LL-BB Flipper with Mammoth Ivory and Meteorite (IKBS)

Product Description for LL-BB Flipper with Mammoth Ivory and Meteorite (IKBS)

Maker: George Muller (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 93556
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.75 in.
Total length: 8.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.05 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.12 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.11 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.10 in.
Item weight: 5.80 oz.
Shipment weight: 7.2 oz.
Blade: Stainless damascus by Damasteel
Bolster: Very rare Gibeon meteorite front and rear bolsters
Handle: Mammoth ivory from Siberia
Style: IKBS folding liner lock
Description: South African knifemaker George Muller creates an exceptional knife! The hollow ground blade is formed from stainless Damasteel damascus. Titanium liners surround the stainless damascus backbar. Siberian mammoth ivory scales are well matched in caramel and chocolate tones.
Front and rear bolsters are formed from 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 meteorite is dovetailed to the mammoth ivory scales for a perfect fit.
Excellent work throughout!


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