A7 Tanto Flipper With Curly Maple (Ceramic IKBS) – M390

Product for A7 Tanto Flipper with Curly Maple (Ceramic IKBS) – M390

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

Price: $895.00

Item num: 107181

*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.50 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.40 in.
Total length: 8.10 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.04 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.13 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.06 in.
Item weight: 3.80 oz.
Shipment weight: 4.6 oz.
Blade: Differentially finished M390 stainless steel (61 Hrc)
Bolster: Heat colored zirconium pivot and collars
Handle: Black G-10 with curly maple inlays
Sheath: Padded pouch
Style: Folding liner lock with IKBS bearing pivot

: South African knifemakers André Thorburn and André van Heerden create exceptional folders. When they work together, they create A2 knives.
The blade is perfectly centered with silky-smooth, drop shut action — easily opened with one hand using the ambidextrous flipper toggle. The blade uses IKBS (Ikoma Korth Bearing System). 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 A7 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 tanto blade is hand ground M390 stainless steel. M390 is a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds onto it due to a high concentration of vanadium and chromium carbides. Its unique powder metallurgical process also promotes a uniform carbide distribution and clean steel properties, making M390 a popular steel used in surgical cutting instruments and in applications requiring a high finish. It offers excellent corrosion resistance due to its high concentration of chromium. It is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge.
Handle scales are black G-10 with three sections of curly maple inlaid into each side. The gently rounded handle feels sturdy and fills your hand perfectly. Bronze anodized titanium liners surround a black carbon fiber backbar. The custom pivot and collars are heat colored zirconium. The matching 3D machined zirconium pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry.
Excellent work throughout!
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