Nathan the Machinist
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These are affordable.
This is the sale for the new Field Knife. This was a sprint run of 20. This is all of them. Order them here.
Thanks folks, this was a great sale, these are now sold out.
The Field Knife was designed as a collaboration with Lorien Arnold. It is a well made, no frills, high performance utility knife. The steel is Latrobe A2 at HRC 61-62 with a tweaked heat treat with very good edge stability. You'll be surprised how sharp this gets and how well it holds an edge. If you don't already love A2, I think you will after you try this.
This steel with this heat treat will support a fine thin edge, so this was taken down to .015" before sharpening and it was sharpened 15 degrees per side. This is acute and it cuts well. See video.
Some might consider this a tactical knife but the point is not reinforced and it is not shaped or balanced as a weapon, it is a hard working cutting tool, more of a big skinning knife or a woods knife. There is a pry in the tang.
The handle is ergonomically designed for a standard forward, reverse, saber and pinch grips for an average to relatively large hand. The tang is internally skeletonized. The scales are 3D sculpted CNC machined. The blade is made of 3/16 A2 with a heat treat that has been optimized to maximize edge stability in rough use. Despite being relatively thin it is durable. You can baton with it.
A2 has better corrosion resistance than something like 1095 or O1, but it is not stainless.
Specs:
A2, tested 61-62 HRC, .188 thick at ricasso
Total length 9.75
Blade length 4.625
Weight 8.0 oz
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or G10
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
David Brown Kydex sheaths with TecLoc are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made.
There are 20 of these in this sale.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video:
[video=youtube;NjMXL1nECWY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMXL1nECWY[/video]
These are all field grade, as machined and stonewashed. They are available in black and brown micarta (brown micarta is sold out) and black G10. Your choice, you specify.
They're sold out in micarta and sold out with G10. Includes a very good kydex sheath.
Shipping in the USA is $5.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting my technique can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1048443
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
If you would like to buy one of these, I need you to please follow these instructions to help me keep up with everything (otherwise folks will fall through the cracks).
1: State your claim in this thread.
2: send me an email (not a private message) to carothersknives at gmail dought com
The email should include what you are buying, your BladeForums handle (i.e.: "Nathan the Machinist"), your actual name, your shipping address and your paypal email address.
Jo will send a PayPal invoice to that email.
3. Pay the paypal invoice. Once it is paid, we will ship your order to the name and address you gave in your order email.
If you don't want to use paypal, we can arrange to send a check.
If there are shortages it will be based upon first come first serve who posts in this thread. I have to do it this way to keep things sane.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
This is the sale for the new Field Knife. This was a sprint run of 20. This is all of them. Order them here.
Thanks folks, this was a great sale, these are now sold out.
The Field Knife was designed as a collaboration with Lorien Arnold. It is a well made, no frills, high performance utility knife. The steel is Latrobe A2 at HRC 61-62 with a tweaked heat treat with very good edge stability. You'll be surprised how sharp this gets and how well it holds an edge. If you don't already love A2, I think you will after you try this.
This steel with this heat treat will support a fine thin edge, so this was taken down to .015" before sharpening and it was sharpened 15 degrees per side. This is acute and it cuts well. See video.
Some might consider this a tactical knife but the point is not reinforced and it is not shaped or balanced as a weapon, it is a hard working cutting tool, more of a big skinning knife or a woods knife. There is a pry in the tang.
The handle is ergonomically designed for a standard forward, reverse, saber and pinch grips for an average to relatively large hand. The tang is internally skeletonized. The scales are 3D sculpted CNC machined. The blade is made of 3/16 A2 with a heat treat that has been optimized to maximize edge stability in rough use. Despite being relatively thin it is durable. You can baton with it.
A2 has better corrosion resistance than something like 1095 or O1, but it is not stainless.
Specs:
A2, tested 61-62 HRC, .188 thick at ricasso
Total length 9.75
Blade length 4.625
Weight 8.0 oz
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or G10
Black oxide treated 18-8 stainless steel fasteners
David Brown Kydex sheaths with TecLoc are custom made for these knives and are well designed and well made.
There are 20 of these in this sale.
Rather than just take my word for it I made a video:
[video=youtube;NjMXL1nECWY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMXL1nECWY[/video]
These are all field grade, as machined and stonewashed. They are available in black and brown micarta (brown micarta is sold out) and black G10. Your choice, you specify.
They're sold out in micarta and sold out with G10. Includes a very good kydex sheath.
Shipping in the USA is $5.
These knives are unusual because they are machined. I do this in my shop on industrial CNC machine tools. A WIP thread documenting my technique can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1048443
I take paypal, cash, check or MO.
If you would like to buy one of these, I need you to please follow these instructions to help me keep up with everything (otherwise folks will fall through the cracks).
1: State your claim in this thread.
2: send me an email (not a private message) to carothersknives at gmail dought com
The email should include what you are buying, your BladeForums handle (i.e.: "Nathan the Machinist"), your actual name, your shipping address and your paypal email address.
Jo will send a PayPal invoice to that email.
3. Pay the paypal invoice. Once it is paid, we will ship your order to the name and address you gave in your order email.
If you don't want to use paypal, we can arrange to send a check.
If there are shortages it will be based upon first come first serve who posts in this thread. I have to do it this way to keep things sane.
Thanks for looking,
Nathan
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