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Full Dress Boudicca (8.5") with Black Timascus, Meteorite and Gold by Anton van der Westhuizen

South African knifemaker Anton van der Westhuizen is from Port Elizabeth. He is an active member of the Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa. He creates high end, elegant folding knives using only the best modern materials available. The hand ground harpoon tip wharncliffe blade is Thor pattern stainless damascus forged by Damasteel in Sweden. This high performing stainless damascus is created using powder metallurgical manufacturing to provide excellent edge retention and unmatched beauty. The blade is hollow ground for an easy to maintain edge. It is perfectly centered. Ceramic bearings ensure it has silky-smooth, drop-shut action. The blade can easily be deployed using the ambidextrous flipper tab. Hammer and chisel style hand engraving by Armin Winkler is featured throughout front side. Winkler, who is based in Paarl, South Africa (near Cape Town), graduated as an engraver in Ferlach, Austria in 1977. Most of his work is done in the gun world so we rarely see his exquisite engraving on knives. The oak and acorn theme engraving features 24k gold inlaid and engraved acorns. The engraving is exceptionally well executed. A large central section is inlaid with Gibeon meteorite. The Gibeon meteorite landed in Great Namaqualand, Namibia, Africa. It radio carbon dates to over 4 billion years ago. Gibeon fragments are spread over one of the largest strewn fields in the world, measuring 70 miles wide by 230 miles long and have a distinctive pattern known as the Widmanstatten pattern, which is one of the richest and most distinct patterns found in meteorites. The crystalline patterns can only form in the vacuum of space. The large metallic crystals require millions of years of cooling to form from a molten planetary core fragment. It has been estimated that it took about 1000 years for these molten pieces of planetary core to cool by just 1 degree Celsius! The lockside and backbar are Black Timascus (titanium/zirconium damascus). The 3D machined Black Timascus pocket clip is mounted for right-side, tip-up carry. Excellent work throughout!