Back in the day when a younger Tony Bose was struggling to make ends meet, he took on a special request for a unique knife. Tony got an unexpected call from a man in San Francisco. The man introduced himself and explained that he wanted to present his wife with a special birthday gift this year. As the conversation continued it was apparent that this man was sincere but his request was different, to say the least.

As it turns out, the mans wife was a local YoYo champion. He wanted Tony to make a small knife in the shape of a YoYo. He described to Tony the basic design he was looking for and Tony agreed to make it.

As you might imagine, making something this different took a while to design and get to work right. Tony probably could have made three or more "normal" knives in the time it took to make the YoYo.

Tony finished the knife up and sent it to the customer as usual. Much to Tony's surprise(that's a nice way of saying what he REALLY felt...and probably said), the man sent the knife back to Tony and said he didn't want it.

The Infamous YoYo Knife has a cute little D2 blade, N/S sides and pins(except the pivot), and is 1.5" across. It's part of the Ed Powell Collection. Thanks, Ed, for sharing this piece of history with us.

Thanks Kerry for taking pictures of that knife. I had heard the story, seen the knife but was never able to get pictures...Thanks for posting

I learned a hard lesson on this. If anyone wants me to make something that unusual I get my money up front. I took a beating on this, never got anything out of it. I gave it to a friend that fooled with Yo Yos .

Very Slick does this piece have an axle and function as a Yo Yo?..I have a few hundred Yo Yo's in my collection..but that wins the Prize!
great to see these pieces.

No, but I made it just like he wanted it. Can you say assho.

Good one.

Wouldnt that be assyo??