Izar
"Izar" Fine Handmade Liner Lock Custom Folding Knife
- Type: An interframe liner lock folding knife
- Size: Length overall open: 7.25" (18.4 cm), Length overall closed: 4.375" (11.1 cm) Blade Length: 2.875" (7.3 cm), Blade Thickness: .141 ( 3.6 mm)
- Weight: Knife: 6 oz. (170 grams)
- Blade: 440C High Chromium Stainless Tool Steel, Cryogenically Treated, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C60, hollow ground, mirror polished
- Liners: Polished and hand-engraved 304 austenitic stainless steel
- Handle: Inlaid Polished Green Moss Agate (India)
- Lock plate: 6AL4V titanium, anodized
- Knife: The Izar is named for a
double star in the constellation Bootes. This is a custom Izar,
made for a great client. The blade is 440C high chromium martensitic
hypereutectoid stainless steel, and I've treated this blade for the
best possible condition with deep cryogenic processing, extended
time soak for maximum precipitation of eta-carbides, followed by
triple tempering with deep cryogenic soaks in between for the
highest toughness and highest wear resistance and highest corrosion
resistance possible in this steel. Every bit of hardware, the
pivots, the machine screws, the hidden and exposed parts are all
stainless steel or titanium, offering the highest corrosion
resistance possible. The blade is mirror polished,
with a good, serviceable hollow grind, a very keen edge, backed up
with plenty of spine for support. The spacer-spine is also hardened,
tempered, and cryogenically treated, and is fully fileworked for handmade distinction,
even on the inside which is also polished and finished. The knife has a
beautiful inlaid handle. I made the outer liners of high
chromium, high nickel 304 austenitic stainless steel, and hand-engraved a nice,
fine leaf and scroll pattern over the pivot area. The liners are
fully fileworked against the spine, and the spring-lock plate is
made of 6AL4V titanium that I fully fileworked and anodized a
green-gold color. The anodization also forms a hard, durable and
uniform passive coating that is permanent and tough. The handle
liners are inlaid with beautiful Indian Green Moss Agate gemstone
scales. The gemstone is very hard and tough, accurately carved for
the inlay, and polished to a glassy luster. The patterns in the
stone are fascinating, with whites, milky and clear, and green mossy
forms, with a few crystalline areas. This is a cryptocrystalline
quartz, thin and strong, slightly domed above the surface and bedded
into a carved pocket in the stainless steel. If you look close in the gemstone, you can see the
stainless screws beneath. The knife is smooth, solid,
comfortable, and elegant in the hand, the lockup is strong, tight, and
secure; the detent pulling and holding it closed is easy and even.
- A striking custom folding knife in premium materials and embellishment
Thanks, D. S.!
Jay,
Received ok; it's awesome.
Thanks,
D.
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