Engraved Boudicca Full Dress Flipper With Damacore, Timascus, And Twin Pockets Meteorite (Ceramic IKBS)

Product for Engraved Boudicca Full Dress Flipper with Damacore, Timascus, and Twin Pockets Meteorite (Ceramic IKBS)

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

Price: $4,950.00

Item num: 106162

*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.40 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.25 in.
Total length: 7.70 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.02 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.13 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.13 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.05 in.
Item weight: 4.40 oz.
Shipment weight: 6.2 oz.
Blade: Damacore san mai damascus forged by Damasteel, hardened to 61Hrc
Handle: Engraved titanium with 24k gold and twin pockets Gibeon meteorite inlay on the front scale
Sheath: Zipper pouch
Style: Framelock flipper with ceramic IKBS

: South African knifemaker Anton van der Westhuizen is from Port Elizabeth. He is an active member of the Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa. He creates high end, elegant folding knives using only the best modern materials available.
The hand ground blade is Damacore stainless damascus san mai forged by Damasteel. This exciting steel combines a high performing core of nitrogen based N11X, surrounded by alternating outer layers of stainless damascus combining RWL34 and PMC27 martensitic stainless steels. N11X has a comparable composition to nitrogen based Vanax SuperClean which is known for having both high wear resistance and high toughness against chipping or cracking. The blade is hollow ground by hand for an easy to maintain edge.
The handle frame is 6Al4V titanium that has been meticulously engraved and inlaid with 24k gold by Julian Marchal. Julien studied engraving and gun making at Léon Mignon Liège in Belgium and now lives in South Africa. Two pockets on the front scale are inlaid with Gibeon meteorite.
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 pivot ring, pocket clip, and backspacer are heat colored Timascus titanium damascus. The pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry. The sturdy framelock provides strong lockup.
Excellent work throughout!

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