The Madrone is another mid-sized folding knife featuring their manual-to-auto swap innovation.
By size and function, it’s not that different from Work Sharp’s first knife, the RMX. But the Madrone features an integral aluminum handle and a clip point blade where the RMX had magnesium and an option for a drop point or reverse tanto blade.
- Here are the quick specs:
- 7.65″ overall
- 3.25″ blade
- M390 steel at 60 – 62 HRc
- Aluminum integral handle
- Deep-carry, reversible pocket clip
- 3.3 oz
- Built in Oregon w/ some foreign parts
The Flagship from their New Facility
This is Work Sharp’s second folding knife design (unless you count the RMX compact as a separate design), and it seems to continue their dedication to making hard-use tools optimized for longevity by making them easy to take apart, clean, and replace parts.
More importantly, the Madrone is the first knife to come out of Work Sharp’s new facility in White City, Oregon. They started outfitting the warehouse last year with new equipment for milling, machining, and outfitting knives and sharpeners. If you want a quick look at those machines in the early stages of the outfitting, and get an idea of what they mean by “built in Oregon with parts foreign and domestic”, you can check out Work Sharp’s short from Dec, 2025.
The Manual to Auto Feature
It also has one of the most interesting things Work Sharp has done with knives: the ability to be switched from manual to automatic. The knife comes with a tool to open up and swap out the pivot assembly for one that turns the knife into an automatic.
The RMX has been out long enough for reviewers to get a hold of it and confirm that the conversion really is a quick and simple process, so it’s exciting to see Work Sharp keep this feature going.
The Blade Show Drop
The Madrone will be available in a blue, copper, or black handle (doesn’t look like they’re adding a blacked out blade option yet). You can check out their listing here. It’s going to drop on June 5 with the start of Blade Show.
