Stuart Davenport Knives
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2022
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Hey everyone! I have a very cool Japanese inspired kitchen utility knife to offer! The steel is Crucible's CPM 4V, an alloy with an amazing combination of high toughness and high wear resistance. Heat treat in house, as always, including the "delta" heat treat protocol with "cryo" quench and triple tempers for a hardness of 64.5HRC. The grind is slightly convex, but mostly a full flat grind with a hand rubbed satin finish. The blade is distal tapered, and terminates in quite thin edge geometry. Handle is a gorgeous piece of claro walnut with a black paper micarta bolster. Balance point is dead on perfect. I sharpened the edge using resin bonded diamond stones up to 5 micron, stropped on 1 micron leather. It simply drops right through a tomato like the tomato wasn't even there! With Crucible's bankruptcy, I don't know the future of steels like CPM 3V and 4V, but hopefully other domestic (and foreign) companies will make these awesome alloys under new names. Get 4V while you can! If you're interested in the knife and would like to see more photos, different lighting, just let me know and I will be more than happy to provide them! Also side note.....this is one of the sharpest edges I have ever made. I can always trim the tops off of fingerprint ridges, but this one just came out nutz sharp!
OAL: 13 1/8"
Blade: 8 1/8"
Cutting edge: 7 1/2"
Handle: 5"
Thickness: 0.093" distal taper
Steel: Crucible CPM 4V 64.5HRC
Edge: 15° per side 1 micron
Price: $375 includes plastic edge guard (Now only $319!!!)
Paypall preferred (samuraistuart@yahoo.com). I do take Venmo as well! All knives come with free shipping in the USA as well as a lifetime unconditional warranty. Something goes wrong, the knife gets repaired or replaced. I ask that the buyer be aware that most all of my knives are cutting tools and are made only for their intended use. I like to make thin, hard knives that excel at cutting and not necessarily able to take abuse. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me here or contact me by email (samuraistuart@yahoo.com). Thanks for taking a look, and follow me on Instagram at stuartalandavenport.
OAL: 13 1/8"
Blade: 8 1/8"
Cutting edge: 7 1/2"
Handle: 5"
Thickness: 0.093" distal taper
Steel: Crucible CPM 4V 64.5HRC
Edge: 15° per side 1 micron
Price: $375 includes plastic edge guard (Now only $319!!!)
Paypall preferred (samuraistuart@yahoo.com). I do take Venmo as well! All knives come with free shipping in the USA as well as a lifetime unconditional warranty. Something goes wrong, the knife gets repaired or replaced. I ask that the buyer be aware that most all of my knives are cutting tools and are made only for their intended use. I like to make thin, hard knives that excel at cutting and not necessarily able to take abuse. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me here or contact me by email (samuraistuart@yahoo.com). Thanks for taking a look, and follow me on Instagram at stuartalandavenport.
