetrical double-edged dagger profile — flat faces, lenticular cross-section tapering to an acute point. Both edges run the full length to the tip. The blade flat carries a laser-etched graphic on the reverse face. The entire piece is finished in DLC/PVD black. The Liberator is a purpose-specific design with no general utility pretension — it is a fighting dagger in the tradition of the WWII-era liberator concept: minimal, unambiguous, and direct.

The Medford Liberator (id=203) is a fully skeletonized single-piece steel dagger — no handle scales. Large circular finger ring upper frame, small lanyard hole, three triangular frame cutouts for weight reduction, dual forward-angled quillons at blade transition. Blade: narrow symmetrical double-edged dagger, acute tip, lenticular cross-section, laser-etched graphic on reverse flat, full DLC/PVD black finish. No handle material — frame-only grip. Discontinued/archived. WP #29861 → https://medfordknife.com/knife-models/liberator/