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Greetings, and thanks for checking out this thread!
Chieftain is designed for one thing, and that's to help break down game. Could be little squirrels or large elk- it don't matter to Chieftain, Chieftain don't discriminate!
The hollow ground blade is brought to a narrow shoulder width, with a flat ground secondary bevel just waiting to be convexed over time. This CPM D2 gets wicked sharp with not much work. It ain't wear resistant like 10V, and it ain't corrosion resistant like AEB-L, but it rewards the careful outoorsperson with a ludicrously keen edge.
The blade on this specimen is .177", cryogenic quenched with hand rubbed flats and belt finished bevels.
The tang frame and handle scales are held in place with 4, 2mm hidden, stainless steel pins. The tang is held in place with 3, 1/8" pins and another 2, 2mm pins. The tang frame is laminated black and white G10, and the handle scales are Richlite.
Sheath-wise, you're looking at about 9oz veg tan leather, with a goat suede liner. It's all hand stitched, wet molded and hot packed. It's designed to carry up and out of the way of your bow or rifle. I'm not gonna lie, this sheath kicked my ass! It was hard to make and took a long time, but I learned a bunch of new stuff, (and, let's face it, some old stuff that I already learned, lol!).
Blade Length; 4 1/4"
Overall Length; 8 3/8"
Weight of knife; 4.85oz
Combined weight; 9oz
Thank you for looking! Comments and questions welcome.
Cheers!
Chieftain is designed for one thing, and that's to help break down game. Could be little squirrels or large elk- it don't matter to Chieftain, Chieftain don't discriminate!
The hollow ground blade is brought to a narrow shoulder width, with a flat ground secondary bevel just waiting to be convexed over time. This CPM D2 gets wicked sharp with not much work. It ain't wear resistant like 10V, and it ain't corrosion resistant like AEB-L, but it rewards the careful outoorsperson with a ludicrously keen edge.
The blade on this specimen is .177", cryogenic quenched with hand rubbed flats and belt finished bevels.
The tang frame and handle scales are held in place with 4, 2mm hidden, stainless steel pins. The tang is held in place with 3, 1/8" pins and another 2, 2mm pins. The tang frame is laminated black and white G10, and the handle scales are Richlite.
Sheath-wise, you're looking at about 9oz veg tan leather, with a goat suede liner. It's all hand stitched, wet molded and hot packed. It's designed to carry up and out of the way of your bow or rifle. I'm not gonna lie, this sheath kicked my ass! It was hard to make and took a long time, but I learned a bunch of new stuff, (and, let's face it, some old stuff that I already learned, lol!).
Blade Length; 4 1/4"
Overall Length; 8 3/8"
Weight of knife; 4.85oz
Combined weight; 9oz
Thank you for looking! Comments and questions welcome.
Cheers!
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