Maple Burl Drop Point with Maple Burl

Product Description for Maple Burl Drop Point with Maple Burl

Maker: Randy Lee (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 88437
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 4.40 in.
Total length: 9.20 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.17 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 1.15 in.
Item weight: 8.50 oz.
Shipment weight: 14.9 oz.
Blade: Hollow ground, mirror polished 154-CPM stainless steel, Hrc 59-60
Bolster: Nickel silver fittings
Handle: Stabilized maple burl with Steller's seacow bone, fire amber and ironwood spacers
Sheath: Brown leather sheath with vines and leaves tooled border made by Sonya Lee
Description: As an avid hunter, Randy knows how a good hunting knife should perform. He loves to "field-test" his designs and feels that a quality knife should not only look great, but perform well as a tool. This one-of-a-kind drop point hunter is no exception.
The hollow ground 154-CPM stainless steel blade will have particularly great edge holding and has been hardened to Rc59-60 so as to assure that the edge will remain razor sharp through the most demanding tasks. The spine of the blade has been hand finished with some elegant filework.
The handle is formed from 11 stacked layers. Steller's seacow bone, fire amber, and ironwood surround a larger section of stabilized spalted maple. Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct, large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea. It was discovered in the Commander Islands in 1741 by the German naturalist Georg Steller, who was traveling with the explorer Vitus Bering. Through an unfortunate combination of being slow, large, and very good tasting, by 1768, less than 30 years after it had been discovered, Steller's sea cow was extinct. Red fiber spacers alternate with nickel silver, assisting the handle to adjust to changes in humidity and temperature. This is a handle made with a great deal of attention to the tonal variations of the materials used, and the results are stunning. This is one of the most beautiful knives that I have seen from renowned knifemaker Randy Lee. Excellent fit and finish throughout.


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