A few knives for all those who like knife porn. ….All completed for fellow deer stalkers in the last month or so.
These were the last few blanks I had left but I am driving to the laser cutters tomorrow to get three sheets of steel cut. Then in the New Year I will be driving to Sheffield and getting over 100 blanks professionally heat treated in bulk by Summitglow of Sheffield. All blanks will be vacuum heat treated then Nitrogen soaked for a few hours to ensure optimum hardness and annealed.
The blanks will be Swedish Uddeholm Elmax and Vanax 'super steels' the latter being the ultimate in salt water corrosion resistance where steel is concerned and recently tested by the US Navy SEAL's where it passed their demanding tests.
As requested there will be several new designs including a 258mm long knife with a 142mm cutting edge. All blades will be either hollow ground or flat ground which are the most efficient for cutting flesh.
I have been busy stabilising lots of high grade exotic and stunning traditional UK woods, all totally impervious to blood and moisture. There will be a choice of composite G10 handles in both dark/bright solid colours and also multi colours.
The two knives here are Elmax of hardness HRC60-61, 3.7mm at the spine, full flat grinds at 4 degrees with 17.5 degree secondary bevels and satin hand finished.
One knife has a orange and black Tiger G10 handle and the other has fully stabilised Spalted Silver Birch with G10 liners, which incidentally will never swell or move unlike fibre liners.
The knives were sharpened by hand and when finished were cutting Rizla papers which in real times is around twice as sharp as a Gillette razor.
Thanks for looking.
These were the last few blanks I had left but I am driving to the laser cutters tomorrow to get three sheets of steel cut. Then in the New Year I will be driving to Sheffield and getting over 100 blanks professionally heat treated in bulk by Summitglow of Sheffield. All blanks will be vacuum heat treated then Nitrogen soaked for a few hours to ensure optimum hardness and annealed.
The blanks will be Swedish Uddeholm Elmax and Vanax 'super steels' the latter being the ultimate in salt water corrosion resistance where steel is concerned and recently tested by the US Navy SEAL's where it passed their demanding tests.
As requested there will be several new designs including a 258mm long knife with a 142mm cutting edge. All blades will be either hollow ground or flat ground which are the most efficient for cutting flesh.
I have been busy stabilising lots of high grade exotic and stunning traditional UK woods, all totally impervious to blood and moisture. There will be a choice of composite G10 handles in both dark/bright solid colours and also multi colours.
The two knives here are Elmax of hardness HRC60-61, 3.7mm at the spine, full flat grinds at 4 degrees with 17.5 degree secondary bevels and satin hand finished.
One knife has a orange and black Tiger G10 handle and the other has fully stabilised Spalted Silver Birch with G10 liners, which incidentally will never swell or move unlike fibre liners.
The knives were sharpened by hand and when finished were cutting Rizla papers which in real times is around twice as sharp as a Gillette razor.
Thanks for looking.