SPECIFICATIONS:

The name of the knife is MARCH exclusive handmade knife by studio master Pavlo Honcharenko, order to buy in Ukraine (Steel - K110 in stainless steel laminate 95x18 through nickel)
Knife type: Fixed blade
Brand: Pavlo Honcharenko's Handmade Knives Studio

Blade material: Blade steel - K110 in stainless steel 95x18 through nickel, Austrian high-carbon k110 Bohler-Uddeholm AG in stainless damask laminate - high-carbon composition with a high chromium content from the Austrian company Böhler
Steel sheet: One-piece, for the entire length of the knife
Blade sharpening angle: Sharpened at 36 degrees
Descents: Direct
Reduction: 0.15 mm
Blade hardness: 61 HRC
Total length: 273 mm
Blade length: 140 mm
Blade width: 32 mm
Blade thickness: 4.3 mm
Length of the handle: 133 mm
Handle thickness: 32 mm
Total weight: 350 gr
Grinding of the blade: The finish of the blade is mirror polished
Material of bolster (guard) and back: Bronze
Handle Material: Bronze, Melheor, Stabilized Mammoth Tooth and Birch Suville, Mosaic Tube and Foam. Strap made of leather cord 3mm, bead made of birch sapwood
Handle color: Brown
Impregnation of the handle: Yes
Handle cover: Yes
Hole for a shoelace (for a lanyard): Yes
Temlyak: Leather cord 3 mm, bead made of birch sapwood
Scabbard: Souville birch. Italian natural vegetable-tanned calf leather, finished with water-resistant finish and impregnated with protective solutions, stitched with waxed thread. The master's logo is on the front. The pendant is removable, the bead is made of birch sapwood.

Model: MARCH exclusive handmade knife by studio master Pavlo Honcharenko, order to buy in Ukraine (Steel - K110 in stainless steel laminate 95x18 through nickel)
Model number: 087
Country of birth: Ukraine
Craftsman: Master Pavlo Honcharenko, Ivankiv, Ukraine ("Knives handmade by Pavlo Honcharenko")
Best use: Hunting, cutting, cutting
Knife condition: new
The price is indicated together with the scabbard.

A sharpened knife is not a cold weapon.

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K110 steel for knives - features, pros and cons

At the moment, there are many possible materials for the production of knives. Depending on the purpose of production, different materials are used. Moreover, the content of the main substances of different grades of steel can differ significantly. The most typical grades of steel are high-carbon types of steel. Among them, you can find many types of materials that differ among themselves in the number of additional elements. One of the best grades of steel for hunting knives is K1100 from the Austrian company Böhler.

Composition and features
Böhler K110 steel is a high-carbon composition with a high chromium content. The metal is stamped by the method of cold stamping. Metal is produced by one of the largest metallurgical concerns in the world. Factories are located in Europe, North and South America.

In the production of K110, the technology of electroslag remelting is used. Due to this, the quality of the material increases significantly. Due to the presence of various undesirable impurities, serious defects may appear during mechanical forging. To avoid this, the method of electroslag remelting is used. During electroslag remelting, before the start of hardening, the melt is passed through a layer of special slag, which removes foreign elements from the molten metal, such as phosphorus, sulfur, and much more.

The method of electroslag remelting provides the final result with low levels of segregation, purity and homogeneity of the structure. In Böhler K110, the percentage of harmful impurities is significantly reduced and the compounds of metals and non-metals with carbon are evenly distributed.

Therefore, such a metal has a complex composition and is able to withstand even very thin corners during forging. One of the main advantages is extremely high strength and viscosity. It is preferable to harden such material in the air. If necessary, the nitriding method is used. Böhler K100 is used for forging knife products of the medium and high price segment.
Metal composition:

It contains 1.5% carbon, which provides higher strength and hardness.
Chromium content is 12%. This metal provides an increased ability of steel to be hardened, resistance to rusting and wear.
Molybdenum 0.8% is used for the production of high-speed steel. It significantly increases the rigidity of the blade, makes it resistant to high temperatures.
The percentage share of vanadium is 1%. This chemical element has high strength. Strengthens the elastic characteristics of the material and makes it resistant to various aggressive environments.
Manganese - 0.35%. Manganese is used during smelting. It significantly increases the hardness of the material. A characteristic feature of manganese is that various objects requiring high strength are made from steel with a high content of the chemical element. For example, safes, rails and much more.
Böhler K110

Main advantages
Any steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, but their ratio in the substance will directly affect the characteristics of the finished product. This type of material is produced by electroslag remelting. And due to the high content of impurities, the increased strength of the material is formed.

The main advantages of K110 steel from Böhler include:

• The main requirement that applies to all knives is sharpening. However, the sharper you sharpen the knife, the faster it will dull. However, this rule does not apply to K110 knives. Due to the high concentration of chromium in this steel, the resistance to wear is significantly increased. Therefore, the cutting edge will always be sharp. However, the use of such impurities reduces corrosion resistance. Although the knife will not rust very quickly.
• The presence of a high percentage of molybdenum in the composition provides the material with the uniformity and homogeneity of steel. This is very important for a knife. A small amount of vanadium increases the strength and durability of the material, and manganese in contact with chromium significantly increases strength.
• After many tests, it was established that even after many processing of bones and opening of cans, practically no serrations appear on the blade. The blade continues to be able to cut the newspaper under its own weight.
• Due to the combination of various impurities in the composition of the substance and the method of manufacturing steel, knives made of this material are distinguished by an extremely long service life.
• Increased resistance of the blade to various aggressive environments, which include some internal organs of animals. Therefore, the knife will not darken and rust for a long time.

The main disadvantages
The disadvantages include:

• It does not have high breaking strength. Therefore, it is undesirable to throw products, check for the ability to bend.
• Blades from this material are usually made with a small size and a narrow focus. These are hunting knives specially prepared for processing carcasses. They are usually used by the inhabitants of Siberia and the North. However, the sword will be able to show its excellent properties only with competent preparation and sharpening. Otherwise, it is very easy to spoil the cutting edge. However, if such care is provided, knives made of K110 will be equal in characteristics to blades made of higher quality steel.

Conclusion
K110 from Böhler  from the Austrian manufacturer is one of the highest quality products for forging knives. Despite the demanding care of the blade and the mandatory condition to dry thoroughly after contact with water, a knife made of such metal will serve for a very long time in the right hands. Therefore, it is definitely worth buying K110 knives and tools from the Austrian manufacturer. They can last a long time.

 MAMMOTH TEETH HANDLE MATERIAL Mammoth tooth.

A mammoth tooth is a product of animal origin. Its exceptional feature is the fact that its source is extinct animals - mammoths. Paleontologists found that they lived on Earth about 10 thousand years ago, and their number was very large. Mammoths' teeth were not permanent and changed about four times during their lifetime. Fallen teeth, which modern scientists find during excavations, and become the basis for decorative elements, among which there are knife handles.

Due to a long stay in the soil, the material acquired a very unstable structure - the enamel became rock-hard, and the dentin, on the contrary, became loose. But modern material stabilization technologies have helped turn mammoth teeth into an excellent basis for creating luxurious knife handles. The polymer composite provides products with resistance to corrosion and moisture, and the natural base gives a unique texture and intricate pattern.

What is birch souvel and how is it prepared?

A birch sapwood is an unusual natural formation, which is often called a birch bone among the people. Those craftsmen who specialize in woodworking know the value of this unusual growth. Working with souvel, you can make the most beautiful products with pleasant and high-quality natural characteristics.

What it is?
Suvel is a resource growth for humans, but it does not mean anything good for the birch itself.  This growth appears due to a disease of the tree (to speak figuratively, due to birch cancer).  Usually it is a lump, twisted and woven, does not have a clear geometric shape. Another popular name for growth is svil. And this tree grows 2 or even 3 times faster than the tree itself.

In shape, it resembles a drop, or a ball, or something averaged.  The growth is located around a branch or trunk. On the shore, such formations are often found, although it is impossible to say exactly what they are caused by and why they develop. It is believed that the souvelle appears as a result of the attack of the tree by a fungus. But mechanical injury to the birch cannot be ruled out.

But this outgrowth is called a wooden bone because the cut of the souvelle resembles the separation of marble, with the cross-section and rays characteristic of the material, and the thin particles of the souvelle can even be seen through. Some similarity with the structure of bone tissue, indeed, can be guessed . However, the density of the tissue in the growth is still less - this wood is not as strong as, for example, cap.

It happens that the souvel grows to large sizes. If you come to the Vatican, you can see the font made from a whole piece of souvelle wood cut from a tree . Admittedly, giant size does not equate to quality material. Usually, the smaller the birch bone, the brighter and richer the inner pattern. But in any case, the internal growth pattern is soft, without pincers and needles.

Inside, the souvel resembles mother-of-pearl - by shade, of course.  It is different, it can be whiter, darker, saturated or faded. Sometimes the souvel inside is like amber, it is more brown, pink or even greenish. The shade of the inside of the growth depends on where the birch grows, as well as on the further drying of this part of the tree.

By the way, it is possible to provoke a souvel. Some people simply drag a birch trunk or a specific tree branch with a wire. At the site of the tightening, a bulge is formed, which is created by annual rings. But if caring for nature is a priority, you shouldn't do that.

Suvel is also advantageous due to its natural formation, which behaves well during processing.  The growth is perfectly amenable to grinding, perfectly polished. Finally, the main value of education is the same mother-of-pearl cut that resembles marble. It plays with divorces in the sun, fascinates with its texture and even gives birth to some kind of inner light. It is impossible to say for sure, looking at the growth on the shore, what it is inside, but certain predictions can be made.

The shorter and steeper the growth, the richer and more interesting its internal pattern.

What is different from a cap?
First, it is worth saying what the cap is. It also has an alternative folk name - "witch's broom". This education, unlike souvel, has a benign nature. Nodules grow on a birch trunk or twig. This is not a ball or a big drop, but a nodular formation, with many cones that create sleeping kidneys (or accessory ones). These formations resemble either thorns or bumps. It is not surprising if small shoots and small twigs will grow on the cap, directly from its interior. With silk it is excluded.

The differences between these formations are significant.

For example, a cap is a rare and successful find. It is believed that it can be found on one of 3-5 thousand trees. Souvel is easier to find. On birches, people often find a basal cap, and it can also be of impressive size. Processing a cap is not as easy as a souvel, nevertheless bumps, cones and spikes are visible. But there should be no problems with grinding and polishing.

The wood of suvel is not as strong as that of kapa. It is at least twice as strong as the birch on which the cap grew. Cigarette cases and boxes, earrings, bracelets, pins, and small decorations are often made from caps. But they never create a carved pattern on the mouthpiece (well, maybe only hardened experimenters), because it will be superfluous.

The texture and texture of this rare wooden element does not require excessive decoration.

Features of the workpiece
You must, of course, look for an unusual bulge in the forest. Both cap and svil, by the way, are very often confused with a tree mushroom. It is difficult to even remember its name - Inonotus mowed. But to put it more simply, it is what people call a seagull.

Such a mushroom grows on the shore, and you can find it on a tree more often than a souvel and even more so a cap.

Here are some tips for finding and harvesting silk.

• Silk cutting is optimal in the fall (as well as kapa, however). If they are very clumsy, autumn harvest is especially appropriate.
• It is not easy to cut the growth - you may have to use a chainsaw for this. However, a problem may arise here - saw chains quickly become dull under the influence of stubborn, very strong growth.
• In the absence of a chainsaw, a hand tool is also suitable, but only one with sharp teeth. If the saw is dull, it will be difficult for both the craftsman and the tree, which can be dangerously injured by such manipulations.
• So that an unnecessary hollow does not accidentally form on the tree, the places where the sawdust is cut should be covered with garden wax as soon as possible. Instead of boiling, clay and putty with oil paint will come in handy.
• If a huge layoff is found, you should seriously consider cutting your education. If you remove such a growth from a tree, you can cause severe damage to it: the wound will be so serious that the tree risks dying.
• Initial processing is variable. You can leave wood in the air in the most natural conditions, but natural drying will take a year, or even two. You can speed up the process as follows: the bark is removed from the workpiece, wrapped in a newspaper, and placed in a black polyethylene bag. The paper will prevent the material from heating up quickly, and the bag will create a greenhouse effect. If the souvel dries outside, the black polyethylene will quickly heat up from the sun, if at home - from the battery. The process is uniform, so you don't have to worry about cracking the wood. The package is tied with a small opening. It will take about 25 days for everything.

But harvesting and drying are only the beginning of the process. Next, you need to cook souvel.

Processing secrets

The cooking method described below is quite popular. Moreover, it is suitable to give the wood the desired shade, to force drying, and to make the natural pattern more expressive.

Cooking souveli is made according to a certain scheme.

• Only the peeled workpieces are placed in the pan. They are filled with water so that the liquid covers the material by 3 cm. Then 2 tablespoons of salt are added to 1 liter of water, the container is put on fire. Sawdust is added to the solution: alder or birch are suitable, needles are also useful. They are needed as a natural dye.
• As soon as the water boils, the fire is reduced and cooking continues for 4 hours. If you have to process a very large workpiece - all 6 hours. After that, the water is drained and the wood is left to dry. On the second and third day, the processes are repeated. In total, cooking should take at least 12 hours (up to 18) for three consecutive days.

Why should you cook in salt solution - simple physics works. There is sap in the tree, and its density is lower than the density of the salt solution. During cooking, water enters the material, dehydration begins. Wood sap is forced out, saline solution is absorbed. This is how elemental diffusion of liquid occurs, and the growth is dried.

After cooking, the material should be wrapped in newspaper and sent in a bag. The next day, the soil is still wet, it can dry without unnecessary measures.  In extreme cases, you can dry the material for another day in the newspaper.

Processing of growth is rough and finishing.  With a draft, a cut is made in the material, whatever the future shape of the product is. If it is, for example, a bowl, the inner part is selected from top to bottom. Excess wood is removed by moving from the walls to the center, observing an angle of 45 degrees. A drill or a chisel will help with this. It is not particularly necessary to thin the walls: when they dry, they may turn out to be too fragile, even cracking is possible. When the product is given its original shape, it is left for a couple of days in the open air out of direct sunlight.

Finishing is the removal of clumsiness of forms, the maximum advancement to the final form of the product, the disclosure of the birch bone structure.

If in the course of this work there are defects in the material, small cracks, a mixture of glue and sawdust will help. After that, you can clean off the roughness: with a rasp or scraper, a wire brush also works. It is necessary to act often and small, carefully. The product can be polished with a drill, or better by hand - with a peeler.

It remains only to clean the finished product from dust, to protonate it, if that is the plan. The wooden growth is sometimes treated with varnish, sometimes with wax, hot oil is also used. And this process is long, the labor costs are significant. But souvel products cost a lot.

Application

Birch bone products are diverse - what the author's imagination cannot create.  The most fashionable jewelry is considered to be: original costume jewelry, which today, in the era of eco-style, boho direction in design, is especially in demand.  Such jewelry will suit those who love natural materials, natural colors - beige, milky, green, sand.

They make very beautiful dishes from birch bone.  Cutting boards can probably be considered the most popular name today. But, of course, knife handles also compete with boards - and this is already a tradition. The material is dense, easy to process, very beautiful, so knife handles will be clearly in demand. Knives have been around for years, even decades. Renovations in the kitchen can change, as can a large part of the dishes, so you need quality and beautiful knives, timeless and changing fashion. And the birch bone handles are the best fit.

Figures of birds and animals also allow you to make a souvel, because the wooden pattern so perfectly visually repeats the plumage of birds, the skin of a snake or the fur of animals. The curves of the material themselves inspire the author, tell the craftsman exactly what to do. A wooden drawing may not be an independent product, but a part of the design of a picture, panel, or other artistic object.

In a word, someone who likes to tinker with wood, knows the value of wooden decor, will have 100 and 1 idea about birch growth called souvelle. And you can be sure that the birch bone product will last for many years.

WHAT ARE MICARTA AND G10 AND HOW THESE COMPOSITE MATERIALS DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER

For decades, Micarta and G10 composite materials have been undisputed leaders in the knife industry, in particular for the production of handles of various complexity. The materials are distinguished by their availability, ease of production and processing, as well as high strength, wear resistance and unpretentiousness in maintenance. Both materials are composite, based on polymer resin, which is supplemented with layers of different types of captive fabric.

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Micarta material is an electrical insulating material consisting of a polymer film (based on cresolaldehyde, phenolaldehyde, xylenolaldehyde resin, or resin from a mixture of phenolic raw materials). It is glued with the help of various electrically insulating papers, fabric (mainly linen of natural or artificial origin), or other materials of a similar structure, there are also options made of fiberglass and carbon fiber. The color of the material depends on the resin and fabric base used for gluing. Micarta is a relatively soft material and requires careful manual handling. Therefore, it is used in the production of handles for more expensive knives.

Micart is registered as a trademark of the American company Industrial Laminates / Norplex, Inc. (Norplex-Micarta). Its domestic analogue can be considered a material called "Getinax", which is mainly used as a basis for printed circuit boards. The material also has a sheet pressed structure, which consists of a paper base with the addition of phenolaldehyde or epoxy resin impregnation.

Linen-based micarta has a more attractive optical effect when sanding the fibers. After grinding, the surface can be polished or sandblasted. In the first option, the surface of the material will be smooth, silky, warm and pleasant to the touch. And in the second, the material becomes rough and has a matte shade, besides, it is securely held in the hand and does not slip.

Main characteristics of Micarta:

• increased water resistance;
• excellent resistance to temperature changes;
• strength to mechanical processing;
• dense structure that does not absorb odors;
• the micro-relief of the material does not slip in the hand even when the surface is wet;
• tight fit to the blade, which leaves no gaps at all and prevents food residues and harmful microorganisms from accumulating.

G10 material is a light, hard and fairly stiff composite material with a textured surface, which is mainly used in the manufacture of handles of both folding pocket knives and knives with a fixed blade. This material is created by placing several layers of fiberglass, thoroughly impregnated with epoxy resin, in a special vacuum press, where, under the influence of compression and heat, the resin finally hardens, preserving the structure of the fiberglass.

The G10 material is characterized by good impact resistance, wear resistance, moisture resistance, as well as ease of processing and maintenance. The material can be painted in different colors, including in layers. The surface of G10 can also be polished to a glossy state, or have a rough anti-slip structure, under the influence of a grinding machine or sandblasting.

Key features of the G10:

• high stability of basic properties during temperature fluctuations;
• withstands high shock loads, compressive and tensile loads;
• high overall hydrophobicity and resistance to chemicals;
• weighs relatively little, in relation to the overall strength and density;
• low electrical conductivity;
• can take different forms.

Composite materials G10 and Micarta have almost the same composition and external similarity. At the same time, the G10 material has higher fire resistance, although it is not a non-flammable material, it has higher compressive, bending, impact and tear strength, and it is also simpler and more economical to manufacture. At the same time, G10 is inferior in terms of "stickiness" in wet conditions, and also, tactilely, it feels less "natural".