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Drop + Terzuola Cyrus Persian Folding Knife

Drop + Terzuola Cyrus Persian Folding Knife

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Our second collaboration with Bob Terzuola—known as the godfather of the tactical folder—the Cyrus takes its name from Cyrus the Great, the founder of the first Persian Empire. Based on Terzuola’s custom design, our version is about 1.8 inches shorter to save pocket space Read More

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JonasHeineman
5987
Apr 29, 2019
Hey everyone, The Persian-style knife is an ancient design that’s enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity. Though modern users are (hopefully) not using them for their original purpose of piercing chain mail, the blade profile is just as useful for modern everyday carry as it was on the battlefield. This is our first collaboration to feature the classic Persian style, but it’s our second with legendary knife maker Bob Terzuola. It was an honor and a pleasure working with Bob again, who was gracious in allowing us to interpret his gorgeous custom Persians with over 4" blades into something a bit more pocket-friendly for our EDC-oriented community. Our first collaboration, the Compact Tactical Folder (CTF), is a smaller, slimmer, and straighter blade than this big-bellied Persian. Based on community feedback from some of the 1700+ members who have picked up a CTF so far, the only consistent thing identified as needing improvement was that edges of the G-10 scales felt a bit sharp. So, for the Cyrus, we’ve worked with our partners at WE Knife to round off the corners a bit more to keep the grip comfortable. The Cyrus is also the first collaboration to feature our new custom Drop-branded pivot hardware. Based on consistent member feedback about laser markings on the blades, we knew it was time for a change. So, this new CNC-machined pivot screw has replaced the laser-marked branding on the blade surface that we’ve used on most prior Blades collabs. Even when you’re working with industry pioneers like Bob, member feedback has made some crucial improvements on the design. Thanks to the members who supported past launches and gave some great feedback to help improve this latest design. We hope you like the new look. As always, a few housekeeping notes as we get started: * Quantities for the pre-order are limited to 600 units. * The limited time pre-order price will be $160 for your early support and will only apply to this pre-order production run, ending on 5/29. * The regular price will be $200. Thanks for checking out the Cyrus, we hope you think it’s great! Carry On -- Jonas
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GammaGeek
9
May 15, 2019
Agreed. It is minimal and cleverly adds to the design. The new "D" logo helps.
bambam67
334
May 22, 2019
lol this isnt even considered a MID priced knife..you need to get out more.
Madara
29
May 1, 2019
Chinese made - No thx
Davidsh331
284
Nov 14, 2019
Where is the "contribution" again?
Davidsh331
284
Nov 14, 2019
I did. Now what? Let you ramble?
seedeevee
97
Apr 29, 2019
I see the New Drop still doesn't believe in showing the country of manufacture for its non-USA/Western Europe manufactured products . . . . sad, but predictable. I have looked at all of the pictures and none of them show (on the knife) where it is manufactured either. Anyone know this mysterious place that must remain unnamed for now?
Pionkej
16
May 1, 2019
I don’t think the intent was to hide the location of manufacture. Most of the Drop knives target “knife people” because the designers they commission. Most “knife people” know WE Knives is a build house in China (and they often produce high quality pieces). Drop openly stated WE was producing the knife. Could they have made it easier by stating location of manufacture in the listing? Definitely. Did they omit it to try and hide it? I don’t think that was the intent. As an aside, just a few years ago MANY MAJOR knife companies RARELY made it easy to determine location of manufacture. In fact, consumers often had to look at the steel being used to determine where it came from. S30V, VG10, and 8cr13mov often gave clues to where a knife was produced.
seedeevee
97
May 1, 2019
PionkejThank you for the explanation. (But drop should still tell us everything we need to know.)
Kavik
5531
Apr 29, 2019
@JonasHeineman Why in the world would this cost so much more than your other offerings made from the same blade material and full titanium slab handles?? Did I miss the memo where micarta became more valuable and more costly to machine than Ti?
Kavik
5531
May 3, 2019
^this guy gets it I didn't even think to look up and compare to the other Terzuola, because I don't own that one P. S. That one was +$25 for CF, whereas this one is +$20 So, do we assume they value micarta at $5 more than G10? Or is that another randomly selected price? If that's an actual material cost difference, that's even a little lower than I expected P. P. S. And i still don't see how they're valuing that one over the price of the Dao/Buc....but it does seem to make a pretty clear 1:1 comparison here between these two at least
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Kavik
5531
May 8, 2019
KavikStill catching up on days of comments around here while I was on vacation and browsing less... But all I see is still no comment from the company about the massively inconsistent pricing structure, but further costs saved by confirmation that there won't even be serialization on the first run of this one like every other collab here has had? That's sad 😕
dirc
89
Apr 29, 2019
There are 16 pictures, but not a single one of them show the closed blade, near the tip (& bottom of the handle). Please correct this oversight. Also, there are no pics from the top or side - knife enthusiasts would like to see such things
fuckshitstack
241
May 6, 2019
any photos of the blue/carbon one's clip? i can only find one side
14themoney
1395
May 18, 2019
Thank you, Jonas!
Redge3
0
May 4, 2019
Will the lock hold up to stabbing strike? Not sure about liner lockers. I've heard the Emerson Persian holds.
massdrop01
783
May 7, 2019
You meant CBBL failure mode similar to Axis lock? Compression lock would fail more due to slippage, CS did a video where they tested Para 2 with Triad lock, it failed in spinewhack and weight hang, both time it's due to slippage. CBBL did much better in their test. It passed the spinewhack test, when it failed the weight hang test, it's because the screw holding the front of the "backspacer" that house the CBBL snapped. I suspect if they use a pin instead of screw to hold that part together, it'll probably be much stronger.
Kavik
5531
May 8, 2019
I'd say a fair question, considering the description on the drop makes a point of highlighting the following: "The Persian-style blade...[blahblahblah]...excels at piercing"
Naftoor
291
Apr 29, 2019
And now the waiting game begins to see whether the Terzuola name actually stays on the blade this time.
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Nebulant
29
Apr 29, 2019
Will the hardware of the final product reflect the prototypes this time around?
Mike45acp
96
Apr 29, 2019
NaftoorI have no interest in this knife, just not my style. But I have to say ditto on the Terzuola name!!!!! Ck it again!
Glen8
671
Apr 30, 2019
I would never think micarta to be a suitable material for a knife handle?
Glen8
671
May 23, 2019
Thanks for the feedback, obviously I don't know the knife industry all that well, do I! although I have a great many. Like I said in my previous post, I use micarta in my work quite a bit, for the purpose it was intended, as an insulator in electrical equipment. The stuff I use would not make a great knife handle, as when you cut or shape it, the edges where the layers of fiberglass are embedded into it, tend to flake off and have rough parts where the fiberglass interrupts the base material. Now that I have been paying attention, I totally see that a lot of makers use it on some pretty top end knives, I'll have to give it a try some time. Thanks everyone
Glen8
671
May 23, 2019
Well of course it counts for something! Thanks for sharing that kind of addresses what I thought would be the major drawback, the fiberglass embedded in micarta. Interesting, I think I'm going to seek out a micarta handled knife to give it a try. Like I said in a previous post, the micarta I work with regularly would probably not be ideal, but there is most likely lots of different grades that can be used, and you can get it with more or less fiberglass which is added for strength and to keep if from breaking apart, another reason I thought to my self it may not be very good for this, because it can be brittle. Again, different grades I'm sure, as, like you all have pointed out, it is widely used and much loved in the knife industry, so they must have found the right gradation to use for this purpose. When I cut the stuff I use at work, it most often has fibers from the glass inside that don't cut as well and you end up with these fiberglass fibers sticking out all over the place, and often a kind of hole or divet where the glass fibers are entering the base material, sometimes there's quite the 'hole' there where it enters. So you might see why I would make that statement!
DonPerreault
215
Jan 1, 2020
Beware 'in stock' with drop.com is China. I have made numerous complaints about the 'in stock' being misleading but drop.com doesn't care that they are using misleading sales tactics.
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FlyinF
23
Jun 27, 2020
ONE month, the listing is now showing 4-8 weeks!!!! I've been waiting now for a Terzuola Cyrus and ACTF for a month and it's still in The Netherlands
14themoney
1395
Aug 21, 2020
They dropped half of their name a year ago or so. One should not be surprised about them dropping the ball.
As a real life Persian I cannot resist this knife.
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