Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

"Nunki"

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• Size: Knife: Length overall: 5.75" (14.6 cm), Blade Length: 2.6" (6.6 cm), Thickness: .127" (3.2 mm)
• Weight: Knife: 13.5 oz. (383 grams) Sheath: 7.6 oz. (215 grams)
• Blade: 440C high chromium stainless steel, hardened and tempered to 59HRC, mirror polished
• Bolsters, Fittings: 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, mirror polished
• Handle: Orbicular Jasper Gemstone
• Sheath: Hand-carved leather, inlaid with Alligator skin
• Knife: Nunki is the Assyrian or Babylonian name for the star we now call Sigma Sagittarii, but I like the ancient Nunki better! It's the second brightest star in the constellation Sagittarius, but the name seems to fit well with this pattern, the smallest fixed blade knife I make. This is a small but tough knife; I made the blade in 440C high chromium stainless steel, and I performed a very special small radius hollow grind with a 3" diameter wheel, so the blade is extremely thin at the cutting edge and very thick at the spine. This gives it some great spine strength while having a razor keen cutting edge. I left the spine and tang clean and smooth, and bolstered the handle with 304 high nickel, high chromium austenitic stainless steel for zero care. I contoured, rounded, and polished the fittings for a smooth and clean feel, and the bolsters are dovetailed to bed a pair of small but eye-catching handle scales. The handle is agate: a microcrystalline quartz that is very hard, tough, and durable, and I'll even claim that it will outlast the blade! This is a white, milky agate with inclusions of color in round orbs that vary in color in butterscotch tan to black. The handle is highly polished and smooth, and the little knife is comfortable in the palm of the hand.
• Sheath: It's always hard to match a white stone in the sheath, so I looked at the patterned appearance of the agate and chose the pebbly texture of white Alligator skin to inlay in the sheath. The bold skin also has a great contrast with the smoothness of the handle, and the size of the package makes for a unique character. I inlaid the Alligator in the front and back and even in the belt loop, and the sheath is hand-stitched with polyester sinew and sealed. The leather is 9-10 oz. shoulder, and dyed a saddle tan.
• A small, beautiful knife.

Thanks, S. H.!