Gemini
"Gemini" Fine Handmade Custom Liner Lock Folding Knife
- Type: Custom Liner Lock Folding Knife
- Size: Length overall open: 6.625" (16.8 cm), Length overall closed: 3.875" (9.9 cm), Blade Length: 2.75" (7.0 cm), Blade Thickness: .1155" ( 2.9 mm)
- Weight: Knife: 3.5 oz. (99 grams), Case: 1 lb. (454 grams)
- Blade: 440C High Chromium Stainless Tool Steel, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C58, hollow ground and mirror polished
- Liners: Fileworked and Anodized 6AL4V Titanium
- Bolsters: Hand-engraved 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel
- Handle: Polished Confetti Agate Gemstone
- Case: Crystal Yellow Granite, Suede Leather Liner, Neoprene feet
- Knife: The Gemini is a great folding knife, named for the constellation in the night sky. This Gemini
was custom ordered by a great client and patron, and it was an honor
making the knife for him. The blade is made in hollow ground,
mirror polished 440C high chromium stainless steel, graceful and
clean, with full vine filework throughout and matched 304 stainless
steel thumb openers for left or right handed operation. The knife is
a liner lock type, and I fully fileworked and anodized the 6AL4V
(aluminum and vanadium alloy) titanium liners with a rose color to
nicely compliment the gemstone handle scales. The bolsters are made
of 304 stainless steel, as are all of the machine screws, pivot,
fasteners, and components. This is a very tough austenitic stainless
steel in high nickel and high chromium for the greatest longevity
with zero-care. The bolsters are polished and hand-engraved with a
detailed and full scroll pattern. The bolsters are dovetailed and
bed a pair of polished Confetti Agate gemstone handle scales. This
agate is extremely hard and tough, a highly durable gemstone of
unique and striking character. This gemstone comes from the
Chihuahua, Mexico region and is a unique brecciated and
metamorphosed microcrystalline quartz with fantastic patterns,
colors, and arrangements. Bright red forms are outlined in rose and
pink borders, with yellow highlights all fused into a matrix of
clear to translucent crystalline pockets. This is a fascinating
stone to examine under magnification, and is smooth and comfortable
to the touch. It is surprisingly hard to carve, shape, and polish,
and will literally outlast the knife! The knife feels smooth and
solid in the hand, the operation is clean and even with a solid lock
and gentle detent pressure when closed.
- Case: A knife of this jewelry
quality needed a special place to rest, a
sarcophagus both unique and commensurate with the knife. I
hand-carved, shaped, lapped, and polished this case of Crystal
Yellow Granite from
Gujarat, West India. This granite has light yellowish-pink hues
in bright light that compliments the agate knife handle well. This is
a tough and hard granite composed of quartz, feldspar and mica. It
has no veining and has a uniform finish, and I lapped and
polished it throughout, even on the inside surfaces. The inside is carved to accept
the knife, with finger cutouts for easy removal, and
is lined with tan suede leather for protection of
the knife. The lid has keyed holes which engage 304
stainless steel buttons. I inlayed neoprene feet in the bottom so
the case can safely rest on any surface.
- A special ensemble of stone and metals; a work of knife art.
Thanks, G. D.!
Hi Jay,
I did receive the knife and have been so busy showing it off to many
of my friends that I neglected to send you an e-mail. I love the
knife and agate handle. As always, you have created something I will
cherish. You are the greatest.
--G.
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