Pair of double-edged Benghazi Warfighers

[Stormcrow]

This was a commission for a husband-and-wife pair of sharp-and-pointies. 5160 steel, triple normalized, triple hardened, triple tempered. Canvas Micarta handles with flared stainless steel tubing rivets.



And Kydex sheaths with TekLoks.



They shave on the tops and bottoms, which impressed the customer. He said he hadn't gotten a knife with a sharpened top edge that was that sharp before. They ain't his first custom knives, either.

 

[Guindesigns]

hahaha thats funny it makes u proud to hear that

 

[Mr.Svinarich]

Nice knives!

Does the triple HT really do anything one wouldn't?

 

[Stormcrow]

Thank y'all!

Mr. Svinarich - I don't know that it works with all alloys, but it seems to with some. It's a way of getting carbon into solution better at a lower temperature.

 

[Wade Hougham]

Two great looking tools, nice work.

Wade

 

[franklin]

sweet those look great. stormcrow they just keep getting better.

 

[Diamond G Knives]

I agree with Franklin, you have definaltly come into your own style, and your work is Rockin!

When you triple HT do you start at a higher then lower as you go? Im a big fan of 5160!

God Bless
Mike

 

[Stormcrow]

Thank y'all!

Mike - I try to. Not sure what difference it makes, but I've seen it recommended.

I got these pictures today in my e-mail from the customer who had gotten a matched pair of Benghazi Warfighters for himself and his wife. This is the 578th feral hog that the wife has killed since the spread of the porcine plague reached their ranch in early 2008. It's around 220 pounds.

If you haven't seen the damage a herd of hogs can do in a single night, it is amazing and devastating. They have reached my family's farm in the last couple of years and when they hit it looks like someone got drunk and went plowing, tearing up acres of ground as they search for grubs and other edibles. They are a terrible infestation here in Texas, and I rejoice at every one killed.

Since these are killed for population control (and due to their huge numbers), the wife typically cuts out the backstrap and disposes of the rest of the carcass. She commented on how the blade cut effortlessly through the tough hide "like butter" and how the handle fit her comfortably. Both are things I like to hear from a customer.