BogdanS
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Hello my dear friends,
Today, with God's good will i have the pleasure to present you the first knife out of our new shop - the 'Microlab' - PROTO1
After a lot of work and investment we now have all means to create knives on the highest standards. The new 'brand' under which all our knives will be sold is called 'Microlab' for the sole reason that this is indeed where they come from. In order to cut costs with space and use the money into precision equipment we went for a cubicle small shop with a separate dust room that allow us for a lab like environment to work in
In the 'dust room' we have the 'angry beavers' as i call the bandsaw and the grinder while 'the lab' offers a dust and dirt free environment for clean and precise work.
Autocad designed blades are transposed on the ground flat steel stock and cut into shape using an industrial grade metal bandsaw that together with always fresh bands assure minimal steel structure distortion on the cut. All grinding is performed on an 'in house' designed and manufactured grinder with micro adjusted and digitally controlled angles using Austrian made Sola equipment and a perfect flat ceramic glass platen for the best results.
The HT is performed in a laboratory calibrated kiln with lab precision thermocouple and electronic control following strictly manufacturers HT diagrams from renowned EU steel manufacturers like Sandvik and Uddeholm. Tempering is done in an oven controlled through high end Digitron temperature control equipment. After the HT the blades are tumble finished in order to smoothen all sharp edges.
Handle materials are always of top quality, industrially high density micarta, high end carbon fiber composites and the list goes on; the scales are then contoured on the mill and finally hand finished for a nice fit and finish. All guiding holes are drilled on a precision mini mill to assure a perfect perpendicular hole. They are after that reamed to final quotes for very tight tolerances. Taking all these into account we use no glue into applying the scales to the tang but on request marine grade epoxy can be used. The screws all all tightened to optimal manufacturer recommendation torque (at 0.75 nm) using homologated Wiha torque screwdrivers, for best results.
The knives comes super sharp right out of the box and ready for use for the best user experience.
For the sheaths we use only genuine Kydex products, the eyelets are high quality made in Finland and the press dies are custom made to ensure a perfect 'roll' and super smooth finish.
PROTO1 is an EDC blade design made for a local law enforcement squad; as i always make one blade on top of the original order to make sure that if anything goes wrong there is a backup ready and as thanks Good God everything went well we have one here for sale too. The specs are as follows:
- 80crv2 tool steel 0.93" thick
- high convex grind
- stonewash fine finish
- overall length 7.56" with a blade length of 3.46"
- high density 'sand' micarta
- blue anodized aluminum washers and black steel screws & brass pivots
- 0.93" black Kydex pocket sheath
The price for this knife is 310 usd.
All and only the best, God bless,
Bogdan
Today, with God's good will i have the pleasure to present you the first knife out of our new shop - the 'Microlab' - PROTO1
After a lot of work and investment we now have all means to create knives on the highest standards. The new 'brand' under which all our knives will be sold is called 'Microlab' for the sole reason that this is indeed where they come from. In order to cut costs with space and use the money into precision equipment we went for a cubicle small shop with a separate dust room that allow us for a lab like environment to work in
In the 'dust room' we have the 'angry beavers' as i call the bandsaw and the grinder while 'the lab' offers a dust and dirt free environment for clean and precise work.
Autocad designed blades are transposed on the ground flat steel stock and cut into shape using an industrial grade metal bandsaw that together with always fresh bands assure minimal steel structure distortion on the cut. All grinding is performed on an 'in house' designed and manufactured grinder with micro adjusted and digitally controlled angles using Austrian made Sola equipment and a perfect flat ceramic glass platen for the best results.
The HT is performed in a laboratory calibrated kiln with lab precision thermocouple and electronic control following strictly manufacturers HT diagrams from renowned EU steel manufacturers like Sandvik and Uddeholm. Tempering is done in an oven controlled through high end Digitron temperature control equipment. After the HT the blades are tumble finished in order to smoothen all sharp edges.
Handle materials are always of top quality, industrially high density micarta, high end carbon fiber composites and the list goes on; the scales are then contoured on the mill and finally hand finished for a nice fit and finish. All guiding holes are drilled on a precision mini mill to assure a perfect perpendicular hole. They are after that reamed to final quotes for very tight tolerances. Taking all these into account we use no glue into applying the scales to the tang but on request marine grade epoxy can be used. The screws all all tightened to optimal manufacturer recommendation torque (at 0.75 nm) using homologated Wiha torque screwdrivers, for best results.
The knives comes super sharp right out of the box and ready for use for the best user experience.
For the sheaths we use only genuine Kydex products, the eyelets are high quality made in Finland and the press dies are custom made to ensure a perfect 'roll' and super smooth finish.
PROTO1 is an EDC blade design made for a local law enforcement squad; as i always make one blade on top of the original order to make sure that if anything goes wrong there is a backup ready and as thanks Good God everything went well we have one here for sale too. The specs are as follows:
- 80crv2 tool steel 0.93" thick
- high convex grind
- stonewash fine finish
- overall length 7.56" with a blade length of 3.46"
- high density 'sand' micarta
- blue anodized aluminum washers and black steel screws & brass pivots
- 0.93" black Kydex pocket sheath
The price for this knife is 310 usd.
All and only the best, God bless,
Bogdan
