32°N San Diego, CA
32°N · San Diego

Modern slipjoint
knives from San Diego.

Old soul. Modern edge. Hand-forged pocket knives built with premium steels, natural materials, and a modern San Diego sensibility.

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Old Soul. Modern Edge.

A San Diego brand,
built on one relationship.

32°N is a San Diego–born knife brand shaped by a lifelong love of blades, tradition, and quiet craftsmanship. Rooted in classic slipjoint patterns and reimagined with a modern eye, each knife carries an old soul in a new form — hand-forged, built with premium steels, natural textures, and specialty materials such as Indian sambar stag, bone, micarta, titanium, and G10.

For us, a knife is more than a tool. It is a personal object — carried, used, aged, and remembered.

Designed in San Diego. Forged with memory. Made for those who notice.
Old Soul. Modern Edge.
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Hand Forged

By makers.

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Specialty Materials

Honest & natural.

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Slipjoint

Everyday carry.

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Designed in SD

San Diego, California.

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Built to Last

Old soul, new fashion.

The Collections

Three series.
One point of view.

La Jolla Series hand-forged slipjoint knife with sambar stag handle

La Jolla · The Hand-Forged

India Sambar Stag / Bone / Premium Steels

The hand-forged soul of 32°N — fully hand-forged, hand-finished, and built with natural materials selected for character and depth.

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Balboa Series titanium Barlow knife

Balboa · The Barlow

Böhler M390 / Titanium

A modern take on the Barlow — cleaner, more architectural, built for everyday carry with quiet technical precision.

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Torrey Series Lanny knife with orange micarta handle

Torrey · The Lanny

India Sambar Stag / Böhler M390 / G10

The Lanny, sharpened for modern carry — slim, capable, and quietly assertive.

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The Maker

“A good knife doesn’t announce itself. It just keeps showing up in your pocket, year after year, doing the same quiet job.”

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Every 32°N pattern begins with a shape that’s already proven itself — the slipjoint, the Barlow, the Lanny — and gets redrawn until the proportions feel inevitable.

Stag, bone, titanium, G10 — each material earns its place by how it wears, not how it photographs. Designed in San Diego, patient about the details that make a knife feel considered rather than assembled.

Dealers & Collectors

Selective outreach with independent dealers & boutique shops.

Premium steels & modern materials.

Modernized traditional patterns.

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