Custom Meteorite and Mammoth

Product Description for Custom Meteorite and Mammoth

Maker: Corrie Schoeman (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 85359
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.25 in.
Total length: 7.25 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.77 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.11 in.
Item weight: 3.44 oz.
Blade: Mosaic Damascus steel forged from carbon steels by Ettoré Gianferarri in South Africa
Bolster: Gibeon Meteorite
Handle: Fossil mammoth ivory
Style: Folding liner lock
Description: Corrie designs a spectacular folder and pays attention to every detail. Nearly all of his folders are based on patterns, though each knife made is unique. This knife is a true one-of-a-kind, with a shape never before made by Corrie.
The Damascus used on this blade is forged by Ettoré Gianferarri in South Africa. It is made in extremely small runs. You are unlikely to see this Damascus anywhere else. Damascus loops travel across a charcoal-grey background. The blade is well centered and has smooth action. It is easily opened using the ruby thumb stud.
The fossil mammoth ivory scales meet in an elegant arc to the Gibeon Meteorite bolsters. The bark mammoth ivory is caramel toned with hints of green. The bolsters are made from Gibeon Meteorite that landed in Great Namaqualand, Namibia, Africa. It radio carbon dates to over 4 billion years ago. The Gibeon fragments are spread over one of the largest strewn fields in the world, measuring 70 miles wide by 230 miles long and have a distinctive pattern known as the Widmanstatten pattern, which is one of the richest and most distinct patterns found in meteorites.
Blue anodized and fileworked titanium liners are set with textured titanium overlays. The backbar and spine have both been hand fileworked. The interior of the liners have been mirror polished. A ruby gemstone is set in the backbar. Exceptional work throughout.


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