Foxy Front Flipper with Vintage Butterscotch Micarta and Zirconium - RWL-34

Product Description for Foxy Front Flipper with Vintage Butterscotch Micarta and Zirconium - RWL-34

Maker: Maxime Belzunce (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 112143
** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind **
Blade length: 3.40 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.10 in.
Total length: 7.60 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.86 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.12 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.12 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 4.40 oz.
Shipment weight: 5.4 oz.
Blade: RWL-34 stainless steel with a hand rubbed satin finish
Bolster: Heat colored zirconium
Handle: Vintage butterscotch Micarta with a zirconium escutcheon
Sheath: Custom pocket pouch with felted wool and leather
Style: Linerlock front flipper with ball bearing pivot
Description: Maxime Belzunce is an artisan cutler from Istres in the Bouches-du-Rhône region of Southwestern France. He forges his own damascus and focuses mainly on making high performance folding knives. Maxime's knifemaking skills are very well known in Europe and is he breaking into the US market.
The blade is perfectly centered and has silky-smooth, drop shut action thanks to the ball bearing pivot. The blade can be deployed with one hand using the ambidextrous front flipper tab. This style of flipper tab will not get caught on things in your pocket.
The clip point blade is hand ground RWL-34 stainless steel with a meticulous hand rubbed satin finish. RWL-34 is a premium powder metallurgy cutlery steel manufactured by Damasteel in 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.
Handle scales are vintage butterscotch Micarta set on titanium liners. The liners surround a zirconium backbar. The left scale is inlaid with a zirconium shield escutcheon. The scales are nicely fit to blackened zirconium bolsters in an elegant curve. The 3D machined zirconium pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry.
A custom leather and felted wool pocket pouch is included to store the knife safely.
Excellent work throughout!


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