Gold Standard Flipper with Lightning Strike Carbon Fiber

Product Description for Gold Standard Flipper with Lightning Strike Carbon Fiber

Maker: JD van Deventer (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 99626
Blade length: 3.60 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.50 in.
Total length: 8.60 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.25 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.14 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 5.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 6.6 oz.
Blade: Satin finished Bohler M390 stainless steel
Bolster: Zirconium pivot ring
Handle: 3D machined lightning strike carbon fiber set on anodized titanium liners
Sheath: Zipper pouch
Description: JD van Deventer creates unique knives of the highest degree of craftsmanship and performance. He took up knife making in 2005 and became a member of the Knifemaker’s Guild of Southern Africa by 2007. He works in a one man shop and even builds most of his machines himself! He is clearly a maker to keep an eye on!
The Gold Standard was designed by Jared Van Otterloo (JVO). The blade is perfectly centered with silky smooth action -- easily opened with one hand using the discreet and ambidextrous flipper toggle. It uses the IKBS (Ikoma Korth Bearing System) pivot system. This mechanism, which was originally designed to fit balisong knives, uses ball bearings to create exceptional action with no blade play.
The raised clip point blade is formed from M390 stainless steel, a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds onto it due to its high concentration of vanadium and chromium carbides. Its unique powder metallurgical process also promotes a uniform carbide distribution and clean steel properties, making M390 a popular steel used in surgical cutting instruments and in applications requiring a high finish. It offers excellent corrosion resistance due to its high concentration of chromium. The blade is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge.
The scales are formed from lightning strike carbon fiber. Copper wires move through the carbon weave. A zirconium pivot ring adds flash. Bronze anodized titanium liners surround a lightning strike carbon fiber backbar. The textured titanium pocket clip is mounted for right-handed, tip-up carry.
This is a knife you will want in your collection!


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