A full inch blade, dark as night, engraved with a proud lion, takes courage to wield in ones face. 

This courage is what the blade stands for. It was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's speech entitled “Citizenship in a Republic”. An excerpt of this speech, know as “The Man in the Arena", is engraved in full on the back of this special blade.

The speech states beautifully that it is not the critic who counts, but all credit goes to the man in the arena, who is daring greatly.