Gemsbok (Hunter) with Giraffe Bone

Product Description for Gemsbok (Hunter) with Giraffe Bone

Maker: Jan Wahl (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 96809
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 4.00 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.75 in.
Total length: 8.40 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.10 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 5.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 8.0 oz.
Blade: Satin finished Bohler N690 stainless steel
Bolster: Textured 304 stainless steel
Handle: Stabilized giraffe bone
Sheath: Vegetable tanned, pouch style leather sheath
Description: Jan Wahl, is a maker to watch. He became a full time knife maker in 2009 and joined the South African Knife Makers Guild in 2012. Jan has excellent attention to detail.
The 4 inch drop point blade is made from satin finished N690 stainless steel. N690 is a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds on to it. Increased toughness gives it better resistance to edge chipping. The blade is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge. The spine has been nicely rounded for comfort.
The handle is made from giraffe bone. Two mosaic pins and smaller stainless steel pins secure the scales to the distal tapered full tang. It is nicely carved to swell toward the front of the handle, move into a slimmer waist and finally to swell again at the end of the handle. The stainless steel bolster is dovetailed to the bone for a perfect fit. This is a knife you won't want to put down.
This knife includes a vegetable tanned, hand tooled, leather pouch style sheath.
Excellent fit throughout!


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