A6 Flipper With Blue Dark Matter FatCarbon (Collaboration With Tashi Bharucha) – Ceramic IKBS – CTS-XHP

Product for A6 Flipper with Blue Dark Matter FatCarbon (Collaboration with Tashi Bharucha) – Ceramic IKBS – CTS-XHP

Maker: Van Heerden & Thorburn (collaboration) (click to see more by this maker)

Price: $895.00

Item num: 107863

*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.60 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.60 in.
Total length: 8.30 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.33 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.14 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 4.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 5.4 oz.
Blade: Differentially finished Carpenter CTS-XHP stainless steel, hardened to 60 Hrc
Bolster: Heat colored zirconium pivot and collar
Handle: Blue Dark Matter FatCarbon set on anodized titanium liners
Sheath: Padded pouch
Style: Folding liner lock with Ceramic IKBS

: South African knifemakers André Thorburn and André van Heerden create exceptional folders. When they work together, they create A2 knives. A2 collaborated on this knife with French designer Tashi Bharucha! Tashi’s bold, modernistic curves are readily apparent, and combined with A2’s acute attention to detail, the results are a precision made piece with artful execution!
The blade is perfectly centered with silky smooth, drop shut action — easily opened with one hand using the ambidextrous flipper toggle. It uses an IKBS (Ikoma Korth Bearing System) pivot. This mechanism, which was originally designed to fit balisong knives, uses ball bearings to create exceptional action with no blade play. Thorburn and van Heerden created this special A6 with ceramic ball bearings. Generally IKBS bearings are made either from tool steel or from stainless steel. Stainless steel can wear away, resulting in uneven action over time. Tool steel bearings can oxidize making the action rough. Ceramic bearings are the best of all worlds. Extremely hard and wear resistant, they are also inert and will not oxidize.
The blade is hand ground premium CTS-XHP stainless steel. This US-made steel is a new air hardening, high carbon, high chromium, corrosion resistant alloy. The grinds are satin finished while the flats are mirror polished, showing off the crisp, clean grinds. The blade is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge.
Handle scales are Blue Dark Matter FatCarbon. The custom pivot is heat colored zirconium and is surrounded by a matching heat colored zirconium pivot collar. Jimping on the thumb ramp aids grip. The gently rounded handle feels sturdy and fills your hand perfectly. Blue anodized titanium liners surround a carbon fiber backbar. CTS-XHP is engraved on the inside of the titanium liners. The 3D machined zirconium pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry.
Exceptional work throughout!
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