Honyaki Belt Knife with Green Curly Maple

Product Description for Honyaki Belt Knife with Green Curly Maple

Maker: Aaron Wilburn, M.S. (Wilburn Forge) (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 101012
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 5.00 in.
Cutting edge length: 4.50 in.
Total length: 9.60 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.15 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.21 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.17 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 7.00 oz.
Shipment weight: 11.2 oz.
Blade: Hand forged W2 carbon steel with forge finished flats and a clay zone heat treatment
Bolster: Heat blued wrought iron
Handle: Dyed and stabilized curly maple
Sheath: Hand tooled leather pouch style sheath
Description: Aaron Wilburn became a journeyman smith in June of 2009 and a master smith in 2013. He has an incredible control over damascus that few others can replicate. Wilburn creates serious knives for some of the most avid collectors and knife enthusiasts. This honyaki style belt knife will be as comfortable being used out in the field as it would in any collection!
The 5 inch blade was hand forged to shape from W2 carbon steel. The heat treatment technique is borrowed from the world of Japanese swords. The clay zone heat treatment results in a clear heat treatment line traveling across the blade. The line (called a hamon) shows the transition between soft, supportive steel at the spine and hard cutting steel at the edge. The flats are forge finished showing Aaron's skill at forging a knife closely to shape. Aaron's maker's mark is on the left side of the ricasso and his M.S. mark is on the right side.
The dyed and stabilized curly maple handle is secured to the hidden tang using a hand domed nickel silver pin. The handle is fit perfectly to a heat blued wrought iron guard. A nickel silver spacer has been fileworked and adds excellent contrast.
To keep the knife close at hand and protect it during transportation, a custom leather sheath is included. The sheath features a basketweave tooled pattern and a belt loop that swivels out of the way when sitting down.
Excellent work throughout!


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