D'Lete with Blacklip and Meteorite

Product Description for D'Lete with Blacklip and Meteorite

Maker: Corrie Schoeman (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 87279
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.10 in.
Total length: 6.80 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.85 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.12 in.
Item weight: 3.20 oz.
Blade: Damascus forged from carbon steels by Ettoré Gianferarri in South Africa
Bolster: Damascus forged from carbon steels by Ettoré Gianferarri in South Africa
Handle: Exhibition grade black lip mother of pearl with rear Muonionalusta meteorite bolsters
Style: Folding liner lock
Description: Corrie designs a spectacular folder and pays attention to every detail. His knives have unique appearance and feel, combining rare materials such as mother of pearl and meteorite.
D'Lete has a futuristic appearance, resulting from broad geometric lines. The modified tanto blade has been hollow ground with a sway back. It is formed from highly complex Damascus by Ettoré Gianferarri. Gianferarri's Damascus is forged in small runs such that the patterns are rarely repeated.
Exhibition grade black lip mother of pearl scales meet with rear meteorite bolsters. The Muonionalusta meteorite was originally found in 1906 near Kiruna, Sweden. Muonionalusta meteorites are very rarely found on the meteorite market and even less frequently found on knives as the strewn field is within the Arctic Circle, making searching for it very difficult. The crystalline patterns revealed on the bolsters are known as "Widmanstatten patterns". These patterns can only form in the vacuum of space. The large metallic crystals require millions of years of cooling to form from a molten planetary core fragment. It has been estimated that it took about 1000 years for these molten pieces of planetary core to cool by just 1 degree Celsius!
Scales and bolsters sit on a satin finished stainless steel underlays. The titanium liners have been blue anodized and are fully fileworked. The interior of the liners has been mirror polished. A faceted citrine gemstone is set in the fileworked titanium backbar and thumb stud. Exceptional work throughout.


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