Boudicca Flipper “Angel’s Finger” With Black Timascus And Meteorite (IKBS) – RWL-34 (Ceramic IKBS)

Product for Boudicca Flipper “Angel’s Finger” with Black Timascus and Meteorite (IKBS) – RWL-34 (Ceramic IKBS)

Maker: Anton van der Westhuizen (click to see more by this maker)

Price: $2,950.00

Item num: 109131

*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.60 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.50 in.
Total length: 8.10 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.03 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.13 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.13 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.09 in.
Item weight: 7.20 oz.
Shipment weight: 5.2 oz.
Blade: Mirror polished RWL-34 stainless steel with a mirror polish
Handle: Black Timascus with Gibeon meteorite inlays
Sheath: Zipper pouch
Style: Framelock flipper with ceramic IKBS pivot

: South African knifemaker Anton van der Westhuizen is from Port Elizabeth. He is an active member of the Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa. Lately he has been creating high end, elegant folding knives using only the best modern materials available. Some years ago, we were excited when he asked if we could feature some of his work at BladeGallery while we were visiting at the annual Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa Show, and his work has continued to develop and grow since then.
The blade is hand ground RWL-34 stainless steel brought to a meticulous mirror polish. RWL-34 is a premium powder metallurgy cutlery steel manufactured by Damasteel in Söderfors, Sweden. Because it is manufactured from rapidly solidified powders, the microstructure of the steel is much more uniform. This gives the steel much higher strength and durability while maintaining very high wear resistance.
The blade is perfectly centered and has silky-smooth, drop-shut action thanks to the ceramic IKBS bearing system. The blade can easily be deployed using the ambidextrous flipper tab.
The Black Timascus handle features Gibeon meteorite inlays set into the left scale. The Gibeon meteorite landed in Great Namaqualand, Namibia, Africa. It radio carbon dates to over 4 billion years ago. Gibeon fragments are spread over one of the largest strewn fields in the world, measuring 70 miles wide by 230 miles long and have a distinctive pattern known as the Widmanstatten pattern, which is one of the richest and most distinct patterns found in meteorites. The crystalline patterns can only form in the vacuum of space. The large metallic crystals require millions of years of cooling to form from a molten planetary core fragment. It has been estimated that it took about 1000 years for these molten pieces of planetary core to cool by just 1 degree Celsius!
The sturdy framelock provides a strong lockup. The custom pivot features a 24K gold Celtic knot engraving. The stainless damascus pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry.
Excellent work throughout!

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