This one is a new style I'm trying out. So far, it's getting rave reviews. The blade marked #002 in the series was donated to the Arthritis Foundation for their yearly fundraiser. I won't say how much it brought, other than I was extremely and pleasantly surprised.
The blade material is CPM154, a thoroughly uncooperative and difficult steel to work with. As a result, it’s one of the top performing steels used by custom knife makers. After heat treatment, the final hardness is 60-61 Rockwell on the C scale. Most other knife steels are typically 58 or less. The number inscribed on the back of the blade is the style, with the actual number in the series shown after the decimal point. I split the tang of the blade to reduce the overall weight and to improve the balance. This also leaves the warmth of the wood handle under your fingers. The handle material is a special layered wood composite impregnated with resin and bound together under fifty tons of pressure and high heat. The sheath is 9-10 oz. vegetable tanned leather, water fitted to the knife and saddle stitched by hand.
An update: #001 is complete, and was delivered to a collector. The picture is posted early in the blog.
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