KNIFE DESCRIPTION:

Model: BURCHAK handmade knife MV Knify, K110 in 95x18 covers, 61 HRC, buy order in Ukraine
Model number: 035
Country of birth: Ukraine
Craftsman: Master Valkevych Mykhailo (MV Knify), Sambir, Ukraine Handmade knife workshop of the master of the MV Knify studio
Best use: Multi-purpose: hunting, fishing, cutting, slicing, etc
Knife condition: New
The price is indicated with the sheath.

Care: We recommend keeping the knives clean, dry, and free of any remaining dirt after use.

A sharpened knife is not a cold weapon.

Our knives are very sharp, so open and use very carefully. We are not responsible for injuries related to the use of our knives.
Our products are intended for legal use only by responsible buyers. We will not sell our products to anyone under the age of 18.

Availability changes regularly, upon confirmation of your order, we will inform you about the availability or when the product will be ready. The product may differ slightly from the one shown in the photo.

Steel k110 for knives - features, pros and cons

At the moment, there are many possible materials for the production of knives. Depending on the purpose of manufacture, different materials are taken. Moreover, the content of basic substances in different grades of steel can vary significantly. The most typical grades of steel are high-carbon types of steel. Among them, you can find many types of materials that differ 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 cold stamping. The metal is produced by one of the largest metallurgical concerns in the world. The plants are located in Europe, North and South America.

In the production of K110, electroslag remelting technology is used. Due to this, the quality of the material is significantly improved. Due to the presence of various undesirable impurities, serious defects may appear during mechanical forging. To avoid this, the electroslag remelting method is used. When undergoing electroslag remelting, the melt is passed through a layer of special slag before solidification begins, with the help of which foreign elements are removed from the molten metal, for example, phosphorus, sulfur and many others.

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

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

It contains 1.5% carbon, which provides higher strength and hardness.
Chromium content – ​​12%. This metal provides increased hardenability of steel, resistance to rust and wear.
Molybdenum 0.8% is used to make high-speed steel. It significantly increases the hardness of the blade, makes it resistant to high temperatures.
The percentage of vanadium is 1%. This chemical element has high strength. It enhances 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 this 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, increased strength of the material is formed.

The main advantages of Böhler K110 steel include:

• The main requirement that applies to all knives is the sharpness of sharpening. However, the sharper the knife is sharpened, the faster it will dull. However, this rule does not apply to knives made of K110. Due to the high concentration of chromium in this steel, wear resistance 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 uniformity and homogeneity of the steel. This is very important for a knife. A small proportion of vanadium increases the strength and durability of the material, and manganese in contact with chromium significantly increases strength.
• After numerous tests, it was found that even after numerous bone cuts and can opening operations, the blade remained virtually striated. The blade continued to be capable of cutting through newspaper under its own weight.
• Due to the combination of various impurities in the composition of the substance and the method of manufacturing the steel, knives made from this material have an extremely long service life.
• The blade is more resistant to various aggressive environments, including some internal organs of animals. Therefore, the knife will not darken and rust for a long time.

Main disadvantages
The disadvantages include:

• This does not have high fracture strength. Therefore, it is undesirable to throw products and check for their ability to bend.
• Blades made of such material are usually made with a small size and narrow focus. These are hunting knives specially prepared for processing carcasses. They are usually used by residents of Siberia and the North. However, the sword will be able to show its excellent properties only with proper preparation and sharpening. Otherwise, it is very easy to damage 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 of thorough drying after contact with water, a knife made of such metal will serve in the right hands for a very long time. Therefore, buying knives and tools made of K110 from the Austrian manufacturer is definitely worth it. They are able to last a long time.

Well,  you can buy a knife made of powder steel  on our website  knife.net.ua  or by contacting us by phone +380674072030

It is worth remembering that if you use the knife for its intended purpose and treat it with care, it will last you a very, very long time.

Ironwood - iron wood - handmade knives

In nature, ironwood is extremely rare, so it occupies an honorable place in the Red Book. However, in terms of its properties, each ironwood is not inferior in density to cast iron. Its bark can withstand fire from firearms, but at the same time it hopelessly sinks in water. It is worth noting that this is not a separate class of trees, but a whole group collected from different species. It includes several dozen species of plants with unusually dense wood. They can be found on each of the continents. Moreover, the raw materials are used both in the industrial industry and in medical practice.

What is special about these trees?

It is quite difficult to recognize a "stone" species of perennial plant with the naked eye. Especially if they are on the verge of extinction. However, they are characterized by the following features:

• the age of such long-livers is at least 2 hundred years;
• wood fiber is resistant to corrosion processes and does not deteriorate under the influence of strong acids;
• the bark contains many tannins that protect their "owners" from all kinds of parasites, as well as from rotting fungi;
• the log will definitely go under water, since the density of wood is 1 t / m³, taking into account the humidity of 12%, for this reason such species grow quite slowly;
• The height of each exceeds 25 meters, and the trunk circumference reaches more than 200 cm.

All these properties are necessary for the iron tree to survive in the harshest climatic conditions. Sharp temperature drops in Russia, African drought or humid European climate will not be able to harm this phenomenon of nature. Such tree species adapt perfectly in any adverse environment. For this purpose, they are equipped with a considerable number of adaptations, ranging from the unique structure of the trunk / roots and ending with the chemical composition of the bark. In this regard, they are widely used in production:

• furniture;
• building structures;
• cars;
• cosmetics;
• decorative elements;
• underwater equipment.

Mammoth Tusk: A Jewel Mined in Permafrost

Most of our contemporaries mammoth – “a monster round, mischievous, huge…” A large, disproportionately built elephant. A ferocious beast, densely overgrown with dense shiny or long brown and patchy wool. A four-legged hero with heavy tusks at the ready, fearlessly chasing polar bears. Or running away in confusion from a handful of crazy bipeds… That’s what a mammoth is in the performance of artists from science.
Mammoths – are they extinct?

It is generally accepted that mammoths lived as long ago as dinosaurs. However, scientists have reliably established: the last herds of mammoths lived on Wrangel Island about three and a half millennia ago. The Pyramid of Cheops was already over a thousand years old at that time. Moses was preparing his tribesmen for a forty-year dessert trip. The Mediterranean volcano Santorini, having erupted, buried the Mycenaean civilization a hundred years ago.

These are herds; individual families of mammoths, according to the assurances of lovers of polar hunting solitude, exist safely to this day. Whether this is true or not is not known for certain. However, there is no doubt that in the past mammoths lived everywhere in Europe, Asia, and America.

Permafrost is the best refrigerator for mammoth bone

But only where the land has been in a state of permafrost for millennia is the mammoth tusk preserved in its original (or almost original) form. Experts estimate that in the North Yakutsk province, potential resources could be about 450 thousand tons.

Man has always valued the fossilized tusk of a mammoth. Dense, strong, massive, often white, usually yellowish, often colored with mineral salts in natural colors, mammoth bone has been used as a raw material for bone carving for many centuries.

A material that is valued by kings and rulers all over the world!

The only one allowed

Today, mammoth tusk is the only high-value bone material permitted for extraction and use. Elephant tusk, commonly known as ivory, has been moved to the category of prohibited materials. Similar decisions have been made regarding sperm whale tooth (due to the complete abandonment of whaling) and walrus tusk (which is mined by northern peoples in small quantities).

Elk antler and femur (the tubular thigh bone of large animals) are not able to give the visual effect produced by products made of mammoth bone. The internal glow of the figures, the warm shades of a living body, the unsurpassed plasticity of the smallest details - these are just some of the advantages inherent in mammoth tusk.

Universality, nobility, uniqueness

The physical qualities of mammoth tusk are unique. Modern technologies are only trying to create substances that are close in properties to natural mammoth bone. Allowing for the finest detailing, allowing the illusion of soft draperies that naturally fall, mammoth tusk has deservedly become the most sought-after material for bone carving.

A mammoth tusk with a uniform structure is in particular demand. The uniformity of the color of the bone mass, the absence of cracks and other defects allows the artist to create regardless of the quality of the material. However, the integrity of the mammoth bone mass is now a rarity and the defects of the material force the artist to be more inventive in the composition, which ultimately turns into an additional advantage in the sculpture.

Mosaic pin

Mosaic pin is a tubular metal workpiece, the cross-section of which has a decorative pattern or ornament, formed from several elements (e.g., wires, tubes) soldered together. It is used in knifemaking to fix the knife handle dies, serving as both a decorative element and a functional part instead of conventional ties or rivets, giving the handle a unique look. 

• Filling:
  In simpler versions, this is a wire made of copper, aluminum, or stainless steel; in more complex versions, it is embedded tubes and profile guides that form a pattern on the cut.
• Production:
  It is cut into pieces of the desired length, notches are made in the holes of the dies for better fixation, after which the foam pieces are glued in.
• Application:
  In addition to the aesthetic function, mosaic foams ensure a reliable connection of the dies to the base of the handle.

• Decorativeness:
  Each mosaic pin has a unique pattern, making the handle unique.
• Dimensions:
  The diameter usually ranges from 3 to 10 mm, and the length can vary depending on the model.
• Materials:
  The filling can consist of different metals, and the space between them is filled with a compound, which can be multi-colored or even phosphorescent.