Legend Slipjoint with Crosscut Micarta and Mokume - M390

Product Description for Legend Slipjoint with Crosscut Micarta and Mokume - M390

Maker: Willem Steenkamp (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 109005
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 2.80 in.
Cutting edge length: 2.50 in.
Total length: 6.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.66 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.11 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.09 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 2.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 4.0 oz.
Blade: Satin finished premium M390 stainless steel, hardened to 61 Hrc
Handle: Crosscut Micarta with a mokume gane escutcheon
Sheath: Zipper pouch
Style: Slipjoint folder
Description: This Willem Steenkamp custom Legend slipjoint is a fantastic utility folder. The blade and ergonomic handle are perfectly designed and implemented.
Willem was accepted as a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa (KGSA) in May of 2007. His attention to detail is clearly evident in his knives. His fit and finish rivals that of the best makers found anywhere.
The 2.8 inch blade is hand ground M390 stainless steel. M390 is a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds onto it due to a high concentration of vanadium and chromium carbides. Its unique powder metallurgical process also promotes a uniform carbide distribution and clean steel properties, making M390 a popular steel used in surgical cutting instruments and in applications requiring a high finish. It offers excellent corrosion resistance due to its high concentration of chromium. The blade is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge. The spear point blade is perfectly centered with a firm half stop -- easily opened with the right handed thumb nick.
Handle scales are crosscut Micarta. Carbon fiber collars are inlaid around the pivot. A mokume gane escutcheon combines brass, copper and nickel. It is inlaid into the left scale with absolutely no gaps. The satin finished liners are jewel polished on the interior.
Exceptional work throughout!


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