Daado
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Another cool piece of history here...
Both of them are forged from turret rim ball bearing of M18 "Hellcat", and i've tried to forge them to be a simple EDC users.
It's covered in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1312508-Hellcats
Blades are treated as 52100.
Flats are left raw, wet forged and wire brushed after forging. After heat treatment, flats are brushed with scotch brite.
Bevels are made in satin finish with scotch brite.
#1 SOLD
Details:
Overall length - 8,9"
Blade length - 4,5"
Blade width - 1"
Thickness at the back of the spine - 0,125"
Tang is tapered to 3/64" at the end
Knife itself weights 3,95oz, and with sheath it's 6,66oz
For handle material i used beautiful piece of vintage micarta, blue G10 liners, carbon fiber pins and lanyard tube.
Handmade 9/64" thick vegetable leather sheath, made for horizontal left or right carry.
#2 SOLD
Details:
Overall length - 8,9"
Blade length - 4,6"
Blade width - 1"
Thickness at the back of the spine - 0,106"
Tang is tapered to 3/64" at the end
Knife itself weights 3,58oz, and with sheath it's 6,39oz
For handle material i used beautiful piece of vintage micarta, black G10 liners, carbon fiber pins and lanyard tube.
Handmade 9/64" thick vegetable leather sheath, made for horizontal left or right carry.
Asking SOLD each, priority shipping with tracking number included
You can PM/email me: seckardalibor@gmail.com
PayPal ( seckardalibor@gmail.com ) accepted.
Thanks for looking.
Dalibor.
Both of them are forged from turret rim ball bearing of M18 "Hellcat", and i've tried to forge them to be a simple EDC users.
It's covered in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1312508-Hellcats
Blades are treated as 52100.
Flats are left raw, wet forged and wire brushed after forging. After heat treatment, flats are brushed with scotch brite.
Bevels are made in satin finish with scotch brite.
#1 SOLD
Details:
Overall length - 8,9"
Blade length - 4,5"
Blade width - 1"
Thickness at the back of the spine - 0,125"
Tang is tapered to 3/64" at the end
Knife itself weights 3,95oz, and with sheath it's 6,66oz
For handle material i used beautiful piece of vintage micarta, blue G10 liners, carbon fiber pins and lanyard tube.
Handmade 9/64" thick vegetable leather sheath, made for horizontal left or right carry.
#2 SOLD
Details:
Overall length - 8,9"
Blade length - 4,6"
Blade width - 1"
Thickness at the back of the spine - 0,106"
Tang is tapered to 3/64" at the end
Knife itself weights 3,58oz, and with sheath it's 6,39oz
For handle material i used beautiful piece of vintage micarta, black G10 liners, carbon fiber pins and lanyard tube.
Handmade 9/64" thick vegetable leather sheath, made for horizontal left or right carry.
Asking SOLD each, priority shipping with tracking number included
You can PM/email me: seckardalibor@gmail.com
PayPal ( seckardalibor@gmail.com ) accepted.
Thanks for looking.
Dalibor.
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