Nathan the Machinist
KnifeMaker / Machinist / Evil Genius
Moderator
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2007
- Messages
- 17,740
This is a high quality 6" combat knife designed as a stabbing weapon and cutting tool. It's made of CPM 3V with a very high quality heat treat and despite being light (8 oz) and ground relatively thin (.020") it will tolerate rough use in demanding environments. It's very well balanced and quite sharp.
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.
Despite being reasonably thin and a good cutter, it is very tough and durable and will tolerate prying, punching holes in sheetmetal, cutting iron wire and even chopping through cinderblock. 3V is not stainless, but the heat treat has been modified for cutlery applications and a side effect of that tweak is a larger percentage of free chromium that makes these 3V blades nearly stainless.
Specs:
CPM 3V, tested 60 HRC, .165 at ricasso
Total length 10.8
Blade length 6.0"
Edge length 5.6
Weight 8.0 oz
Extra grippy 3D machined scales
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
David Brown Kydex sheaths are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video to illustrate the excellent durability of this knife in CPM 3V:
[video=youtube_share;IcovoTyGiRg]http://youtu.be/IcovoTyGiRg[/video]
This is a 6" utility fighter with a medium grit grind in black G10 with a kydex sheath. $290 SOLD
USPS Priority mail shipping in the USA is $5.
If you want a different sheath I have SpecOps Combat Master Sheaths in their standard colors. They are M.O.L.L.E. compatible and jump certified.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting their construction can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1153472
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
There will be a batch of the new Field Knife pattern available next week. They are 3V at HRC 62 and ground thin and sharpened very acute. Please drop by and take a look.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
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.
Despite being reasonably thin and a good cutter, it is very tough and durable and will tolerate prying, punching holes in sheetmetal, cutting iron wire and even chopping through cinderblock. 3V is not stainless, but the heat treat has been modified for cutlery applications and a side effect of that tweak is a larger percentage of free chromium that makes these 3V blades nearly stainless.
Specs:
CPM 3V, tested 60 HRC, .165 at ricasso
Total length 10.8
Blade length 6.0"
Edge length 5.6
Weight 8.0 oz
Extra grippy 3D machined scales
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
David Brown Kydex sheaths are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video to illustrate the excellent durability of this knife in CPM 3V:
[video=youtube_share;IcovoTyGiRg]http://youtu.be/IcovoTyGiRg[/video]
This is a 6" utility fighter with a medium grit grind in black G10 with a kydex sheath. $290 SOLD
USPS Priority mail shipping in the USA is $5.
If you want a different sheath I have SpecOps Combat Master Sheaths in their standard colors. They are M.O.L.L.E. compatible and jump certified.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting their construction can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1153472
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
There will be a batch of the new Field Knife pattern available next week. They are 3V at HRC 62 and ground thin and sharpened very acute. Please drop by and take a look.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
Last edited:
