A6 Middi Premium with Timascus and Damasteel (Ceramic IKBS) - M390

Product Description for A6 Middi Premium with Timascus and Damasteel (Ceramic IKBS) - M390

Maker: Van Heerden & Thorburn (collaboration) (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 104500
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 3.00 in.
Cutting edge length: 3.00 in.
Total length: 7.25 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.17 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.10 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.09 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.03 in.
Item weight: 4.00 oz.
Shipment weight: 5.8 oz.
Blade: Bohler M390 stainless steel with a differential finish
Bolster: Stainless damascus forged by Damasteel in Sweden
Handle: Timascus titanium damascus set on anodized titanium liners
Sheath: Premium stingray pouch
Style: Linerlock flipper with ceramic IKBS pivot
Description: South African knifemakers André Thorburn and André van Heerden create exceptional folders. When they work together, they create A2 knives. A2 collaborated on this knife with French designer Tashi Bharucha! Tashi's bold, modernistic curves are readily apparent, and combined with A2's acute attention to detail, the results are a precision made flipper with artful execution! The A6 Middi Premium is a midsize version of the standard A6! It is a nice compromise of feeling great in the hand and easy to carry in the pocket!
The blade is perfectly centered with silky smooth drop shut action -- easily opened with one hand using the discreet and ambidextrous flipper toggle. It runs on an IKBS (Ikoma Korth Bearing System) pivot. This mechanism, which was originally designed to fit balisong knives, uses ball bearings to create exceptional action with no blade play. Thorburn and van Heerden created this special A6 Middi with ceramic ball bearings. Generally IKBS bearings are made either from tool steel or from stainless steel. Stainless steel can wear away, resulting in uneven action over time. Tool steel bearings can oxidize making the action rough. Ceramic bearings are the best of all worlds. Extremely hard and wear resistant, they are also inert and will not oxidize.
The blade is hand ground from M390 premium stainless steel. M390 is a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds onto it due to a 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.
Handle scales are heat colored Timascus. Titanium layers are forged together into a dramatic non-ferrous damascus pattern. The Timascus handle scales meet seamlessly with stainless damascus bolsters. Custom Timascus pivot collars surround a custom stainless damascus pivot. Anodized titanium liners surround the Damasteel backspacer. The 3D machined Damasteel pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry.
Exceptional work throughout!


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