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Through a series of happenstances, a brand-new Lhotak @BladeMan titanium knife made its way to the USA and ended up with me. This is one of the last blades he made all by hand with files and sandpaper, before he wimped out and got a grinder. 
Wimp!
The blade blank was heat-treated by yours truly by hand and eye (just like my swords), and I've gotten lots of great feedback on this alloy's performance as a hardened ti knife blade. The alloy is ATI-425, aka Grade 38, and was formulated for use as armor on tanks. It's the same alloy as the bigass sword blade I used on Knife or Death.
The knife is very light weight, and the handle is an ivory linen micarta. It's my favorite of his knife designs, and is a very comfortable and useful size. More info here:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/two-titanium-utility-knives.1732879/
The knife comes with a nice leather sheath also made by Lhotak, and a red padded storage case, also made by Lhotak. Due to its size-to-weight ratio, it would be a great knife for a hiker-type use. It's also corrosion-proof of course, as well as easy to maintain and keep sharp.
It's really nice, like as nice as it looks in the photos. The precision is amazing.
I'm selling the knife to help fund more ti blade "exchange program" activities. Your purchase helps more of these things get put out into the world! And there are very few of them.
Price is SOLD, shipped to the USA.
Thanks for looking, feel free to ask questions.
Wimp!The blade blank was heat-treated by yours truly by hand and eye (just like my swords), and I've gotten lots of great feedback on this alloy's performance as a hardened ti knife blade. The alloy is ATI-425, aka Grade 38, and was formulated for use as armor on tanks. It's the same alloy as the bigass sword blade I used on Knife or Death.
The knife is very light weight, and the handle is an ivory linen micarta. It's my favorite of his knife designs, and is a very comfortable and useful size. More info here:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/two-titanium-utility-knives.1732879/
The knife comes with a nice leather sheath also made by Lhotak, and a red padded storage case, also made by Lhotak. Due to its size-to-weight ratio, it would be a great knife for a hiker-type use. It's also corrosion-proof of course, as well as easy to maintain and keep sharp.
It's really nice, like as nice as it looks in the photos. The precision is amazing.
I'm selling the knife to help fund more ti blade "exchange program" activities. Your purchase helps more of these things get put out into the world! And there are very few of them.
Price is SOLD, shipped to the USA.
Thanks for looking, feel free to ask questions.
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