***SOLD*** WTS, BLF GT with handle ***SOLD***

Nope, i didn’t :wink:

But i feel with you, sometimes you have to makes choices, how difficult they may be.
I feel the same for the GT, its standing on the shelf for a week now, not untouched, but barely used. Other projects come by now and then, which are fun as well, everyting consumes time and money and financial commitments have to be made.
Choices are always difficult, but the main question is;

what did you buy from your friend?

Love to see a couple of shots of the folder.

Koenig Arius, CTS-204P high chromium stainless with DLC coating… 3.5” length and .15” thickness… flat ground, Ti backspacer and scales, SS lockbar with ceramic detent ball and ceramic bearings in a cage.

The framelock is cut out with an EDM process that allows a very thin gap, never saw that done before.

Edit: Another detail that is well thought out, look at the V cut-out in the blade to ramp the ball detent back onto the surface, this is for the detent that holds the blade closed. Makes for a very smooth transition when closing the blade. Really neat, never saw anyone do that before and I’ve seen more than a few…

Looks nice, but i dont know a thing about knives…

Darn you Dale…. this is an addiction “I thought” I had kicked until I saw this post!! :person_facepalming: …… :smiley:

That is one sweet looking knife my friend!!! :+1:

You can tell it is well thought out & designed. The SS lockbar insert is a very nice touch too. If lockup ever wears all you have to replace is the insert… not the complete lock side slab. Well thought out!!!

You said you talked to him about an hour…… did you ask him what the “Lightening Pockets” were he offers on some of his knives by any chance?

I am “guessing” he has machined out some of the material on the inside of each slab to make it a tad lighter. BUT… that is just a guess. I could find no mention of it on his website besides the fact he offered it on some models.

Again…. you did good!!! :+1:

However…. should I be overcome & relapse to the call of yet another “must have” blade…. I blame you & this post!! :smiley: . :smiley:

PS…. And yes sir…… that detent ball ramp is a very nice touch! I have only seen that once before.

Thanks Dale. lovely folder.

I got a stupid question., what do you do with those knife? Where do you use it beside keeping it in the display case?

teacher, the lightening is a skeletonizing of the inside scales, he was working on those when I spoke with him and I prefer the weight of the full scale so I opted out on the revision. All the new ones will have the skeletonized scales.

Newlumen, no display case here, this one is an EDC that I use for whatever comes up that needs slicing. I cut a straw off for my kid when it’s too long, slice a burger in half, I open packages, slice tape and/or cardboard, on a rare occasion I’ll cut aluminum off a part at the lathe. Whatever needs cutting. Down here in the South the heat and humidity makes a guy sweat a lot and this salty perspiration eats blade steel in many cases. So this CTS 204P should alleviate that with a Chrome content of 20%.

Bill has these blades hardened to 62Rc, this is supposed to be the optimum for this steel chemistry and it’s known to hold an edge really well. Guess I’ll find out. :slight_smile:

Oh yeah, teacher, notice the tab on the stainless insert, it’s an overtravel stop. Slick, with a detent in the frame to catch it everything is integral and works superbly.

I should also note that Bill’s second knife design (his first was a full auto) won awards for design, he created a tool less folder by making a dovetailed scale system! BEAUTY! (and quite clever too!)

I need to take my Benchmade 913 apart for another cleaning. It’s been clipped in my pocket for probably 7 years now. I hate to steal somebody’s idea but I’m pulling out a diamond file and making a groove for the detent.

Will it cut a tomato in half?

I haven’t had any cherry tomato’s since I got it, but I aim to find out how that works. I am pretty sure the tomato will fall in halves to either side of the blade, the treetop test is effortless (legs and arms both) so it’s on a high level at any rate. Haven’t tried to carve a hair with it yet. Keep forgetting.

What about a cocumber?

A cucumber is not a good test as it’s much heavier than a cherry tomato and will by sheer weight alone easily be sliced by a blade not nearly as sharp as one that would slice a cherry tomato.

(For those that haven’t heard of it, holding the spine of the blade against the table a cherry tomato is dropped on the blade from above… a dull knife will bounce the tomato off, a fairly sharp knife will nick the tomato where a sharp knife will cut into it. A wickedly sharp knife will cut it cleanly in half just by the weight of the small tomato.) I guess the ultimate sharp knife will scare the tomato and make it detour around the blade and try to run away. :wink:

I didn’t buy this to run a series of tests on it, I bought it to carry it and use. I know it’s stupid sharp, it’ll cut anything I need it to cut. I’m hoping the steel’s chemical composition allows it to do whatever I need and remain sharp. That was, after all, the reason I hunted it down. :wink:

Very nice well crafted knife you got there dale. I wouldn’t ever want to lose that one. :open_mouth:
Have you figured out how to stick a red led locator beacon on it yet, just in case. :smiley:

Tomatoes have got a rough deal a the moment , they say knife crime is on the rise. :smiley:

I took a sharp maker triangle sharpening stone to my spyderco southard and made a little detent ball ramp. It made closing it one handed a lot easier. My ramp is much shorting that this one, but still works much better than no ramp at all.

@ DB Custom ……. Thanks for the info on the “Lightening Pockets” Dale, I figured as much; appreciate your confirmation.

I did notice the tab on the lock bar insert & figured it was for limiting ‘over travel’ of lockbar. Many ‘quality’ lockbar folders now have this, as I am sure you know.

BUT…… His design is the absolute slickest I personally have ever seen!! Most can be seen from the outside…. but his is not noticed at all as it is integral.

From what I can see, he has taken the term “Form Follows Function” to a new level!!! As I said earlier, from all appearances; a very well thought out design! :+1:

Have you ever been to Blade Show in Atlanta, GA Dale?? It is usuall held last week of May or first week of June each year. If you have never been, I highly recommend it! It is an experience you & your wallet will never forget…… :smiley:

I haven’t been to a blade show and for that reason as much as any, my wallet won’t soon forget this experience without even paying entry fees to a show! :stuck_out_tongue:

Wish I could go though, if for nothing more than to meet great folks like Bill and Krista at their booth….a lot of siblings can barely survive a Thanksgiving dinner in close proximity, this guy is so good he WORKS with his sister! lol Only making a jab because my own sister lives in the same town Bill lives in, far from me and not just physically. The way of the world sometimes I reckon.

electricjelly, nice work! All it takes is the introduction of the detent ball to the plane of the blade so it doesnt’ have to make that climb, a little goes a long way in a situation like this. :wink:

Oh yeah, I noticed the clip was also attached with one screw from inside the slab. There is probably a ‘female’ pocket machined in the outside of the slab to receive a corresponding size & shape ‘male’ protrusion on the clip. So as to keep the clip from rotating as it is secured by only one screw??

Again…… well thought out & sleek!!