Jean-Pierre Sucheras Custom Knife

France

Blade Length:	3 5/8 inches	Overall Length:	8 1/8 inches
Closed Length:	4 1/2 inches	Sheath/Case:	Zipper Pouch

Blade Steel:	RWL-34
Bolster/Guard:	416 Stainless
Handle Material:	Presentation Grade Amber

Comments: This stunning brand new folder called "Orion" is the brain child of highly acclaimed French knife maker Jean-Pierre Sucheras. Jean-Pierre is a prize winning knife maker who has been in the craft for more than 25 years. And in that time he has managed to win several extremely prestigious national awards for master craftsmanship, personally presented to him by the president of France! This makes him one of only eight knife makers to receive these awards in the last century!

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A man with two full-time careers, Jean-Pierre produces one-of-a-kind proto-type parts for the French Ministry of Defense when he is not making knives. This high level of technical expertise and broad experience fabricating a wide variety of high-tolerance, one-of-a-kind parts, means he is uniquely equipped to make a wide variety of knife styles with the highest possible levels of fit and finish. In other words this is the same kind of machine and technical background brought to the table by famous makers such as Michael Walker, Dick Hodgson and Ray Appleton.

This unique knife is lovingly crafted from the best high tech materials with an eye towards clean and elegant modernism. It opens and closes smoothly and with out flaw, and possess a myriad of interesting details to catch this eye.