Andre Thorburn - L16 Folder in Desert Ironwood

[rlarsen462]

Realized I've been accumulating Andre Thorburns like a nutcase recently and need to thin the herd of knives that won't see any carry time, no matter how much I enjoy them otherwise.

Selling a brand new L16 liner lock folder with stainless bolsters and gorgeous desert ironwood scales (desert ironwood has an almost translucent quality to it in the light, definitely one of my favorite woods and supposedly very difficult to work with due to hardness). This is a surprisingly light knife with an almost wharncliffe style blade making it very practical as a user, however I have never carried it myself. Has unique filework on the backspacer, compared to Andre's usual "scalloped" style backspacer finishing. This knife and blade are very slim and slice with ease due to the profile. Blade is perfectly centered. I was told this was one of the last if not the last non-flipper folder that Andre is likely to make, as he is currently at the top of his game on his flippers and most likely he is focusing on those designs.

I am asking $SPF for the L16 which is an absolute steal.

Here's the pictures:

 

[wolf5391]

is this running on bearings?

 

[rlarsen462]

Wow, sorry for the horribly late reply...I didn't get a notification for some reason. Andre is a master of IKBS on his flippers. Not honestly sure if this is on bearings but it does not have an IKBS brand on the blade as many of his do. It does deploy very smoothly and quickly with the thumbstud.

 

[rlarsen462]

Still available, make me an offer.

 

[rlarsen462]

Still available, make me a reasonable offer or I'm just going to go ahead and keep this one. Really surprised by the lack of interest, this is a gorgeous knife.