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BLASTED SATIN FINISH
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...is achieved by sand or bead blasting the metal part....The following was extracted from an article written by Allen Elishewitz “Finishes on Steel”.
…..Stainless steel does not mean it will not rust, it just means that it is stain resistant. Different finishes on a blade, however, can affect the rate of rusting….. A sand-blast finish is when the blade is blasted with sand, bead-blast is when it is blasted with glass beads or aluminum oxide beads. With these finishes, the different media reflect a different rate of rusting. The rate of rusting occurs fastest for the coarsest finish. Since glass is very fine, its finish will tend to rust slowest. However, when lubricant is applied on the surface to protect the steel, the sand-blasted finish tends to rust slower than the glass finish. This is because the pores on the steel are much larger so they are able to trap more oil onto the surface of the steel. This in turn protects the steel longer than the finer finish……
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ULTRABLAC2 FINISH
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...is a black oxide finish for greater metal protection and to provide a more subdued Para Military like look. This special black oxide is actually cooked into the metal at 285°F. This finish meets and exceeds several military specifications from the U.S. and from other countries around the world.
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ETCHED DAMASCUS FINISH---
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I am not a big fan of the term Etched Damascus. Many low end knives offer what they call Lazar Etched Damascus. The Condor Blade is Acid Etched and it is Not Just Eye Wash.... It has a proven function. This special finish found on some of our axes, hatchets and machetes is a special process by which we etch away some of the surface, thus reducing surface friction. Tools with this finish will out perform tools with a traditional finish. With our exclusive Etched Damascus finish one can do more work with less effort. It is much like the same principal used for butter and cheese knifes. Plus, it adds a unique “look’ to our tools, almost like traditional hand forged Damascus.
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BLADES
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...are made from German 420HC (high carbon) surgical quality stainless steel and are heat treated and annealed to about 53 Rockwell (a measure of hardness). Every edge is hand finished and polished to razor sharpness.
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SAFETY ROLL PINS
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...most Condor axes and hatchets have a stainless steel safety roll pin that goes through the head and handle. We added this feature when it was noted that competition speed chopping axes have this feature to keep the axe heads from flying off the handle and into the audience. We want our axes to perform better than others and be safe as well.
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VACUUM ASSIST INVESTMENT CASTING
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...is a special manufacturing process we use to make our axes and some knives in 440C stainless steel. This process allows for greater product detail, strength and manufacturing economics. This process allowed us to engineer our patent pending CIP (cast-in-place) wedge on all CTK axes and hatchets, where the wedge that holds the head to a wood handle is actually a part of the head.
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THE DENDRITIC EDGE
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...is a result of a phenomena that takes place during the investment casting process, where microscopic particles of carbide are formed at an edge and then exposed during sharpening. These microscopic carbides improve the edges cutting ability. Cutting tools with the Dendritic edge simply cut faster and stay sharp longer.
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CONDOR LEATHER SHEATHS
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...are high quality, heavy duty, hand crafted black leather. Many of the designs feature a swiveling belt loop that allows the tool to swing out of the way while moving through brush or the jungle. The tool can also be swung out of the way while riding in a truck or car, thus not poking one in the side as a conventional knife sheath. The CTK Combat Knife features a patent pending Double lock, Double Carry sheath that can be worn in a high or low position. The high position features a double locking design to keep the knife in the sheath. The low position is for normal carry and the high position is for concealment.
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1045HCS
….is a medium tensile carbon steel generally supplied in the black hot rolled or occasionally in the normalised condition, with a typical tensile strength range 570 - 700 Mpa and Brinell hardness range 170 - 210 in either condition.
Characterised by good strength and impact properties, plus good machinability and reasonable weldability in the hot rolled or normalised condition.
It can be successfully flame or induction hardened in the as rolled or normalised condition resulting in surface hardness from 54 Rockwell to 60 Rockwell depending upon quenching medium employed, type of set up, section size etc. 1045 is used extensively by all industry sectors for applications requiring more strength and wear resistance than the low carbon steels can provide.
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About The Designer "Arlan D. Lothe" .
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