Lambari small utility knife

Ivan Campos

Ivan Campos

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This one came out with a profile that rememebered me of a fish so I called it Lambari, a very common little Brazilian fish (wich is great to eat while drinking some beer, by the way!). It is very light and handy.
It is 8" long overall with a 3 5/8" long full flat ground blade, made of 3/16" thick 5160 steel. The handle is green cord wrap over a black painted tang for rust resistence. Comes with a kydex sheath.
US$ 95,00, plus US$ 18,00 for shipping. Paypal wellcome but other payment methods also accepted.
Please contact me at ivan@bladebazar.com

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Hello, Jeff

The blade is totally hard. You can see the temper line running close to the spine, near the handle, but it covers most of the blade width, so I would not say it is diferentially heat treated.
 
Ivan, It seems I'm liking pretty much all of the knives you're releasing lately.... including this handy-looking little fellow. :cool::thumbup:
Ivan Campos said:
The blade is totally hard. You can see the temper line running close to the spine, near the handle, but it covers most of the blade width, so I would not say it is diferentially heat treated.
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My measuring of the picture places the blade height (edge-to-spine dimension) at 1.125" (1 and 1/8th inch). Since this blade is small, it won't see chopping impacts and thus through-hardening it makes sense. By the time enough of the blade is sharpened away to reach that narrow soft region, it's time for your great-grandkids to buy another knife anyway. ;) :D
 
Still about the heat treatment, it was done on a coal forge by Sr. Bíde, a local blacksmith that is almost 80 years old now and has been at it for most of his life, as he learned the trade with his father, and he is very competent heat treating blades this way, getting a blade just as hard as he wants every time.
 
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