Repost and Price Drop: Kit Blade With Handle and Sheath Of My Own Making

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To make this one, I got a ready-made blade and brass bolster from USA Knifemaker and I built a one-off handle for it. the sheath is also of my making.

The blade steel is 9Cr18MoV stainless.
Hardness: 57-59 RC
Spine Thickness: .123"
Blade Length: 3 3/4"
Overall Length: 8 1/4"

Handle Materials: Olive Micarta, Yellow G-10, and Sycamore stabilized by K&G Supply. All glued with West Systems G-Flex. The handle is a bit asymetrical, as is seen when looking at it from the top.

The sheath is a one-off for this knife. It is made of 7-8 oz cow hide and it has a cam built in. The knife will not come out unless you want it to.



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I am asking $80 $65 for this knife, which includes Priority Shipping to any place in the USA.

Thank you for looking and feel free to ask questions.
 
Dergyll said:
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I know you can't resist a good 9cr!
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9Cr18Mov does better at higher hardness. For instance, I had one of the Civivi knives in 9Cr18Mov that were edge-tested punched for hardness. It was 60HRC on the dot. Given range of 57-59 here, it will probably perform more like the garden-variety 9Cr we've seen from Schrade, CRKT, etc.; or the Acuto 440 in the Tangram knives.

The knife is pretty though. I especially like those micarta sections.
 
I'm waiting on the AEB-L blades you have coming out. This one looks great. I have one I got from you about 4 years ago that I used in the kitchen tonight.
Its sheath is a solid piece of work. The coating on the handle has held up great.
 
knarfeng said:
Hardness is fine. Paul Bos hardened Buck 440C to that hardness.

It's a good looking knife. I think you did an excellent job with it.
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Indeed. I hope nobody took my comparison to "garden variety 9Cr18Mov" or the Tangram knives in Acuto 440 as a put-down. That's still decent and a big step up from 8Cr13Mov. A family member of mine used a Tangram knife in Acuto 440 as his actual every-day knife for over a year on his farm. He only stopped it because he lost it. Given the tag, I was just differentiating from the Civivi/Sencut stuff that gets run a bit harder.

I'd also add that the price here is excellent versus production fixed blades in this steel at similar hardness from companies like Real Steel and Steel Will.
 
batonbuck said:
I'm waiting on the AEB-L blades you have coming out. This one looks great. I have one I got from you about 4 years ago that I used in the kitchen tonight.
Its sheath is a solid piece of work. The coating on the handle has held up great.
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Thank you for the feedback, batonbuck. I am always grateful to hear how my knives are doing.

I wish I had more time in the shop lately, but I've got a lot going on. I'm taking care of my wife, who is disabled, so I haven't even had the time to get out my current batch of blanks, which are A2. The AEB-L is still in the layout stage.

Thank you for your supportive words.
 
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