Bob Terzuola, whose full name is Robert G. Terzuola, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944. In 1967, after graduating from New York University, he became a volunteer for the Peace Corps and then worked in Panama, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and other places.
Later, relying on his extraordinary talent, Terzuola taught himself the skills of jewelry and jade carving. People say that he started his career as a knife maker by making a knife for one of his former comrades. In 1981, with the introduction of Mr. Bob Loveless, a renowned master in custom knives, he joined the American Bladesmith Society.
Terzuola put forward and promoted the concept of “tactical knife”, which then spread widely. After achieving fame, Terzuola summarized and organized his methods of designing and making folding knives into a systematic theory and wrote a book named “Tactical Folding Knives”. Therefore, within the industry, people widely recognize Terzuola as the father of the tactical folding knife.
