New 3.3" flipper, s35vn with G10 scales

My Dad and I have been making knives in BC, Canada since 2013. Until now we've only done fixed blade kitchen and outdoor knives. We are excited to say, we've developed our first folding model! We wanted to design a simple, affordable (relatively), yet high performance edc folder. The Skaha, as we've named it, is a flipper with a 3.3" blade, G10 scales and our version of a "liner lock". Instead of a full liner, we inset a stainless lockbar into the G10 handle. This cuts down significantly on weight and works the same as a traditional liner lock, and looks pretty sleek too. The only part of this knife we aren't making completely ourselves (besides small hardware), is the pocket clip.


We mill our knives on a CNC mill and then do many hand finishing steps before and after heat treat. You will notice we leave the milling lines on the bevels on most knives because it looks neat, doesn't affect performance and reduces cost to both us and the end user. Anyway, enough talk. here are the specs and photos! For additional info, photos, or to purchase a knife visit the website or PM me


Knives are basically ship ready. We are sending orders out within a couple of days at the moment.


website price is $199 Canadian or approximately $155 USD after the conversion. Shipping will be added on top of this for all customers and Canadians will have to pay tax (varies depending on province).


If you are in the US and decide to send a paypal payment, cost is $170 USD shipped CONUS (make it a "goods" payment, not "gift") Use [email protected]


blade: cpm s35vn @59-61 HRC
scales: g10 (black, red, purple, tan or dayglo yellow
lock bar: spring tempered s35vn @~47 HRC
bearings, stop pin, washers: 440C @ 59-60 HRC
pocket clip: hardened 420 stainless
pivot pin: hardened 416 stainless
all other hardware: 18-8 stainless
blade length: 3.3" (8.38cm)
closed length: 4.4" (11.18cm)
open length: 7.75" (19.7cm)
blade thickness at pivot: .1" (2.5mm)
total weight:3.1 oz (90g)
edge angle: 25° inclusive


pocket clip is designed for tip up carry and is not re-positionable.



questions and comments welcome!

EDIT: some of you asked for a quick video showing the knife in action and a few different angles. Here is just a rough video to give you an idea. When we have more time we'll do a better one!

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Thanks! Yes we are planning to put a quick video up asap. Just haven't had time. I'll aim for monday or tuesday. Just to show how it flips etc.

 

Possibly in micarta. But we would have to do a bunch of strength tests first. Probably not somethin we'll be doing anytime soon because we hav a lot of other stuff on the go! I wouldn't want to make them in anything that isn't reinforced with fibre of some sort. The G10 is actually the frame of the knife with this design so it has to be very tough

 

Thanks! I don't know off the top of my head. Probably in the $30-40 CAD range. What is your postal/zip code. I can give you and exact idea. PM me if you prefer

 

Thank you!

 

Thank you for the kind words Frank! Always means a lot coming from another maker.

We were definitely neglecting the forums and social media a bit since we started design on this in august. We have to stop developing new models in the last quarter. Done that that past two years and it's been too hectic with christmas sales and so on. Spring would be a better time

 

Thanks Rolf! Glad you like them. I doubt we will be doing a tanto version of this model. Possibly on a future folder, but I can't promise anything!

 

For those who were asking. Here is a quick video showing the knife from a few different angles, as well as the action. Sorry for the audio quality, this was filmed on a cell phone. We are really busy right now so this had to be done quickly. When I have more time I will put together a better, more in-depth video.

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Thanks! We've had a few Australians co-ordinate together to do the same thing. I hope it works out.

 

Possibly, but not in the near future. The knife actually sits in a left pocket nicely as is. It also deploys naturally from the left.