Fox Knife Eastwood Tiger Ziricote Wood, Satin CPM S90V by Gudy Van Poppel (FX-524 ZW)

Eastwood Tiger Ziricote Wood, Satin extremely effective, full-size (full size)ny E.D.C. folder with a blade designed for aggressive use. Designed for users who seek the reliability of a fixed blade, but don't want to give up the compact size of a folding knife. The result of a collaboration between knifemaker Gudy van Poppel and Italian brand Fox.

Gudy van Poppel began his career as a blacksmith, making blades for several decades. In the mid-1990s, he learned to forge his own Damascus steel. Gudy also makes all the parts for his knives himself, including screws and washers. He finishes his designs with natural materials like mammoth or walrus tusks and exotic wood.

CPM S90V - a martensitic stainless high-alloy tool steel with a hardness of 56-59 HRC with 9.0% vanadium (V) and 2.3% carbon (C). The high vanadium content promotes the formation of hard vanadium carbides for strength and exceptional wear resistance, and increases corrosion resistance. This unique steel is designed for the production of high-grade blades and knife wedges. Manufactured by US Crucible Industries using the particle metallurgy/ Crucible Particle Metallurgy(CPM) method. The CPM process creates a very homogeneous, high-quality steel with excellent dimensional stability, grindability and toughness compared to steels produced by conventional methods.

Blade - Clip Point with aggressive shape and clearly marked belly finished with elegant satin finish. The massive blade combined with a high, flat grind (Flat Grind) gives excellent cutting edge geometry and extreme cutting performance. Ball bearing ceramic bearings support the smooth operation of the blade's opening mechanism, which can be opened with a quick flipper flipper (index-finger flipper). When opened, the flipper forms a mini-guard to prevent your hand from slipping on the blade. The whole thing is locked with the proven and popular Liner Lock.

Handle - made of olive wood, extremely hard and resistant to mechanical damage. Chamfered edges of the covers eliminate sharp edges, and the fore finger groove made on the front improves grip security. The grips are screwed to an intricately machined aluminum backspacer, give you the assurance of many years of use. An upper jimping, notched palm rest has been made along the entire length of the backspacer. A single-position (right) steel deep-carry clip allows you to carry the knife discreetly in your pocket in tip-up (blade tip up) position. Hidden lanyard hole in the back, a hole for threading a safety or decorative cord.

Case - included zippered soft case with the manufacturer's logo for safe storage and transportation of the folder.

Technical data:

Product number: FX-524 ZW
Product name: Eastwood Tiger Ziricote Wood, Satin

Overall length: 227.0 mm / 8.94"
Blade length: 95.0 mm / 3.74"
Blade thickness: 4.0 mm / 0.16"
Handle length: 132.0 mm / 5.2"
Handle thickness: n.d.
Weight: 155.0 g / 5.47 oz

Blade material: CPM S90V
Blade hardness: 59-61 HRC
Blade grind: Flat
Blade finish: Satin

Handle material: Ziricote Wood
Handle finish color: Brown
Backspacer material: Aluminum
Backspacer color: Brown

Clip: Right, Tip-Up
Clip material: Stainless Steel

Pivot mechanism: Caged Ceramic Ball Bearing.
Locking mechanism: Liner Lock
Opening method: Manual, flipper
Additional accessories: pouch

Designer: Gudy van Poppel
Brand: Fox
Manufacturer: Fox Cutlery
Country of origin: Italy

Developed by: the Sharg® company