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This is the first blade Ive posted out of my favorite steel 52100! My personal outdoors knife is made from this steel and has done nothing but amaze me with its cutting performance!
OAL- 9"
blade- 4 3/4" long, .215" thick, 1" wide at the guard
steel- Aldo's high carbon 52100, Forged, with in-house diff heat treatment. the heat treat on this takes me a week and a half to bring out all I can from the steel
grind- a full convex grind, with distal taper
finish- etched 800 grit finish, with hamon
handle- tough as nails hickory
guard- 1/4" brass, and 1/8" brass pin, with 1/4" brass butt-cap, tang is through butt-cap and peened over
sheath- 11oz leather, hand stitched, clean, hot-waxed, with cam, for "snap fit", 3 copper rivets for belt loop
blade fully tested for edge retention and tip strenth before finishing
One really cool thing about this knife is when it came out of the etch, I noticed a really nice pattern of swirls and wavy lines in the finish. they arent finishing marks, and look damascus-like, even though it is one piece of steel. I wasnt able to get a good picture of it, but you can see some in the pictures I posted, my camera just cant seem to pick up that much detail.
this is a no-nonsense, hard use blade!!
$175 shipped to CONUS. I can accept paypal Joe357m@bresnan.net or money order.
1st to post "I'll take it" gets it!!!
Ships within 48 hours of payment, priority with ins!
Feedback appreciated, and thanks for looking!
OAL- 9"
blade- 4 3/4" long, .215" thick, 1" wide at the guard
steel- Aldo's high carbon 52100, Forged, with in-house diff heat treatment. the heat treat on this takes me a week and a half to bring out all I can from the steel
grind- a full convex grind, with distal taper
finish- etched 800 grit finish, with hamon
handle- tough as nails hickory
guard- 1/4" brass, and 1/8" brass pin, with 1/4" brass butt-cap, tang is through butt-cap and peened over
sheath- 11oz leather, hand stitched, clean, hot-waxed, with cam, for "snap fit", 3 copper rivets for belt loop
blade fully tested for edge retention and tip strenth before finishing
One really cool thing about this knife is when it came out of the etch, I noticed a really nice pattern of swirls and wavy lines in the finish. they arent finishing marks, and look damascus-like, even though it is one piece of steel. I wasnt able to get a good picture of it, but you can see some in the pictures I posted, my camera just cant seem to pick up that much detail.
this is a no-nonsense, hard use blade!!
$175 shipped to CONUS. I can accept paypal Joe357m@bresnan.net or money order.
1st to post "I'll take it" gets it!!!
Ships within 48 hours of payment, priority with ins!
Feedback appreciated, and thanks for looking!