DPx Gear Unveils Revolutionary and Evolutionary DPx HEST/F 4.0 Folding Knife Lineup

DPx Gear Unveils Revolutionary and Evolutionary DPx HEST/F 4.0 Folding Knife Lineup

July 18, 2024

DPx Gear, the award winning designer of patented survival, military, and hard-use knives, proudly announces the launch of its latest evolution in their classic folder design: the DPx HEST/F 4.0. This fourth-generation model of the company's flagship folding blade represents upgrades in material, design and functionality without sacrificing reliability. DPx Gear has again partnered with award winning manufacturer LionSTEEL® in Maniago, Italy to deliver heirloom quality products.

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Why Sleipner Blade Steel is a Superior Choice for Tactical Folding Knives

Why Sleipner Blade Steel is a Superior Choice for Tactical Folding Knives

May 26, 2024

In the world of tactical folding knives, the choice of blade steel can turn into a popularity contest and leave the standard favorites forgotten rather quickly. Sleipner blade steel is one of the classic, reliable choices that has become one of the forgotten heroes of the blade world.  DPx Gear still relies on this hard-use steel in many of its tactical knife models.

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DPX GEAR RELEASES A POPULAR PRICED HEST/F CLASSIC AND A LIMITED RUN DECADE EDITION - JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

DPX GEAR RELEASES A POPULAR PRICED HEST/F CLASSIC AND A LIMITED RUN DECADE EDITION - JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

November 11, 2020

“The goal was to stay within the same price point as our first folder came out in 2010. An aggressive concept considering the cost of premium materials and what has happened over the last ten years. We’ve enhanced the knife durability, simplified the design, retained the same hard use features, and still offer our famous Skull Tool,” says DPx Gear founder, Robert Young Pelton.

“A proven, heirloom quality knife, crafted by an award winning manufacturer, at a reasonable price with a lifetime warranty. It’s the perfect product for someone looking to get past gas station knives or low priced folders.”

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DPX GEAR RELEASES THE DPX HEST/F LEGGARO SERIES: THE FASTER, LIGHTER, STRONGER, MORE ELEGANT VERSION OF ITS POPULAR FOLDING KNIFE FOR OBSESSIVE AND ELEGANT HARD USE

DPX GEAR RELEASES THE DPX HEST/F LEGGARO SERIES: THE FASTER, LIGHTER, STRONGER, MORE ELEGANT VERSION OF ITS POPULAR FOLDING KNIFE FOR OBSESSIVE AND ELEGANT HARD USE

August 29, 2020

DPx Gear has focused on hard use knives for professionals for a decade. The most famous platform being the tried and true DPx Gear Hostile Environment Field Tool or H•E•S•T. For a decade, users like those in the military, first responders and outdoorsmen have put the rugged three inch folder to use in some of the world’s most dangerous places. Not surprising since the designer of the multi use blade, Robert Young Pelton has made a career of surviving those conditions. To celebrate the long run of this classic folder, Pelton has created the best version yet. The obsessively perfected, hand tuned version of the HEST/F folder is called the DPx HEST/F Leggaro. It is the lightest and most elegant version and fastest opening of the classic HEST/F folding knives.

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DPX Gear Releases the Titanium DECADE Edition of the DPX HEST/F: A Celebration of Ten Years of its Flagship Folding Knife

DPX Gear Releases the Titanium DECADE Edition of the DPX HEST/F: A Celebration of Ten Years of its Flagship Folding Knife

June 02, 2020

San Diego, CA -- May 25, 2020 -- Robert Young Pelton is known for working in and surviving the world’s wars. Whether it is Libya, South Sudan or Afghanistan, his designs for DPx Gear are the direct result of his hard won experience. The constant use, testing, upgrading and real world punishment of his designs have resulted in the third generation of the famous DPx Gear HEST/F (“Hostile Environment Survival Tool/Folding”) knife, now ten years old.

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