Matthew Gregory
Chief Executive in charge of Entertainment
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- Jan 12, 2005
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This one is an unusual one, for me. Certainly not my what most would describe as my 'style' (assuming I even have such a thing). Ages ago, my buddy Paul Letourneau of PML Knives sent me a waterjetted blank of one of his 'LSK' fighters, and it sat in my shop, ignored, up until a month ago. Between heat treating cycles one day, I noticed it and figured it was time to do something about it...
This is the first 'nightmare' grind I've ever done. It's made of 1/4" thick Crucible CPM-S35vn, with a 6" blade, and an overall length of 11". The tip is flat ground, and the primary bevel is hollow ground on a 12" wheel. The flats of the knife have been left with the 'as-rolled' finish from the rolling mill, as Paul was pretty fond of doing this, and I like the texture it offers, too. Our maker's marks are on opposite sides of the knife.
The red and black marbled carbon fiber has been sculpted with scallops fore and aft, which I tried in vain to capture with my camera. Holy cow is marbled carbon fiber like this hard to get a good photo of!!!!!
I hope I did his design justice. Thanks for looking!
This is the first 'nightmare' grind I've ever done. It's made of 1/4" thick Crucible CPM-S35vn, with a 6" blade, and an overall length of 11". The tip is flat ground, and the primary bevel is hollow ground on a 12" wheel. The flats of the knife have been left with the 'as-rolled' finish from the rolling mill, as Paul was pretty fond of doing this, and I like the texture it offers, too. Our maker's marks are on opposite sides of the knife.
The red and black marbled carbon fiber has been sculpted with scallops fore and aft, which I tried in vain to capture with my camera. Holy cow is marbled carbon fiber like this hard to get a good photo of!!!!!
I hope I did his design justice. Thanks for looking!