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This is a nice, high-performance hunting knife! In a totally different style than I normally make. I had a BF member order a classic nessmuk from me and since I dont usually make that style, I forged 2 to be on the safe side, both came out pretty good, so here is the second one.
OAL- 8 3/4"
blade- 4" long, .135" thick, 7/8" wide at the guard, 1 1/8" wide at widest point
steel- Aldo's Awesome High Performance 52100, Forged, with in-house differential heat treatment which includes triple anneal, triple normalize, triple edge quench, and triple draw, with 24 hour freezer cycles between thermal events for a truly high performance blade, that holds a great edge, and yet is easy to sharpen!
grind- a full convex grind, with distal taper, sharpened on a Norton Fine India stone with micro bevels, to an agressive razor edge
finish- deep etched 800 grit finish, with hamon or temper line.
handle- Natural Tiger maple, with tru-oil finish, contoured, with some filework on the back of the spine for control since there is no guard
guard- no guard on this one. but the contoured handle, and the filework help to provide a secure grip. 6 - 1/8" brass pins, and 1/4" thong tube
sheath- 11oz leather, hand stitched, clean, hot-waxed, there isnt a guard to provide a snap fit, but the sheath is very nicely fit, and has a 3 piece welt where the handle sits to provide a longlasting fit, 3 copper rivets for belt loop. Sheath holds blade securely even when upside down, yet allows instant draw, and is easy to re-sheath one handed.
blade fully tested for edge retention and tip strenth before finishing! The blade is subjected to an edge flex test, where the edge is flexed over a 1/4" brass rod from both sides to check for toughness. These blades will generally make 100 {at a minimum} slicing cuts in 1/2" manilla rope in my shop on a scale, without requiring more than 40lbs of force to complete each cut, and will typically still shave hair from my arm at the end of the 100 cuts! {your performance may vary due to rope consistancy, sharpening teqnique and cutting skill}. The heat treated blades are dropped point first on a concrete floor from a distance of roughly 4 feet before finishing, the blade must exhibit no substansial damage to pass the "concrete floor test". After a blade passes these tests, only then does it go to the finishing stage.
$175 plus $10 for shiping/insurance to CONUS. I can accept paypal Joe357m@bresnan.net or money order.
1st to post "I'll take it" gets it!!!
Ships within 48 hours of payment priority with ins.
Feedback appreciated, and thanks for looking!
If you would like one like this one or different, PM or email with details!
OAL- 8 3/4"
blade- 4" long, .135" thick, 7/8" wide at the guard, 1 1/8" wide at widest point
steel- Aldo's Awesome High Performance 52100, Forged, with in-house differential heat treatment which includes triple anneal, triple normalize, triple edge quench, and triple draw, with 24 hour freezer cycles between thermal events for a truly high performance blade, that holds a great edge, and yet is easy to sharpen!
grind- a full convex grind, with distal taper, sharpened on a Norton Fine India stone with micro bevels, to an agressive razor edge
finish- deep etched 800 grit finish, with hamon or temper line.
handle- Natural Tiger maple, with tru-oil finish, contoured, with some filework on the back of the spine for control since there is no guard
guard- no guard on this one. but the contoured handle, and the filework help to provide a secure grip. 6 - 1/8" brass pins, and 1/4" thong tube
sheath- 11oz leather, hand stitched, clean, hot-waxed, there isnt a guard to provide a snap fit, but the sheath is very nicely fit, and has a 3 piece welt where the handle sits to provide a longlasting fit, 3 copper rivets for belt loop. Sheath holds blade securely even when upside down, yet allows instant draw, and is easy to re-sheath one handed.
blade fully tested for edge retention and tip strenth before finishing! The blade is subjected to an edge flex test, where the edge is flexed over a 1/4" brass rod from both sides to check for toughness. These blades will generally make 100 {at a minimum} slicing cuts in 1/2" manilla rope in my shop on a scale, without requiring more than 40lbs of force to complete each cut, and will typically still shave hair from my arm at the end of the 100 cuts! {your performance may vary due to rope consistancy, sharpening teqnique and cutting skill}. The heat treated blades are dropped point first on a concrete floor from a distance of roughly 4 feet before finishing, the blade must exhibit no substansial damage to pass the "concrete floor test". After a blade passes these tests, only then does it go to the finishing stage.
$175 plus $10 for shiping/insurance to CONUS. I can accept paypal Joe357m@bresnan.net or money order.
1st to post "I'll take it" gets it!!!
Ships within 48 hours of payment priority with ins.
Feedback appreciated, and thanks for looking!
If you would like one like this one or different, PM or email with details!
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