Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Knives for Soldiers

To say I have a fortunate life is an understatement, to say I call some amazing friends is even a bigger understatement. Many of my friends have served in the armed forces and many of them overseas. Much like my grandfather was given a knife before he left for France in WWII, I have taken it upon myself to send my friends over with a quality blade. It started with just buying nice production knives, and then grew to making partial custom knives, and finally producing sole authorship knives. Sole authorship is where I do everything myself, from forming the blade to heat treating and making sheaths. I mentioned a few months ago that if I had sponsorship I could provide many more soldiers with custom made knives. This was kind of a joke, more about my free time, but my incredible friends quickly responded with offers to sponsor knives for soldiers. Basically I would make a few knives for free to soldiers currently in uniform and others would pick up the tab. How awesome is that! I will give my time, others will provide the cost of materials and together we can give soldiers a quality knife and hopefully a heirloom. I have produced four knives to kick off this program, as that is all I have time for right now.

Want to sponsor one? Contact me directly as I have three of these left for sponsorship. Either I can choose a soldier from the many I know or you can. They can be any branch, guard, reserve, active, as long as they wear the uniform and will put the blade to good use. You can be anonymous, or a known donor. YOU CAN'T SPONSOR YOURSELF! Sorry, maybe another time. I will need to know the soldiers info and ship directly to them. If they can send a pic back to Knives of Malta with a proof of life, that is all I ask.

First Set:
Name: Bushcraft Alaskan
Thickness: 5/32" 
Steel: 1095 HC
Grind: Scandi
Blade Length: @ 4"
Overall Length: @8.25" (one has a slightly small grip for medium sized hands)
Hardness: 59-61 Rockwell
Grips: G10 Micarta

Second Set
Name: LUK (light utility knife)
Steel: 1095 HC
Thickness: 5/32"
Grind: Scandi
Blade Length:  4"
Overall Length: 8 (one has a slightly small grip for medium sized hands)
Hardness: 59-61 Rockwell
Grips: 550 Paracord
Coating: Antique Rust Browning