Are you interested in a San Mai Nessmuk for $199 delivered to your door?

bodhi_,

Pre ordering is open already, you can either do that now based on the drawing and pictures I've posted or wait a week and order based on the real knife

Ariel

 

Roger,

I'll add you to the list then
No deposit is needed now.

Ariel

 

Well, looks like the prototype is ready, gentlemen

Some more working pictures.

Drilling the pins and lanyard holes before heat treating the blade.






Blade in the oven.




Tempering temperature. (C degrees) The blade stays in the oven for 15-20 minutes and then it gets quenched in oil at 60C




Stress relieving tempering (again, C degrees) Same quenching process as before.




Blade after the HT process.




Polished blade, right before the acid etching.
More on how I do this here: http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorial13.htm




Etched blade, ready to receive some handle slabs.

 

And behold, the finished knife!
(I'll get better pictures soon, I promise)

San Mai Nessmuk Knife
San Mai damascus in 1010/1070 with a 5160 core.
Overall length is 8" with a 3 1/2" cutting edge. 3 3/4" from tip of the blade to the handles. 1/8" thickness.
Tapered butt-end. Curupay (a local hard wood) handles. Leather lanyard with a 1010/1070 damascus bead.

Of course it'll have a pouch style handmade leather sheath.













Let me know what you think, all kinds of feedback apreciated!

I believe the handle slabs like this look and feel good, but of course that will depend on wheter the customer wants it like that or full style.


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Thanks for looking!


Ariel

 

ka, I am covered up to #23 now, I can add you as #24 if you'd like (knives won't be numbered -never even thought of that- numbers are just the order for the knives to be made)

Lefty sheaths are no problem



I can also round off the handles if the customer prefers it, there no extra charge for that either.

Ariel

 

007,

It's 1/2" thick. I'll get detailed views once I get better pics.

If someone needs particular handle thickness I'll asses it case by case, a little more is no problem.

Now lets say someone wants 1" thickness, I can do it, but it'll cost a little bit more as I need to make micarta specially on that thickness or get thick enough wood and then the the sheath will have to be modified too.


mik, please drop me an email so I can have your contact info


Regards,

Ariel

 

bodhi, you're in as #23

Top and bottom views

Thickness of the handle is 1/2"






I'm working with my webmaster to update the Nessmuk Project page with all this new pictures, details on what materials will be available, extra options, etc.

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Of course you can also email me any time to ask me about it!



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Ariel

 

Folks,

I'll take orders up to #30 for the time being. After that we'll see if there are more people interested

I don't want to commit to make more knives that I know I can handle, so first this 30, then we'll see if there's room for more or if I shall pass to a different model.

All the guys that pre ordered one based on the mock up that are OK with how this turned out, please email me with "Nessmuk #XX (your number, based on the list on my website)" to confirm your order, and let me know the specs if you already know them.

If we already discussed it, please email me again in this format so I can keep track of all the orders on the same place

I'll update my website in some hours with all the pertinent information!

Thanks for all the interest!

Ariel