Making a custom knife in M390 Steel and Carbon Fiber by Bulgarian knife maker - Silverman

This video is made in the workshop of Bulgarian knife maker Stoil Manchev - well known here in Bulgaria like "Silverman". During the two days project I spent more than 10 hours with the knife maker and I filmed parts of his work on this beautiful knife - "Model 1" in Carbon Fiber and M390 Steel. The knife is special Carbon Fiber edition to the basic "Model 1" in M390 or K110 steel with green micarta. Overall length - 20.5 cm Blade length - 10.5 cm Blade thickness - 4.5 mm The M390 steel blade is heat treated to 62 Hrc at 1075 C in stainless foil and have a cryo in liquid nitrogen. M390 composition: Carbon 1.90% Chromium 20.00% Vanadium 4.00% Molybdenum 1.00% Silicon .70% Tungsten .60% Manganese .30% The hollow grind was made on a 20 inch wheel - during the video you will see the thickness of the blade behind the cutting edge. The abrasive belts for grinding and finishing the blade are: ceramic - 36 grit cubitron-II 60 grit ceramic - 120 grit trizact gator - A65 scotch brite - medium Final sharpening on diamond rotation wheels. The knife is skeletonized full tang with SS corby bolts and SS lanyard tube. The prices starts from 150$ to 350$ (depending the steel choice and handle material + leather sheath) with free shipping to EU or USA You can reach the knife maker on - [email protected]