CPM S30VN Drop Point Hunter / Utility / Boning Knife - Ironwood

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CPM S30VN Snakewood hunting/utility/boning/kitchen knife.

This knife has everything: high-end stainless steel, quality heat treat, exotic wood scales, tapered tang, nickle-silver finger guard & fittings, guard spacers, scale liner, mosaic pins, braided lanyard, custom fitted hand tooled and crafted sheath.

Price: $330 with sheath + $12 shipping within US. Sales tax will be charged on base price for destinations within Texas.

Payment methods: paypal, check, money order, cash. Cleared funds are required before shipping.

Claim: first "I will buy this" gets it.

Specifications
Type: Drop Point Utility Hunter
Overall length 8-1/8 inches
Blade length 3-7/8 inches
Blade steel Hand ground CPM S30VN stainless steel, flat grind, 800 grit hand rubbed finish, tapered tang
Heat Treat Peter's Heat Treat
Grind type: Flat, tapered tang
Handle material: Suriname Snakewood
Handle liner: Brick red vulcanized fiber
Guard material: Hand shaped 18% Nickel Silver, pinned & soldered
Guard spacers: Layers of nickel silver with black & brick red vulcanized fiber
Fasteners: Nickle Silver & Brass "Loveless Rivets", mosaic pin by Lane Reed,nickel silver lanyard tube
Lanyard: Brown kangaroo skin lace, braided
Sheath: Hand made, tooled, dyed, and sealed. Saddle tan stain, Black antiqued, border tooled only

 

[glock45]

That is one beautiful knife! And sheath! Great job.

 

[kalalau]

beautiful all around! scabbard, too..
what did you coat the scales with?
nice work.

 

[logem]

beautiful all around! scabbard, too..
what did you coat the scales with?
nice work.

I finished the scales with at least 5 coats of Pro Custom Oil. It is a pure tung oil / urethane finish. After I hand shape the handle to about 800 grit, I apply the finish and let it penetrate and dry for at least 24 hours. I then come back and wet it with the finish again and lightly wet sand at about 400 grit. Let it dry 24 hours, then wet and sand with 600 grit and let dry for 24 hours. I do this multiple times and end up at a 1500 grit finish on the scales. Finally, I sand the scales all the way back down to the wood surface with 1500 grit paper and then do a few passes on a buffing wheel with 1500 grit rouge. I do a final hand polish/clean/seal with Renaissance micro-crystalline wax to compete the finish.

In the end, the scales are not coated, but all micro-voids are filled.

 

[glock_556]

Beautiful

 

[JAMerolle]

Nice job

 

[logem]

All,

Thanks for the nice comments. Hunting and boning season is coming up soon.

Mike L.