All prices include shipping (Priority) and Paypal fee's in the United States. Please NO TRADES. Best way to contact me is at aarondragg@me.com or through PM.
-Peter Rassenti (aka Peter R.) Keystone Flipper: I am the second owner of this outstanding knife. I purchased it new in box from someone who was lucky enough to pick it up from this passed Blade Show (when I saw Peter R. at G3 several months ago, I couldn't get one of his knives because he sold out within 15 minutes of doors opening) and I carried it a handful of times carefully. Has not been used. As you can see, it's the same knife that sold on TrueNorthKnives for $850, only this one has a stonewashed blade http://www.truenorthknives.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=345_508&products_id=3909 The bead blasted/sand blasted liners and pocket clipped have some light scratching. Not real scratching, but the kind that always happens to sand blasted titanium whether you're careful or not. Again, it has not been used but has been carried a handful of times and somehow the bead blasted areas got lightly scratched. I'm not sure how much of this was from carry (since I carried it just around the house in it's own jean pocket) since it always had a slightly rough or almost "aged Ti" look to the bead blast. Almost as if it had the slightest stonewash on top of the Ti. Hard to explain but I don't think it had a perfect Chris Reeve style bead blasting to begin with. The faint scratches are more the type that show up in the right lighting but I tried to photograph examples of this. It could easily be re-blasted if desired. I imagine Peter R. might be willing to do it himself. Anyway, this knife is outstanding and light with THE BEST flipping action I've ever felt, bar none. I know you hear that all the time but this knife has to be felt to understand. The original owner said the same thing and I had no idea how smooth and fast the flipping would be. I have or have owned a TILT, Spyderco Southard Flipper, Shirogorov Hati 95, John Grimsmo Norseman, and other custom flippers, all of which are stand-out flippers, but none come close to this. It has something to do with the weight of the blade, the placement of the flipper, and just the smoothest bearing system I've ever felt with perfect tolerances. The lockup on this knife is also perfect with zero stick and it has to be one of the most solid feeling knives I've come across. One of the few knives I've owned that truly, honestly feels like a fixed blade when open. It's very, very comfortable and ergonomic and light for it's size. Like most of my knives, I have sharpened it ONCE on the Wicked Edge system only to give it a mirror polished edge for aesthetic reasons, especially as the original edge was a little rough and not nearly as sharp. Little steel was removed, it was more of a smoothing out of the bevel and polishing, which looks great. Such a cool knife that I hate to part ways with. The machining and overall feel and build is outstanding. Peter Rassenti knives have a really cool feel of perfect craftsmanship mixed with more rugged and handmade/hand-finished elements. Starting at $475 shipped, which I think is pretty decent considering it's fully custom and hard to get, and an almost identical one can be seen on TNK's website for $850.
TNK's pictures on their website do the knife a lot more justice than my pictures, but again, this one is stonewashed, which is the only difference between it and the one on the TNK site
the mirror polish is really nice in person, with the smudges wiped off
Please PM me or email me (preferably) at aarondragg@me.com with any questions.
Thanks!
Aaron
-Peter Rassenti (aka Peter R.) Keystone Flipper: I am the second owner of this outstanding knife. I purchased it new in box from someone who was lucky enough to pick it up from this passed Blade Show (when I saw Peter R. at G3 several months ago, I couldn't get one of his knives because he sold out within 15 minutes of doors opening) and I carried it a handful of times carefully. Has not been used. As you can see, it's the same knife that sold on TrueNorthKnives for $850, only this one has a stonewashed blade http://www.truenorthknives.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=345_508&products_id=3909 The bead blasted/sand blasted liners and pocket clipped have some light scratching. Not real scratching, but the kind that always happens to sand blasted titanium whether you're careful or not. Again, it has not been used but has been carried a handful of times and somehow the bead blasted areas got lightly scratched. I'm not sure how much of this was from carry (since I carried it just around the house in it's own jean pocket) since it always had a slightly rough or almost "aged Ti" look to the bead blast. Almost as if it had the slightest stonewash on top of the Ti. Hard to explain but I don't think it had a perfect Chris Reeve style bead blasting to begin with. The faint scratches are more the type that show up in the right lighting but I tried to photograph examples of this. It could easily be re-blasted if desired. I imagine Peter R. might be willing to do it himself. Anyway, this knife is outstanding and light with THE BEST flipping action I've ever felt, bar none. I know you hear that all the time but this knife has to be felt to understand. The original owner said the same thing and I had no idea how smooth and fast the flipping would be. I have or have owned a TILT, Spyderco Southard Flipper, Shirogorov Hati 95, John Grimsmo Norseman, and other custom flippers, all of which are stand-out flippers, but none come close to this. It has something to do with the weight of the blade, the placement of the flipper, and just the smoothest bearing system I've ever felt with perfect tolerances. The lockup on this knife is also perfect with zero stick and it has to be one of the most solid feeling knives I've come across. One of the few knives I've owned that truly, honestly feels like a fixed blade when open. It's very, very comfortable and ergonomic and light for it's size. Like most of my knives, I have sharpened it ONCE on the Wicked Edge system only to give it a mirror polished edge for aesthetic reasons, especially as the original edge was a little rough and not nearly as sharp. Little steel was removed, it was more of a smoothing out of the bevel and polishing, which looks great. Such a cool knife that I hate to part ways with. The machining and overall feel and build is outstanding. Peter Rassenti knives have a really cool feel of perfect craftsmanship mixed with more rugged and handmade/hand-finished elements. Starting at $475 shipped, which I think is pretty decent considering it's fully custom and hard to get, and an almost identical one can be seen on TNK's website for $850.
TNK's pictures on their website do the knife a lot more justice than my pictures, but again, this one is stonewashed, which is the only difference between it and the one on the TNK site
the mirror polish is really nice in person, with the smudges wiped off
Please PM me or email me (preferably) at aarondragg@me.com with any questions.
Thanks!
Aaron
