Turtle Bolsterlock

[Serge Panchenko]

Hey all, finished this one today. Several firsts on this one for me, my first bolsterlock and my first time doing this kind of carving. A lot of details in this Turtle: carved and antiqued copper scale, anodized and stonewashed 6al4v Ti handle, inset custom clip, all hardware heat colored, stamped copper backspacer, carbidized lock face, early lockup (about 25%), 1095 blade etched with a subtle pattern. Knife comes with a dogtag pendant made from copper and titanium, a copper certificate tag, and a copper bead. Overall open length is 5 7/8", blade length is 2 1/4", and closed length is 3 1/2". Hope you guys like it!

 

[fast14riot]

Love it! Your work is always inspiring, Serge! Do you carbidize the face of the lock bar?


-Xander

 

[Serge Panchenko]

Xander, lock bar, the steel is already hard so it doesn't need it.

 

[flatblackcapo]

I always enjoy seeing your work. This one is great ! I like all the small things that bring it all together into one big ball of awesome!

 

[fast14riot]

Oh, I see I skipped that line in your description, just too eager to see your pics!


-X

 

[abcdef]

The tortoise wins again.

 

[melotalk]

wow!!!

 

[Lon Humphrey]

very cool Serge i love your stuff

 

[Win Heger]

That's neat, I'll e-mail a link to a friend that collects "Turtle" knives.

 

[Lycosa]

Damn you, Serge.

 

[JayGoliath]

Humbling design and work!

 

[SAR]

Very nice job ...well executed!

SAR

 

[prairiedigital]

So very original Serge! Always a pleasure to see your work.

 

[evanPGH]

Love the shell texturing on this. Fabulous work, my man.

 

[HAWC]

agreed^^^ love the shell texture. really gives it personality. excellent job.

 

[SharpByCoop]

Outstanding! Such fresh ideas.

Serge, were you at Blade?

Coop

 

[Serge Panchenko]

Thanks guys. Jim, I skipped this year but will be at Blade '14.