CUSTOM MADE TANTO KNIFE #3 / MARCUS LIN SIGNED COA / R.W. LOVELESS MENTORED for Sale

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CUSTOM MADE TANTO KNIFE #3 / MARCUS LIN SIGNED COA / R.W. LOVELESS MENTORED For Sale

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CUSTOM MADE TANTO KNIFE #3 / MARCUS LIN SIGNED COA / R.W. LOVELESS MENTORED:
$6500.00

PERSONALLY ORDERED, WAITED (AND WAITED) FOR THIS KNIFE FROM MR. MARCUS LIN.
RECEIVED 12/16/20:ADMIRED IT, PROMPTLY SECURED IT IN MY SAFE
MARCUS LIN WAS MENTORED, TRAINED BY MR. R.W. LOVELESS AND JIM MERRIT, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER OF WHAT WOULD BECOME THE FIRST \"AMERICAN\" TANTO AND BECOME THE COLD STEEL COMPANY.
THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TANTO MARCUS HAS EVER MADE, AND THE LARGEST.
KNIFE:
BLADE LENGTH: 8.5 in.
HANDLE LENGTH: 6 in.
OAL: 14.5 in.
BLADE HEIGHT: 1.5 in. AT GUARD TAPERING TO 1.25 in. BEFORE FINAL GRIND AT TIP OF BLADE
BLADE STEEL: .25 in. OIL QUENCHED CPM154 HARDENED TO HRC 60.
PRIMARY CUTTING EDGE IS HOLLOW GROUND, TOP SWEDGE FLAT GROUND WHILE THE TIP OF THE BLADE HAS A TRADITIONAL HAMAGURI CONVEX GRIND TO A ZERO BEVEL.HAND POLISHED TO A FLAWLESS MIRROR FINISH.
BOLSTERS: HARDENED 416 STAINLESS STEEL COLD FITTED TO THE BLADE ALLOWING FOR ZERO CORROSION, LOOSENING EVER.
HANDLE MATERIAL: POLISHED \"PIANO FINISH\" DOUBLE BLACK LINEN MICARTA WITH CRIMSON LINERS FITTED USING THE \"HIDDEN FASTENER\" TECHNIQUE JIM MERRIT TAUGHT MARCUS WHILE WORKING AT THE LOVELESS SHOP IN RIVERSIDE, CA.
ARRIVES WITH HANDMADE, HAND STITCHED HEAVY COWHIDE SHEATH ALSO CREATED BY MARCUS.KNIFE AND SHEATH BOTH NUMBERED
ALSO INCLUDES SIGNED, DATED DESCRIPTION / C.O.A. FROM MARCUS.
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.I COULD NOT DO THIS MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE JUSTICE. THE PHOTOS ARE A SAD REPRESENTATION OF HOW SPECTACULAR THIS IS!
MY FIRST CUSTOM KNIFE WAS ORDERED IN 1986 FROM MR. DURVYN HOWARD, GADSDEN, AL.OVER TIME I PURCHASED FOUR KNIVES FROM HIM.MR. GIL HIBBEN INTRODUCED ME BACK WHEN GIL LIVED IN LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA. BUILDING KNIVES FOR SYLVESTER STALLONE.
IN 1986 THERE WAS NO INTERNET. I\'D CALL, MAYBE DURVYN WOULD ANSWER, MAYBE NOT. NO MACHINE. I HAD TO CALL UNTIL I GOT LUCKY, BE POLITE, TELL HIM WHAT I\'D LIKE AND HE NEVER SAID YES ON THE FIRST CALL! A WEEK WOULD GO BY AND HE\'D CALL; \"MIKE, IT\'S DURVYN, I GOT A PRICE. $3,000.00, ($3K IN \'86!) SEND ME A CHECK FOR HALF AND WHEN IT\'S READY I\'LL CALL YOU FOR THE BALANCE\". THEN I\'D WAIT, FOR 12-16 MONTHS!
I WAS NEVER DISAPPOINTED AND SPENT SUBSTANTIALLY MORE $$$ ON FUTURE PIECES WITH HIM.
OVER THE LAST 35+ YEARS I\'VE PURCHASED A GOOD NUMBER OF KNIVES, FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE NAMES, BUT ALWAYS CONSIDERED MR. HOWARDS WORK \"TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN\"...THEN I HAD THIS DELIVERED.
MR. HOWARD FINALLY HAS A PEER!
TOKUGAWA IEYASU, MIYAMOTO MUSHASHI, YUKIO MISHIMA WOULD BE PROUD!
SHIPS FULLY INSURED / SIGNATURE REQUIRED
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