Nathan the Machinist
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This is the sale for the new 3V Field Knife. This is a run of 20. This is all of them. Order them here.
THESE ARE SOLD OUT. This has been a tremendous sale, thank you for your support. Jo will process orders on Saturday and Monday. Ray will start shipping on Monday and everything should be shipped out by mid week. I forgot to mention it before, but these are seriously sharp. Have fun but be careful. A lot of folks have not handled knives this sharp before, so take care.
For those that missed out, Fort Henry Custom Knives http://forthenrycustomknives.com has picked up a few of these and will be helping me distribute them. Look for them there around the end of next week.
The Field Knife was designed as a collaboration with Lorien Arnold. It is a well made, no frills, high performance utility knife. The steel is Crucible CPM 3V at HRC 62 with a tweaked heat treat with very good edge retention and edge stability. You'll be surprised how sharp this gets and how well it holds an edge. If you have never used 3V this hard and thin, it is gonna blow your mind.
This steel with this heat treat will support a fine thin edge, so this was taken down to .015" before sharpening and it was sharpened 15 degrees per side. This is acute and it cuts very well, but is still surprisingly durable. See video.
Some might consider this a tactical knife but the point is not reinforced and it is not shaped or balanced as a weapon, it is a hard working cutting tool, more of a big skinning knife or a woods knife. There is a pry in the tang.
The handle is ergonomically designed for a standard forward, reverse, saber and pinch grips for an average to relatively large hand. The tang is internally skeletonized. The scales are 3D sculpted CNC machined. The blade is made of 3/16 3V with a heat treat that has been optimized to maximize edge stability in rough use. Despite being relatively thin it is durable. You can baton with it.
A side effect of this heat treat is a higher percentage of free chromium, so although it is not stainless, it is nearly so.
Specs:
3V, tested 62 HRC, .188 thick at ricasso
Total length 9.75
Blade length 4.625
Weight 8.0 oz
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or G10
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
Jared Corry sheaths are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made. They can be worn vertical or horizontal and can be configured for left hand or right hand carry.
There are 20 of these in this sale, choose a color and I'll built it.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video:
[video=youtube;1w1_WX_fNN8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1_WX_fNN8[/video]
These are all field grade, as machined and stonewashed.
$225 in micarta, black or brown
$235 in solid color G10, black, OD green, blue
$245 in multi color G10, OD green, toxic green, brown, orange / black
There are only three each of the colored G10 available
Includes a good kydex sheath.
Shipping in the USA is $5.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting my technique can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1048443
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
If you would like to buy one of these, I need you to please follow these instructions to help me keep up with everything (otherwise folks will fall through the cracks).
1: State your claim in this thread.
2: send me an email (not a private message) to carothersknives at gmail dought com
The email should include what you are buying, your BladeForums handle (i.e.: "Nathan the Machinist"), your actual name, your shipping address and your paypal email address.
Jo will send a PayPal invoice to that email.
3. Pay the paypal invoice. Once it is paid, we will ship your order to the name and address you gave in your order email.
If you don't want to use paypal, we can arrange to send a check.
If there are shortages it will be based upon first come first serve who posts in this thread. I have to do it this way to keep things sane.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
THESE ARE SOLD OUT. This has been a tremendous sale, thank you for your support. Jo will process orders on Saturday and Monday. Ray will start shipping on Monday and everything should be shipped out by mid week. I forgot to mention it before, but these are seriously sharp. Have fun but be careful. A lot of folks have not handled knives this sharp before, so take care.
For those that missed out, Fort Henry Custom Knives http://forthenrycustomknives.com has picked up a few of these and will be helping me distribute them. Look for them there around the end of next week.
The Field Knife was designed as a collaboration with Lorien Arnold. It is a well made, no frills, high performance utility knife. The steel is Crucible CPM 3V at HRC 62 with a tweaked heat treat with very good edge retention and edge stability. You'll be surprised how sharp this gets and how well it holds an edge. If you have never used 3V this hard and thin, it is gonna blow your mind.
This steel with this heat treat will support a fine thin edge, so this was taken down to .015" before sharpening and it was sharpened 15 degrees per side. This is acute and it cuts very well, but is still surprisingly durable. See video.
Some might consider this a tactical knife but the point is not reinforced and it is not shaped or balanced as a weapon, it is a hard working cutting tool, more of a big skinning knife or a woods knife. There is a pry in the tang.
The handle is ergonomically designed for a standard forward, reverse, saber and pinch grips for an average to relatively large hand. The tang is internally skeletonized. The scales are 3D sculpted CNC machined. The blade is made of 3/16 3V with a heat treat that has been optimized to maximize edge stability in rough use. Despite being relatively thin it is durable. You can baton with it.
A side effect of this heat treat is a higher percentage of free chromium, so although it is not stainless, it is nearly so.
Specs:
3V, tested 62 HRC, .188 thick at ricasso
Total length 9.75
Blade length 4.625
Weight 8.0 oz
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or G10
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
Jared Corry sheaths are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made. They can be worn vertical or horizontal and can be configured for left hand or right hand carry.
There are 20 of these in this sale, choose a color and I'll built it.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video:
[video=youtube;1w1_WX_fNN8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1_WX_fNN8[/video]
These are all field grade, as machined and stonewashed.
$225 in micarta, black or brown
$235 in solid color G10, black, OD green, blue
$245 in multi color G10, OD green, toxic green, brown, orange / black
There are only three each of the colored G10 available
Includes a good kydex sheath.
Shipping in the USA is $5.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting my technique can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1048443
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
If you would like to buy one of these, I need you to please follow these instructions to help me keep up with everything (otherwise folks will fall through the cracks).
1: State your claim in this thread.
2: send me an email (not a private message) to carothersknives at gmail dought com
The email should include what you are buying, your BladeForums handle (i.e.: "Nathan the Machinist"), your actual name, your shipping address and your paypal email address.
Jo will send a PayPal invoice to that email.
3. Pay the paypal invoice. Once it is paid, we will ship your order to the name and address you gave in your order email.
If you don't want to use paypal, we can arrange to send a check.
If there are shortages it will be based upon first come first serve who posts in this thread. I have to do it this way to keep things sane.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
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