{"product_id":"vin043","title":"Landers Frary \u0026 Clark 11.5\" Bullnose Scimitar Carbon Steel \u0026 Beechwood 19th C","description":"\u003cp\u003e Landers Frary \u0026amp; Clark 11.5\" bullnose scimitar (curved rather than straight blade) with hand forged carbon steel blade, beechwood handle and large brass rivets. It's hard to very accurately date this one from the small amount of the stamp that was present but this is most likely a 19th century knife. LF\u0026amp;C was in operation from \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1865-1965 roughly at one point LF\u0026amp;C was one of the largest knife making outfits in the USA and was a huge kitchen equipment maker as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis knife has been re-ground and thinned behind the edge on a large 3 foot diameter Japanese water stone wheel (kaiten mizu toishi) and then resurfaced with a medium fine finish, our take on an old style grinding and finishing technique. While the particular wheel used to refurbish this knife is typically used in Japanese knife making it is very similar to the old grinding wheels used to shape European and American hand ground cutlery. A convex face to a blade greatly increases a knife's performance as there is less sticking as there is on a flat face and the blade does not get thick behind the edge nearly as fast as with a flat faced blade. Being that we are often working with old blades that need re-shaping and might have been rusted expect some minor imperfections, we try to give a fresh start to our re-ground blades with an eye towards their original grind style and keeping as much metal is needed on a blade when ever possible. Check out Bernal Cutlery co founder Josh Donald's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/files\/sharp-by-josh-donald-molly-decoudreaux-pre-order?variant=36249232801944\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/files\/sharp-by-josh-donald-molly-decoudreaux-pre-order?variant=36249232801944\"\u003eSharp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to see these wheels in use and more about their history in Europe and Japan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Steel Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarbon steel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHandle Material\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWood\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7.53 oz\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTotal Length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17.125\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlade Length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlade Height (tallest point)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1.125\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381885354205,"sku":"VIN043","price":93.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0455\/3339\/7144\/files\/image_7c378345-78b4-4a03-aa3a-8f884d11190f.jpg?v=1770760829","url":"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/en-fr\/products\/vin043","provider":"Bernal Cutlery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}