Gibeon Meteorite Boot Ground Backlock Folder

Product Description for Gibeon Meteorite Boot Ground Backlock Folder

Maker: Des Horn (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 93966
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 2.75 in.
Total length: 6.10 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 6.10 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.08 in.
Item weight: 2.40 oz.
Shipment weight: 3.6 oz.
Blade: Boot ground, cryogenically quenched stainless damascus
Handle: M315 stainless steel with Gibeon Meteorite interframe and engraving by Julien Marchal
Style: Folding back lock
Description: Des Horn is one of the fathers of the South African knife industry. His influence can be clearly seen in other South African's work, but also extends into knives made around the world. Whether put to a daily carry folder or an art knife, his attention to detail and skill is legendary. This Folding Boot Knife shows his work at its best. Attention has been paid to every detail.
The blade, back spacer and spring are stainless damascus forged by Damasteel. Des hardened the blade then cryogenically quenched it in liquid nitrogen and double tempered it for maximum edge holding, strength, and stain resistance. The boot grind shows off the intricate damascus pattern particularly well. The blade is perfectly centered and has smooth action. The pivot is the unique internally threaded system developed by Horn so that the pivot area shows no pinning at all. It is easily opened using the 18K gold thumb dots.
The handle is formed from M315 stainless steel. The center of each handle is deeply inlaid with Gibeon Meteorite from Namibia. 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 engraving and fine gold inlays were done by Julien Marchal. Belgium-born artist Julien Marchal studied engraving and gun making at Léon Mignon Liège in Belgium and now lives in South Africa. A 24K gold inlaid frame adds a perfect highlighting to the engraving. The handle is completed with an 18K gold hinged bale.
Simply exceptional!


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