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This is a neat piece. Anytime Larry and Vince at www.bladeart.com do an exclusive collaboration, I pay attention. Combine Vince's knowledge of knife fighting/martial arts with Larry's impeccable sense of style/class and you'll get a winner every time.
The Stingray has some interesting history behind it. John Greco, master of the unbreakable blade, made a limited run of 31 of these blades for Blade Art. However, in order to achieve ideal balance, he skeletonized the handles. Balance and weight became ideal, but Larry wanted this piece to have more flash. So the entire batch was sent off to Steve Corkum for his incredible rayskin wrap treatment. Nearly a year later and the batch was ready. This is the result.
The cutting edge measures in at 3 1/2" and overall of this piece is 7 5/8". The micrometer gives us a blade thickness of .255! Stout!! This is 1095 carbon steel, hollow ground to razor sharpness, and black coated for maximum corrosion resistance.
Weight of the knife alone is 4.8 ounces, weight with leather sheath is 7.6 ounces, and weight with kydex neck sheath is 5.6 ounces.
The leather clip-on rig is THICK and very comfortable from JR Johnson. The perfectly fitting kydex neck rig is from Steve Corkum. While it's nice to have the two carry options, I much prefer the leather for inside the waistband carry as I find this piece just a bit heavy for neck wear.
Here's pics of the two rigs for this piece.
The beauty of this piece is two-fold. Not only does the rayskin wrap look great but it also feels fantastic in the hand. Quick transitions from saber to reverse grip are smooth and deceptively fast.
Larry tells me that the Stingray is available with several different colors of rayskin; red, black, white, and peanut. I haven't seen the other three colors, but the red is quite stunning in person. The above photos simply don't do it justice.
This Stingray has earned a home with me. It's a very worthy defensive blade, yet affordable enough to where you don't mind actually using it for ordinary cutting chores. Larry asked me to give this one a good workout, and I intend to do so. I'll report my findings here in a few days after I wring it out with my endless ranch chores/cutting tasks.
Eric
The Stingray has some interesting history behind it. John Greco, master of the unbreakable blade, made a limited run of 31 of these blades for Blade Art. However, in order to achieve ideal balance, he skeletonized the handles. Balance and weight became ideal, but Larry wanted this piece to have more flash. So the entire batch was sent off to Steve Corkum for his incredible rayskin wrap treatment. Nearly a year later and the batch was ready. This is the result.
The cutting edge measures in at 3 1/2" and overall of this piece is 7 5/8". The micrometer gives us a blade thickness of .255! Stout!! This is 1095 carbon steel, hollow ground to razor sharpness, and black coated for maximum corrosion resistance.
Weight of the knife alone is 4.8 ounces, weight with leather sheath is 7.6 ounces, and weight with kydex neck sheath is 5.6 ounces.
The leather clip-on rig is THICK and very comfortable from JR Johnson. The perfectly fitting kydex neck rig is from Steve Corkum. While it's nice to have the two carry options, I much prefer the leather for inside the waistband carry as I find this piece just a bit heavy for neck wear.
Here's pics of the two rigs for this piece.
The beauty of this piece is two-fold. Not only does the rayskin wrap look great but it also feels fantastic in the hand. Quick transitions from saber to reverse grip are smooth and deceptively fast.
Larry tells me that the Stingray is available with several different colors of rayskin; red, black, white, and peanut. I haven't seen the other three colors, but the red is quite stunning in person. The above photos simply don't do it justice.
This Stingray has earned a home with me. It's a very worthy defensive blade, yet affordable enough to where you don't mind actually using it for ordinary cutting chores. Larry asked me to give this one a good workout, and I intend to do so. I'll report my findings here in a few days after I wring it out with my endless ranch chores/cutting tasks.
Eric
