SOLD Wyvern Stealth - 5160 Clip/Harpoon Hunter

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For Sale - Wyvern Stealth Knife with Kydex Sheath - Free Shipping

Description - This is one of my most popular designs, which is a mix between a harpoon and clip point hunter. This knife, along with all of my knives are hand-forged right here in the USA by me. This knife has many features including a false edge, sharpening choil, distally tapered tang, lanyard tube, thumb groove on the spine, and so on. This particular knife has convex bevels, a secondary edge, and a dark etch. It also has black micarta handles, stainless steel corby bolts/pins, and an aluminum lanyard tube.

Specs - Steel = 5160, Heat treated to spec (with a PID Evenheat oven) and Tempered at 375 for 1.5hours x 2, Hardness ~58, OAL = 9.25in, Blade Length = 4.75in, Blade Thickness = 5/32in , Weight = 6.3oz

Price - $174 (includes shipping)

Buy it here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/516168270

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Just saw your stuff today on Reddit, great progression! Welcome and nice work!
 
very nice! But steel type, hardness and heat-treat information are critical bits of information, especially as a new maker, when peddling on this forum
 
Thanks for the kind words and tips... My question is how are new makers supposed to offer real hardness numbers? A Rockwell testing machine is super expensive and I do all of my heat treating in house, so I am not sure how to reasonably and accurately obtain this information. Do all new makers send each and every knife out to get tested? My method is torture testing the edge before final finish.... Usually a couple solid hacks into some moose antler tells me if the edge will hold.
 
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Knight Owl Forge said:
Thanks for the kind words and tips... My question is how are new makers supposed to offer real hardness numbers? A Rockwell testing machine is super expensive and I do all of my heat treating in house, so I am not sure how to reasonably and accurately obtain this information. Do all new makers send each and every knife out to get tested? My method is torture testing the edge before final finish.... Usually a couple solid hacks into some moose antler tells me if the edge will hold.
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If I had to guess, a lot of makers don't have a hardness tester and rely on good heat treat methodology and simply tell us what RC their heat treat protocol targets. Might be worth sending out a blade every now and then as quality control to be tested so you can make sure you're hitting your advertised numbers.
 
Knight Owl Forge said:
Thanks for the kind words and tips... My question is how are new makers supposed to offer real hardness numbers? A Rockwell testing machine is super expensive and I do all of my heat treating in house, so I am not sure how to reasonably and accurately obtain this information. Do all new makers send each and every knife out to get tested? My method is torture testing the edge before final finish.... Usually a couple solid hacks into some moose antler tells me if the edge will hold.
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Some guys use the hardness testing file kits, which are a lot cheaper than a Rockwell machine.
 
Yeah, I read that the file kits only go in 5 point increments... Unfortunately, that's not as accurate as I would like.
 
Really nice knife. I snagged it on Etsy. Thanks for posting here, I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

Oh, and welcome to the forums!
 
Soupcan,

Thank you for your purchase, I will get it out as fast as possible.

Also, I wanted to extend my thanks to all of those coming it and offering kind words or advice! You made it a super easy and fun experience. Thank you soooo very much!

KOF
 
Arrived this morning. You must have a hook-up with the post office! Ordered Friday afternoon and it goes Washington to the upper Midwest by Monday at noon? Unreal.

The knife looks awesome. Super light in the hand, beautiful finish on the blade. Fit and finish on the scales is perfect. Nice sheath included. Super satisfied with this knife. Thanks again!
 
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