As another W.O.E. interview alum once said, every man needs a sharp knife and a sharp watch. And when it comes to a refined blade for tactical and outdoor applications, Wolf Forty Designs is among the best, having earned a passionate following among the military, law enforcement, and several Special Mission Units. As it turns out, Wolf Forty’s founder is also a watch nerd with a long history of embodying the Use Your Tools ethos.
For this special episode, we travel to California to sit down with Wolf Forty, an anonymous former SEAL turned knifemaker, to learn more about the parallels between knives and watches. From a scenic beach location, Wolf Forty shares his takes on SEAL watch culture, the emergence of SEAL unit watches, how he ended up founding a knife brand, and the design ethos behind the second Wolf Forty x W.O.E. collaboration, the SEAF Jr 2.0.
