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For quite a while, one of the most-requested additions to the HTM lineup has been a Gunhammer with a titanium framelock. Darrel has listened, and the next HTM Gunhammer variant will have a 3.5" blade and a titanium framelock with either carbon fiber or G-10 on the off side. Here are prototypes showing what the knife would look like, first with textured CF and a stonewashed blade, and the second with smooth CF and a tan blade:
Update: Got some pics from Darrel today (9-16) showing the lock side, as well as what textured G-10 would look like:
MSRP on these is going to be $499.
Darrel would like to do a numbered first edition with stonewashed Bowie blades and a special steel, CTS-B75P (Carpenter's powder metallurgy version of BG-42). In order to go forward with this, Darrel would need at least 10 commitments, and with 10+ commitments, he'd also be able to offer a reduced price of $429. Just to be clear, this isn't another "forum knife": this will be open both to forum guys and to people who follow HTM/Darrel on Facebook. Additionally, and more importantly, they have all of the materials/parts in-house, so there wouldn't be any delays/uncertainty associated with getting materials, finding an anodizer to do a special color, and so forth. Darrel anticipates that, once all the details are settled and the commitments are in, the turnaround would be less than one month.
EDIT: A bit of additional info on the knives Darrel passed along. They will have Maxx Glide opening, the blade thickness will be .150 (I don't have a caliper to measure one of my other Gunhammers, but I think this is just about the same as the standard S35VN Gunhammer blade thickness), and the overall handle thickness will be .650, which Darrel describes as "much thinner" than the rather beefy aluminum/liner lock HTM Gunhammer we're all familiar with.
The one aspect of the knife that Darrel needs our input on is the off-side handle. They can be either CF or G-10, and either textured or smooth. There's no mixing-and-matching, so all of the folks who are interested in getting in on the numbered first edition will need to discuss it and settle on a single material/texture combination that works for them: textured CF, smooth CF, textured G-10, or smooth G-10. Since Facebook is less than ideal for carrying on an extended discussion, the forum guys who are interested will get to discuss and choose what they want for the handles and get first crack at signing up (and thus at the lowest serial numbers). Once we've settled on the handle material/texture and are at, or at least on our way to, 10 commitments, I'll post via the official HTM Facebook account opening it up to those guys as well.
Commitments (need at least 10 to make this happen):
1. myemptymind
Update: Got some pics from Darrel today (9-16) showing the lock side, as well as what textured G-10 would look like:
MSRP on these is going to be $499.
Darrel would like to do a numbered first edition with stonewashed Bowie blades and a special steel, CTS-B75P (Carpenter's powder metallurgy version of BG-42). In order to go forward with this, Darrel would need at least 10 commitments, and with 10+ commitments, he'd also be able to offer a reduced price of $429. Just to be clear, this isn't another "forum knife": this will be open both to forum guys and to people who follow HTM/Darrel on Facebook. Additionally, and more importantly, they have all of the materials/parts in-house, so there wouldn't be any delays/uncertainty associated with getting materials, finding an anodizer to do a special color, and so forth. Darrel anticipates that, once all the details are settled and the commitments are in, the turnaround would be less than one month.
EDIT: A bit of additional info on the knives Darrel passed along. They will have Maxx Glide opening, the blade thickness will be .150 (I don't have a caliper to measure one of my other Gunhammers, but I think this is just about the same as the standard S35VN Gunhammer blade thickness), and the overall handle thickness will be .650, which Darrel describes as "much thinner" than the rather beefy aluminum/liner lock HTM Gunhammer we're all familiar with.
The one aspect of the knife that Darrel needs our input on is the off-side handle. They can be either CF or G-10, and either textured or smooth. There's no mixing-and-matching, so all of the folks who are interested in getting in on the numbered first edition will need to discuss it and settle on a single material/texture combination that works for them: textured CF, smooth CF, textured G-10, or smooth G-10. Since Facebook is less than ideal for carrying on an extended discussion, the forum guys who are interested will get to discuss and choose what they want for the handles and get first crack at signing up (and thus at the lowest serial numbers). Once we've settled on the handle material/texture and are at, or at least on our way to, 10 commitments, I'll post via the official HTM Facebook account opening it up to those guys as well.
Commitments (need at least 10 to make this happen):
1. myemptymind
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