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SOLD, 40+ 8" Shiv

Nathan the Machinist said:
40+ 8" Shiv.

Today's sale is for at least 40 Shiv, or anybody who gets in within the 3:00 time stamp (potentially more than 40, unless the numbers get crazy)

The 8" Shiv is a titan in the history of CPK classics. If you've never held one, you should, it is a brilliant knife/weapon. It is not light and lively like an ABS "fighter", it is light with weight on the ends. It's a robust stabbing weapon that can easily defeat thick clothing and Kevlar body armor, and a modern combat knife intended for reliable hard work in difficult conditions.

These were originally made during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's the fighter that the UF was derived from. It is the UF on steroids and dialed up to 11. The UF is compact and reasonable, the Shiv is not.

It is long, narrow and 1/4" thick Delta 3V with a reinforced in-line point (thick diamond shaped cross section) skeletonized tang and functional deep fullers. It balances directly ahead of the guard. It was made to stab in a straight line, resist deflection, and was originally intended to pry open a glove box, open holes in a masonry wall, and breach a door and the fellow behind it.

The guard is large and is designed to fit the hand and thumb when held at 45 degrees across the palm in a saber grip and also aligns perfectly with your hand when held in a reverse grip. The grip is designed to be spun in the hand into a reverse grip and for the thumb to go over the end. This fits a large hand.

The grip on the UF was derived from the Shiv, and now the grip on the Shiv is derived from the updated UF. But without the compromises in geometry to keep it compact and help it lay flat. The grip is thicker and more pronounced so the knife will remain aligned with your arm and point straight. With some use you will know exactly where the point is with your eyes closed, reverse or forward.

There are some updates with the new release of this classic pattern. Compared to the original Shiv, there is the thumb ramp jimping and deep chamfers we have become known for (these are found on some of the later production OG Shivs). The finger guard is a little bigger. The heat treat is now our fully optimized Delta Heat Treat (an early version of this was also found on the last few OG Shivs to leave the shop, though they were un-marked.) The hand grip has been tweaked a little. The primary grind has been narrowed a hair and the fuller has been adjusted to compensate (I'm keeping the weight and balance roughly the same through the distribution of material and the sectional modulus is basically unchanged). I'm stretching the point out 1/2" to give it a full 8" edge length rather than 8" tip to scale. Due to advances in our heat treat, the edge is now sharpened at 20 DPS rather than the original 22.

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These are all field grade, milled and tumbled with visible tool and grinding marks.


$800 shipped. Includes a really nice Kydex sheath.


Specs:
Delta 3V, 60.5 HRC, .250" thick at ricasso
Total length 13.25
Blade length 8.0 (8.5 tip to scale)
Weight 12 oz
Edge angle 20 DPS
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or G10
Fully machined 6AL4V titanium Torx head fasteners in precision ground steel pins


The Shiv comes in your choice of black or natural unbuffed canvas micarta

It comes with 6Al-4V titanium fasteners. If you want them colored pretty and blue add $15

Scales, substitute for basic micarta:

Black Linen micarta $10
OD green canvas micarta $10
Double Black Canvas micarta $10
OD green, Orange, or Black G10 $10
Natural Burlap micarta $20
Double red canvas micarta $20
Terotuf (grey, orange, bright green, or OD green) $20
Double Black Linen micarta $20
Blue Canvas micarta (denim) $20
Tri-color canvas micarta $30
Scarlet linen micarta $30
Double Red and Black Linen micarta $30
Bright Blue micarta $30


To place an order stake your claim in this thread and Jo will contact you to finalize your order. If you don't hear from her by mid week next week, contact her at jocarothers at g mail dought com

^folks who are posting here to purchase a knife that don't have an email listed in their profile and also aren't set up to get PM's (because they don't have a gold membership), Jo can't contact you so you will need to send her an email


If sales tax is due (due to your location) your order will be discounted so the total is the same as everybody else.

Shipping is already built into the price (BF policy) but if you get more than one the additional shipping will be deducted from your total.

Since these are being built to order it can take a few weeks to get everybody shipped.


Come here in two weeks for some Field Knives.



Thank you. Jo, Mark, Bo, Ben, Carl, Travis, Tanto and I appreciate you.

Sadie dog does not. Sadie is the worst.

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BTW, we have a website that we post some old inventory on sometimes if anybody is interested. https://carothersknives.com/shop/

I'm about to start selling the high concentration diamond stropping shmoo that I use to strop every CPK and also the competition choppers with an unprecedented number of Blade sport wins including multiple championships. It's special, it works and I'm going to start selling it on our website.
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