Matthew Gregory
Chief Executive in charge of Entertainment
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I work on simple ideas like this when I'm not working on bigger projects, and one of my more recent big ones has hit a fatal snag, so I had time to spiff up this cool lil' guy.
The steel is very unique, and I don't have much of it, as I'm pretty sure there's not much to be had. It's a laminate made as a joint project with Crucible Steel and Niagara Specialty Metals a couple years back, where a billet of extremely wear resistant Crucible CPM-S90v was placed in a HIP canister, and Crucible CPM154 powder was packed to either side, sealed in the canister, and sent through the hot isostatic press process, producing a perfect lamination. The advantage is a core steel which with high wear resistance and high carbide content clad in a tough stainless steel capable of taking a fine finish.
And it looks cool.
The knife is comprised of 5/32" thick material, features a 3" blade, at an overall length of 6-5/8", and is designed to ride in a small slip case in a front pocket. The entire blade has been mirror polished. This is yet another blade I've made using the platen setup which mimics hollow grinding on a four foot diameter wheel, so to the naked eye it looks flat, but allows for a very thin grind behind the edge. This one was zero ground before the final edge was applied, too.
Total weight is 2-7/8 ounces, about 1/2 ounce more than an average Swiss Army knife.
I would like to take this opportunity to bring up, once again, that knife photography is an order of magnitude more difficult than knifemaking. @SharpByCoop I don't know how you do it, and if I thought regular knife finishes were bad, I had absolutely no clue just how much nastier a mirror finish makes it!!!!
Thanks for looking.
The steel is very unique, and I don't have much of it, as I'm pretty sure there's not much to be had. It's a laminate made as a joint project with Crucible Steel and Niagara Specialty Metals a couple years back, where a billet of extremely wear resistant Crucible CPM-S90v was placed in a HIP canister, and Crucible CPM154 powder was packed to either side, sealed in the canister, and sent through the hot isostatic press process, producing a perfect lamination. The advantage is a core steel which with high wear resistance and high carbide content clad in a tough stainless steel capable of taking a fine finish.
And it looks cool.
The knife is comprised of 5/32" thick material, features a 3" blade, at an overall length of 6-5/8", and is designed to ride in a small slip case in a front pocket. The entire blade has been mirror polished. This is yet another blade I've made using the platen setup which mimics hollow grinding on a four foot diameter wheel, so to the naked eye it looks flat, but allows for a very thin grind behind the edge. This one was zero ground before the final edge was applied, too.
Total weight is 2-7/8 ounces, about 1/2 ounce more than an average Swiss Army knife.
I would like to take this opportunity to bring up, once again, that knife photography is an order of magnitude more difficult than knifemaking. @SharpByCoop I don't know how you do it, and if I thought regular knife finishes were bad, I had absolutely no clue just how much nastier a mirror finish makes it!!!!
Thanks for looking.
