Tactical Utility - Just finished

Matt Harildstad

Matt Harildstad

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Bit of a departure for me. Black G10 ain't normally my thing, but I do it from time to time. The edge is a little thicker than usual for me, and lots of strength behind the tip. The handle shape works great for big hands and small hands. The long swedge reduces weight. The thumb grooves are hand filed, and flat topped. (An EMT tech at The Blade Show West grabbed his friend and showed him the knife knife he just picked up. "See," he said "this guy knows how to do these right." Then he bought the knife. I felt pretty good. I could never see the appeal of sharp pointy grooves, unless you always wear gloves.)
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Details here.
 
That is a great looking knife Matt. I really like it. Are you thinking of making one of your great leather pouch sheaths for this model?
 
Hi Keith,

I was intending to put it in a CF concealex sheath, but if somebody wanted I'd do it in leather. I'd have to bump up the price a tad though, leather just takes longer.
 
Nice clean design and the handle looks real comfortable. Can you post sme stats on the knife?

Cheers
Andrew Limsk
 
Hi Andrew,

The stats can be found by clicking the link after the pictures.

They are 4.25" blade of 3/16" stock. The proto is 440C marquenched, cryo'd and triple tempered. Any I make in the future will be BG42. The overall length is 8.75".
 
So Matt, are you still going to be doing all that stuff to the BG42?

I totally agree about the grooves. I hate it when the grooves feel like a file. It is very uncomfortable to cut with your thumb on grooves like that.
 
Yes Keith, BG 42 gets the full marquench, cryo, triple temper protocol The whole point is to get maximum conversion of austenite to martensite, and to ensure that all martensite is tempered. These complex steels really require cryo for best results.

Properly heat treated, ATS34 and BG42 are remarkably tough.
 
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