Sheath: Hand-carved, hand-dyed Leather Shoulder inlaid with
burgundy Ostrich Leg skin, Nylon Stitching
Knife: The name Secora means "one who helps"
and is also the name of the client who helped with the pattern of
this drop point knife. This is a great design of a medium to
small-sized knife, a useful drop point that is compact, with a very
thin and sharp point, with a comfortable working handle. The blade
is fully fileworked with a simple vine design for handmade
distinction and improved grip.
The steel I chose for this knife is
Food Contact Safe 440C high chromium martensitic stainless
steel, my most requested steel for a reason. When properly
treated, it's a dependable, reliable workhorse of extremely
high corrosion resistance, good toughness and high wear
resistance. The high chromium of 440C along with the high
carbon and moderate molybdenum results in profuse chromium
carbides, increasing corrosion resistance as well as wear
resistance. To bring this steel to its zenith, I used my
proprietary T3 deep cryogenic process in heat treating this
blade; it's a highly detailed, extremely sophisticated
process that takes 33 individual steps and takes over a week
long. The result of this is an incredibly wear-resistant
blade that has extremely high carbide development, fine
grain, and extremely high corrosion resistance. Asperity is
reduced; the microstructure development is superior to any
other typical handmade knife, and far above any factory or
manufactured knife. This is, simply put, 440C at its very
finest advanced condition. I tempered the knife to 57
HRC to add increased toughness for the thin point. The grind for this knife blade is
hollow, leaving a strong spine with a very thin cutting edge. The point is
extremely thin, at 0.012" thickness behind the point, about
the thickness of four sheets of paper! This is a point for
extremely fine and
accurate work and a single bevel edge. I fileworked the knife completely
around the tapered tang with a simple vine pattern for
handmade flair and reduced slipping along the spine. The
thickness of the spine encourages pressure with the thumb in
tough cutting use, yet the tip is incredibly thin and sharp.
I bolstered the knife with large, zero-care 304 high chromium, high
nickel stainless steel bolsters, which are contoured, rounded and
finished for a comfortable feel. The bolsters are secured with
zero-clearance peened pins and dovetailed to bed the
handle scales. The rear bolsters
are wide and support the rear quillon that locks the handle
into the hand.
The handle scales of this knife are
warm and beautiful Mookaite Jasper gemstone from Australia.
This is a silicified porcelanite, a a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary
unit that outcrops over much of the Carnarvon Basin in Western Australia.
This mookaite has a low luster, a warm and "soft" appearance
and is a very tough, durable stone. The pattern is bold and
large, and the gemstone requires zero care.
The knife feels light and workable in
the hand. The thin tip is just right for extremely fine
work, and the handle shape feels great with the front and
rear quillons and good belly. The handle accommodates four
fingers if you are thin, and if you have large hands, like
me, it's a great three-fingered hold.
This knife is
food-contact safe.
Sheath: To match the bold pattern in the stone,
I chose to inlay the 9-10 oz. leather shoulder with 9 burgundy
panels of Ostrich Leg skin. These have natural waves and wrinkles,
and I oriented them to work with the bold design arrangement. The
inlays are on the front and back and in the belt loop. The sheath is dyed a
light tan color, and stitched with chestnut nylon. This
is a deep sheath, with a high back, to protect the knife and the
wearer from the cutting edge and fine tip of the blade. while allowing a low wear
position on the belt. The rear finger quillon
helps pull the knife from the sheath and the drop point makes
sheathing easy and fast. The thick, hard sheath is sealed in a thick coating of lacquer for
longevity.
A handsome, thin, fine-edged knife with warm colors and working style.
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