BLADETRICKS KNIVES SUMMER SALE

 BLADETRICKS 2022 SUMMER SALE IS ALMOST HERE:

One more year and in gratitude to all Bladetricks customers and followers all my readily available knives, karambits, tomahawks and tools can be purchased with a 10% off discount at Bladetricks.net.

Use the code SUMMER22 at checkout.

July 27 - August 01 ONLY

Remember all my production is hand made and each piece is unique and that I follow the "first come first served" policy.

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75 grams!

 The second batch of DAK daggers in titanium is ready and AVAILABLE:

This low profile fighting dagger is made in Grade 5 Ti 6Al-4V Titanium and it is a Bladetricks interpretation of the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife designed and made for professionals.

This version of the DAK fighting knife comes with the new progressive grind that combines the benefits of both a robust penetrating tip and a shaving sharp, slicing recurved cutting edge.

AVAILABLE

(All my blades can be customized to tailor customer's needs)

More info?

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I was asked to design and to make a new EDC utility knife for the members of the Home Front Command Squad (HAPAK) military unit from the IDF Israel Defense Forces. It had to be a simple lightweight knife, tough and reliable.

A wharncliffe style blade seemed the logical choice for a hard use utility knife: its strong tip allows precise and deep cuts.

 

The karambit handle with a ring offers a secure grip and adds extra tactical / fighting capabilities to the knife if required:

I decided to use my last reserve of thin stock 4340 high strength alloy steel for this project. Characterized by its high shock and impact resistance, 4340 steel is a shock and impact resistant high strength steel that offers exceptional strength, toughness and wear-resistance and is used for applications requiring the highest tensile/yield strength (Military aircrafts, heavy duty crankshafts...).

Unfortunately 4340 excels in toughness (it is by far the toughest steel) but edge retention is mediocre. By microwelding a thin layer of carbide onto a tougher metal such as 4340 high strength steel, I get the extreme toughness of properly heat treated 4340 alloy steel with the edge retention of the Tungsten cardibe with a hardness of 70-80HRC:

A quality multiposition kydex sheath with an Ulticlip retention clip were added to complete the blade:

The final result is the HAPAK, a Bladetricks karambit specially designed as a compact field tactical knife:

(All my blades can be customized to tailor customer's needs)