I have a nice leaf-bladed Chinese Slipjoint aka Shilin Knife for sale. The slipjoint is made by a small family owned business in Taiwan. The maker is known as Master Kuo He. They've been in the business for decades.
The leaf-bladed design has been used in China for a long time, way before Bob Lum popularised and modernised the design. Mine has buffalo horn scales, brass bolsters, brass (and nickel-copper, I think) backspring and a carbon steel blade. I did not like the original mirror polished blade (too slippery and shiny for me) so I sent it out to Tom Krein for a regrind . What came back was a beautiful regrind and sharp edge...but a delightful surprise was the regrind exposed the differential heat treat hardening line
(or lamination line, could be laminated "wolfram" steel)...it's clear and obvious in person, but hard to capture in the pics.
It is of course hairpopping sharp
The slipjoint has a strong backspring and a half stop. The spring is flushed in the closed and open position. This is a man-sized folder, blade is about 3.9" long and 1.25" at its widest. Nice solid feel. Comes with a presentation box and a bit of paper on the history of the knife.
This belongs in someone's collection, and I could also do with the cash.
I'm asking for $sold shipped to you, payment via paypal please.
Thanks for looking.
The leaf-bladed design has been used in China for a long time, way before Bob Lum popularised and modernised the design. Mine has buffalo horn scales, brass bolsters, brass (and nickel-copper, I think) backspring and a carbon steel blade. I did not like the original mirror polished blade (too slippery and shiny for me) so I sent it out to Tom Krein for a regrind . What came back was a beautiful regrind and sharp edge...but a delightful surprise was the regrind exposed the differential heat treat hardening line
(or lamination line, could be laminated "wolfram" steel)...it's clear and obvious in person, but hard to capture in the pics. It is of course hairpopping sharp
The slipjoint has a strong backspring and a half stop. The spring is flushed in the closed and open position. This is a man-sized folder, blade is about 3.9" long and 1.25" at its widest. Nice solid feel. Comes with a presentation box and a bit of paper on the history of the knife.
This belongs in someone's collection, and I could also do with the cash.
I'm asking for $sold shipped to you, payment via paypal please.
Thanks for looking.
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