The Rising Sun Survivalist Knife for Sale

Archer Here · Jan 30, 2009

Dropped to $185 plus $12 shipping fee, inside US.
Also added close up picture of the spine.

Designed off of the Japanese Samurai Sword, while still maintaining a survivalist look and function. Front end was designed to dig. The spine has teeth for sawing. Has a regular blade. Towards the guard, there is a notch for cutting (rope, barb wire, etc).

Heat Treatment:
Blade was cut out and Normalized @ 1500 degrees until non magnetic, three times, to remove stresses and align crystals. Heat Hardened to @ 1500 degrees, until blade became nonmagnetic, then quenched in 125 degree quality oil. Tempered the blade to a straw hardness @ 425 degrees for 1 hour, letting it air cool and repeating once more. Blade was file tested and is shown to be very hard.

Steel: 5160 Steel.
Finish: Fine satin finished. Guard has a baked on black mat finish.
Handle: Handle is made of Pipe & Wax String.
Sheath: Sheath is hand stitched out of dark brown gator hide and thick leather backing. Includes thigh strap and belt loop.

Measurements:
Tot Length: 13 ¼ "
Blade Length=8 " Blade Width=2” Blade Thickness= ¼"
Handle Length: 5 ¼ " Handle Width: ¾ "
Weight: 19 oz

Dropped to $185 plus $12 shipping fee, if shipped in the US. You can send through Paypal to ScorpionBows@mchsi.com or mail M/O to our address (see web site for address).

Below are pictures of the finished knife.

Thanks

jsmithknives · Jan 31, 2009

Nice design archer, this is the best one I have seen from you soo far! Keep up the good work... I really like the gator skin sheath!!

aggopian · Jan 31, 2009

+1 Sick but functional! I like it.

Archer Here · Jan 31, 2009

Thought I'd add a little clip using the knife.

Archer Here · Feb 4, 2009

Dropped price to $185 plus $12 shipping. Also added picture of the spine.

Hondo.3 · Feb 6, 2009

I think you've got some good things going on here. I like the round handle, nicely evocative of the first Rambo knife. I'm curious about the blade grind. It appears to be full flat on one side, and low sabre on the other. What was your idea behind that design? The saw teeth look pretty cool. They make a nice addition.

Perhaps you'd consider changing the tip to a clipped point.

TC

Archer Here · Feb 7, 2009

Thanks for your complements.
The idea behind the design was exactly what you described.
Instead of making it flat on just one side, which would have made the blade more thin, to get a sharp edge, I just grinded the other side down so I could keep the blade as thick as possible, yet give it an edge, for durability.

mnyshrpknvs · Feb 7, 2009

What a great looking knife. Surely looks to be functional as well.

Hondo.3 · Feb 7, 2009

If you like the Japanese influence, perhaps a chisel-ground tanto blade would suit your design requirements well. They aren't in fashion, but it would be easy to sharpen, and you'd have a lot of steel in the cross-section of the knife. Aesthetically, I think it would look good too. You could either bring that grind line up high, or even make a full-flat grind on that side. I'm imagining an over-grown fixed blade Emerson CQC7.

Keep on grindin'.

TC