Product Description
Milwaukee FASTBACK Hawkbill Folding Knife
Model Number: 48-22-1525
The Milwaukee 48-22-1525 is the FASTBACK Hawkbill Folding Knife — a Milwaukee jobsite folding knife featuring the curved hawkbill blade profile specifically designed for the cutting tasks where a hooked, inward-curving blade provides mechanical advantage that straight blades cannot deliver. The hawkbill's inward curve allows the knife to hook into and pull-cut materials in a single drawing motion — making it the preferred blade geometry for cutting synthetic rope, nylon pull strings, cable tie straps, shrink wrap, strapping, wire insulation slitting, and the range of fibrous and flexible materials that straight blades cut less efficiently. The curved profile also provides a natural safe draw-cutting motion for pulling material toward the blade along the curve rather than pushing the blade into the cut as straight blades require.
Milwaukee's FASTBACK mechanism provides one-handed blade deployment with a single flip-open motion for immediate blade access in the working hand — faster than a traditional two-hand knife-opening when only one hand is free at the work location. The blade locks open securely for safe cutting operation and closes with the same one-handed action for pocket-safe carry between cuts. Milwaukee builds the FASTBACK knife from durable materials for the daily carry and repeated use cycles of active trade work, including appropriate steel for the hawkbill blade geometry's edge retention in the fibrous and synthetic materials this profile is designed to cut.
See Milwaukee's complete FASTBACK folding knife lineup for all available blade profiles including straight, serrated, and specialty configurations.
Features
- Hawkbill curved blade for hook-and-pull cutting of rope, straps, and synthetics
- FASTBACK one-handed flip-open for immediate blade access with one free hand
- Secure lock-open for safe cutting — same one-hand action to close for carry
- Natural safe draw-cut motion follows hawkbill curve through fibrous materials
- Daily carry durability for active trade work throughout service life
Specifications
- Blade Profile: Hawkbill (Curved, Inward-Cutting)
- Opening: FASTBACK One-Handed Flip-Open
- Application: Rope, Strapping, Synthetic Cordage, Shrink Wrap, Wire Insulation
Includes
- (1) Milwaukee 48-22-1525 FASTBACK Hawkbill Folding Knife
