The TOPS Knives Armado 6.5 is an all-purpose, hard-use camp knife featuring a 6.5″ 1095 drop point blade with a high flat grind. The contoured canvas micarta scales were designed for long use with or without gloves.

TOPS has been working with outside designers almost as long as we’ve been in business. This helps us keep a fresh take on designs and bring in knives that appeal to just about anyone out there. The Armado 6.5 is from Navarrete Knives (Josh Navarrete). He is a custom knife maker from Oregon who is a “Forged in Fire” champion and has a good eye for function and aesthetics.

This knife is the grandchild of a design that Josh developed over several years. “I have always wanted to design a knife that would embrace a simple rule that has been my mantra ” Make it and keep it simple but efficient”. It’s a pretty simple design once you boil it down but fills the requirements Josh had for it. The high grind gives great edge geometry for cutting food, wood, and other materials. The large size gives it strength for outdoor uses. The handle is contoured and shaped to provide a solid grip for chopping, but still comfortable for delicate cuts. So from the campsite, to the kitchen, to processing game, this blade can do it all.

• Blade Length: 6.5″
• Cutting Edge: 6.5″
• Handle Length: 5.5″
• Overall Length: 12.0″
• Blade Material: 1095 Carbon Steel
• Blade Thickness: 0.19″
• Blade Hardness: 56-58HRC
• Blade Style: Drop Point
• Blade Grind: Flat
• Blade Finish: Sniper Gray
• Handle Material: Tan Canvas Micarta
• Sheath Material: Kydex
• Weight: 14.0 oz.
• Weight with Sheath: 19.1 oz.
• Designer: Josh Navarrete

About TOPS Knives . . . “One Life, One Knife”
In late 1998, TOPS Knives was founded with a mission to create the highest-quality knives around. Our Knives are tools, designed and built using the extensive knowledge and real life experiences of many Operators with backgrounds in Military, Law Enforcement, outdoor professions, and Martial Arts. Specifically, we have worked with designers with backgrounds ranging from Navy Seals to Airborne Rangers, from Martial Arts instructors to survival experts, and from SWAT Team Members to Native American weapons experts. We have a designer from nearly every background that uses hard-core knives. Perhaps the best part, all TOPS fixed blades are manufactured and hand-finished at our facility in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, USA.