Ti Pikal Lagriffe with Carbide Edge

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OAL is 5 3/8" with a 2" blade. Chisel grind transitions right into a high polished zero convex edge. Carbide edge is applied on the opposite side. Ultra lightweight. Asking Sold CONUS. Paypal or MO.

Here is a video of the Pikal Lagriffe slicing paper and 1 1/4" foam.

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Ban, nice looking blade ive been looking for this same thing, just didnt know it was quite this pricey.... Im not saying anything bad just didnt expect that price. Is that electrical coating alot more for the price of a blade?
Like i said im unsure and just trying to learn here so please excuse my dumbness.....:foot:
 
hmmm.... let me see how I am gonna answer this. :D

Here is what it took to get to this point of making this ultra lightweight Titanium Pikal Lagriffe.

The very first one was made of steel. After drawing up a sketch I had to find a way to drill those big holes into the handle. Went out and purchased some large 7/8", 1/2", and 23/64" carbide drill bits along with a large enough carbide countersink. My little drill press is not powerful enough to drill large holes so I had to ask a favor from a machinist friend to borrow his mill. Broke the tip/edge of my mucho dollar 7/8" drill bit on the first large hole :grumpy: Continued forward and successfully made the very first prototype Pikal Lagriffe. I obviously left off a lot of details that were required in between to complete the knife.

Wanted to make a more lightweight version that was impervious to the elements. The idea of Titanium came up. But titanium by itself doesn't hold an adequate edge so adding carbide would be a solution. Went out and purchased some titanium and a small carbidizer. Experimented with adding carbides to titanium and it worked out pretty well. The small carbidizer is somewhat slow and didn't embed the carbide as deep nor thick as I would like it. Went out and purchased a significantly more powerful and expensive unit to meet my requirements.

Making this Titanium Pikal Lagriffe takes Carbide, Titanium, Quality Equipment, Time spent on design, research, making mistakes, finding solutions, and hand craftsmanship.

Not sure if this answers your question ;)
 
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Ban said:
hmmm.... let me see how I am gonna answer this. :D

Here is what it took to get to this point of making this ultra lightweight Titanium Pikal Lagriffe.

The very first one was made of steel. After drawing up a sketch I had to find a way to drill those big holes into the handle. Went out and purchased some large 7/8", 1/2", and 23/64" carbide drill bits along with a large enough carbide countersink. My little drill press is not powerful enough to drill large holes so I had to ask a favor from a machinist friend to borrow his mill. Broke the tip/edge of my mucho dollar 7/8" drill bit on the first large hole :grumpy: Continued forward and successfully made the very first prototype Pikal Lagriffe. I obviously left off a lot of details that were required in between to complete the knife.

Wanted to make a more lightweight version that was impervious to the elements. The idea of Titanium came up. But titanium by itself doesn't hold an adequate edge so adding carbide would be a solution. Went out and purchased some titanium and a small carbidizer. Experimented with adding carbides to titanium and it worked out pretty well. The small carbidizer is somewhat slow and didn't embed the carbide as deep nor thick as I would like it. Went out and purchased a significantly more powerful and expensive unit to meet my requirements.

Making this Titanium Pikal Lagriffe takes Carbide, Titanium, Quality Equipment, Time to spent on design, research, making mistakes, finding solutions, and hand craftsmanship.

Not sure if this answers your question ;)
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Hi Ban, i meant no harm or disrespect, that was not my intention or motive. In the near future i will definately want 1 of these for some field game work. I havent really seen many of your knives yet but have been looking lately. I will be getting some so please dont hold my stupidity for this question against me.:foot:
Thanks,
Ray.
 
That came out beautiful! I'd love to pick it up, but can't right now...

I think the the 2 pikals I have from you will have to hold me off for the time being...the cycle of wanting more pikals is never ending!
 
BloodGroove4570 said:
Ban, nice looking blade ive been looking for this same thing, just didnt know it was quite this pricey.... Im not saying anything bad just didnt expect that price. Is that electrical coating alot more for the price of a blade?
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185 is a fair price for this knife. No-one else is making anything like this. Steel would be cheaper if you're not specifically looking for carbidized titanium.
 
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