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Here's another new one:
Size: Length overall: 12.25" (31 cm), Blade Length: 6.5" (16.5 cm), Thickness: .1875 (.48cm)
Blade: 440C High Chromium Stainless Tool Steel, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C58, hollow ground and mirror polished
Fittings/Bolsters: Polished Low Carbon Steel, Hand-engraved
Handle: Polished Ruby in Zoisite Gemstone (Tanzania)
Sheath: Frog Skin Inlaid in Hand-Tooled 9-10 oz. Leather Shoulder
My "Patriot" design was originally created for a Special Forces combat grade weapon, and this piece couldn't show off the style better. The engraving style of piled blocks, the engraved bolster borders, and the filework all match to accentuate the squared crystalline facets of solid Rubies floating in the bed of Zoisite mineral.
These are real rubies, and are very thick and plentiful in the matrix of blue-green zoisite. Rubies are a 9 on the Mohs scale; only diamonds are harder. This was one tough piece and it cost me literally hundreds of dollars in belts and enormous time and labor to finish it! This is the reason many other makers won't work with gemstone. A silicone carbide, ceramic, or aluminum oxide belt is instantly dulled when it contacts the ruby.
The sheath is hand-carved and tooled of russet 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, and inlaid with six beautiful pieces of frog skin. The repeating pattern on the frog skin goes well with the rubies in the handle, making for a unique and stunning ensemble.
Read more about this knife and see more pictures here.
Size: Length overall: 12.25" (31 cm), Blade Length: 6.5" (16.5 cm), Thickness: .1875 (.48cm)
Blade: 440C High Chromium Stainless Tool Steel, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C58, hollow ground and mirror polished
Fittings/Bolsters: Polished Low Carbon Steel, Hand-engraved
Handle: Polished Ruby in Zoisite Gemstone (Tanzania)
Sheath: Frog Skin Inlaid in Hand-Tooled 9-10 oz. Leather Shoulder
My "Patriot" design was originally created for a Special Forces combat grade weapon, and this piece couldn't show off the style better. The engraving style of piled blocks, the engraved bolster borders, and the filework all match to accentuate the squared crystalline facets of solid Rubies floating in the bed of Zoisite mineral.
These are real rubies, and are very thick and plentiful in the matrix of blue-green zoisite. Rubies are a 9 on the Mohs scale; only diamonds are harder. This was one tough piece and it cost me literally hundreds of dollars in belts and enormous time and labor to finish it! This is the reason many other makers won't work with gemstone. A silicone carbide, ceramic, or aluminum oxide belt is instantly dulled when it contacts the ruby.
The sheath is hand-carved and tooled of russet 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, and inlaid with six beautiful pieces of frog skin. The repeating pattern on the frog skin goes well with the rubies in the handle, making for a unique and stunning ensemble.
Read more about this knife and see more pictures here.
