Wharncliffe Fighter (Saex)

[HardedgeKnives]

The Wharncliffe is ground from .2 inch thick ATS-34 stainless steel and hand sanded down to 600 grit to producing a nice satin finish. Heat treatment was done by wrapping the blade in stainless foil and soaking at 1950 degrees F for 30 min. then cooling with forced air fans (ATS-34 is an air quench steel). The blade when into the freezer for 24 hours then into a dry ice for another 3 days. Afterwards it was double tempered at 400 degrees for 2 hours.
The blade is a great cutter comfortable in reverse grip making it pretty wicked. It is a great looking piece with its outstanding Curly Koa wood handle. The sheath is stitched and tooled heavy 8/9 ounce brown leather with a belt loop set up for right hand carry.

SPECS:
Steel: ATS-34 Stainless just a fuzz under .2 inches thick and heat treated to a hardness of approximately 60 Rc.
Overall length: 10.4 inches long
Blade length: 5.3" inches long, hand sanded to 600 grit with file worked spine
Handle is Koa wood scales and black spacers attached to the knifes full tang with loveless botls and epoxy. A 3/16 diameter brass lined lanyard hole.
Sheath: 8/9 ounce leather

Price: $175 delivered in US.
I prefer PayPal (my account is kelley_ward@keysight.com) but accept other forms of payment.

 

[tyr_shadowblade]

Nice seax!

 

[HardedgeKnives]

Thanks tyr_shadowblade and for the name of the blade shape too, love it and the Viking roots. I'm working on a carbon version that is almost 17 inches long overall with a little more hook in the blade just got the profile done but excited to see how it turns out.
Kelley

 

[raiderfan1890]

I hate wharncliffes but this thing is amazing. I love your rustic knives.

 

[HardedgeKnives]

Hello raiderfan1890 and thanks. I'm also still hammering out the rustics, love the character of the primitive forged look. Thanks, Kelley