Madcap_Magician
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New grail day. I am big on Carothers Performance Knives, but short of a few truly one-off things I'll almost certainly never be able to own (there is a 10" full integral CPM3V dagger with four lobed micarta handle inserts that is truly one-of-a-kind and would probably be $15,000 if its owner could be convinced to part with it), this is probably the nicest blade I'll ever own from Nathan and Jo.
This is a K20 wakizashi. There are about 150 of them right now and another 300 or so that will be available via a second preorder round, but this one was one of 20 that were made from blades that decarbed from exposure to oxygen during heat treat at Peters. Twenty of the affected blades were salvageable, so the CPK team ground back the edges by a couple thousandths and then acid etched the parts of the blades that couldn't be easily ground to remove the decarbed steel. The end result was a faux hamon line from the acid etch that is real pretty. This is also one of the first to have wood scales in desert ironwood (the wood for the scales was delayed because it hadn't equalized moisture with the ambient air and couldn't be cut yet).
Blade is 20", Delta CPM3V. Kydex by AZWelke. Really wish I had a saya or the woodworking skills to make one.
This is a K20 wakizashi. There are about 150 of them right now and another 300 or so that will be available via a second preorder round, but this one was one of 20 that were made from blades that decarbed from exposure to oxygen during heat treat at Peters. Twenty of the affected blades were salvageable, so the CPK team ground back the edges by a couple thousandths and then acid etched the parts of the blades that couldn't be easily ground to remove the decarbed steel. The end result was a faux hamon line from the acid etch that is real pretty. This is also one of the first to have wood scales in desert ironwood (the wood for the scales was delayed because it hadn't equalized moisture with the ambient air and couldn't be cut yet).
Blade is 20", Delta CPM3V. Kydex by AZWelke. Really wish I had a saya or the woodworking skills to make one.