Corn-handled Benghazi Warfighter

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The customer for this knife wanted a green handle with yellow liners. After looking through the various handle options, he chose a material that I'd been wanting to play with: Warwood. It's a Micarta-esque material built entirely from corn waste products and plant resins, originally used in the hulls of MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush-protected) military vehicles as part of their armor to protect against IEDs. The yellow liners are standard vulcanized fiber material.

6" blade of 5160, stainless steel flared tube rivets.



Kydex sheath with TekLok.



It was one of the blades I took on my honeymoon to work on finishing up. I finalized the sharpening and installed the TekLok in Moab, Utah, and took pics in Arches National Park, by Park Avenue Canyon.





And today he sent me this picture of it whacking off branches from a willow tree in his yard:



I commented that it did all right for a knife that wasn't built primarily as a chopper. His response: "It's just so damn sharp!" :D

Much appreciation to him for his patience in dealing with my distracted mind while getting ready for the wedding.
 
Awesome knife and and story. I'm sure it must mean a lot to know you've made somebody that happy.
 
I just picked up some war wood and have been wanting to use it. Looks like it turned out nicely.
 
That is pretty cool right there.....much prefer the looks of this material to paracord.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
So glad I opened this tread. When reading your thread heading I had this horrible image of a knife with a corn-cob handle. :barf:
Hey, some are using pine cones :barf:, so I'm sure corn-cobs are in the not to distant future. ;) :)

But seriously, fine looking, and fit for function. And good for you in going the extra distance in giving the customer what he wanted. :thumbup:
 
Thank y'all!

Pete - I'm always glad when I see someone putting one of my blades to work.

Phorizt - It's an interesting material, and works a lot like Micarta without the toxic dust. I'll need to play with it more to make a final verdict, but I bought several sets of scales in different colors when I ordered these. The dark green doesn't show up much in the photos, but the black and brown I got should.

Kohai999 - I like 'em both. :) My first year at Blade I realized I had showed up with every handle cord wrapped without setting out to do so. Last year I didn't have any cord wrapped handles except a few bush swords. Some folks who came by seemed to be actually disappointed not to have any cord wrapped knives for sale. This year I'm going to see if I can have a little of both.

Kevin - I've actually seen some stabilized corn cobs for sale to be turned into pen blanks. And I rather like the looks of the pine cones, prickly pear lace, etc., but they're just not my style. :)
 
Well, I'm pretty disappointed not to see a corn cob on that sucker! ;) :D

Very cool product James... this is the first time I've heard of it. Neat stuff and great knife! :thumbup:


Kevin- stabilized, resin-filled corn-cob handles ARE out there... I don't have any pics handy, but I have seen them. And I raked up 8 wheelbarrow loads of cones in the yard from my Fir trees... I'm gonna retire early with all that! ;)
 
Wow James!! Seeing that Benghazi Warfighter makes the anticipation for my big Benghazi Warfighter even greater. I know I will have it in my hands by the middle to end of next week but I can not wait to put it to use!!!
 
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