Raindrop Flipper with Mammoth Ivory

Product Description for Raindrop Flipper with Mammoth Ivory

Maker: Corrie Schoeman (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 103763
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.30 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.10 in.
Total length: 7.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.95 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.12 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.12 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.03 in.
Item weight: 3.20 oz.
Shipment weight: 3.4 oz.
Blade: 1095 carbon steel with a clay zone heat treatment
Handle: Ancient mammoth ivory set on G10 and titanium liners
Style: Linerlock folder with micro-flipper
Description: Corrie Schoeman’s knives are world renowned for their beautiful, unique designs. His artistry and design sense are immediately identifiable. Corrie started making knives about 30 years while attending school. His first knife was a big Bowie made from a car spring and he obtained a piece of stag from his local zoo for the handle. Fellow students were enthralled and he began taking orders to make more. Even after earning two university degrees, he continued to make knives part-time, but it became such a passion that he is now a full-time knifemaker. He has been a member of the Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa since 1985 and one of the three members of the prospective member evaluation committee. Today he makes folders and automatics using the best exotic materials. His folders have fileworked liners and backstraps, with attention paid to every detail.
This Raindrop Flipper is a tremendous example of Corrie's work. The action runs on caged bearings and is silky smooth and consistent. The blade is perfectly centered and can be opened easily using the discreet micro-flipper or the fileworked top flipper.
The blade is hand ground, high performing 1095 carbon steel. A traditional Japanese heat treatment method results in a soft, supportive spine with a keen, long lasting cutting edge. The undulating heat treatment line is called a hamon.
The handle is made from ancient mammoth ivory set on black G10 underlays. Fileworked titanium liners surround a fileworked backbar with an abalone shell inlay. Corrie's maker mark engraved on the inside of the backbar. The handle is very comfortable and fills the hand nicely.
Excellent work throughout!


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