Cold Steel 35AN SRK San Mai - VG-10 San Mai Steel Blade - Kray-Ex Handle - Secure-Ex Sheath
Cold Steel's SRK® in San Mai® features a tremendously strong clip point blade that’s fine enough for delicate work, yet possesses enough belly for efficient cutting, slashing and skinning strokes as well. And, at 5 mm thick, the SRK offers the sturdiest possible point and edge configuration, without sacrificing sharpness. The SRK’s handle sports a single quillon finger guard and a deeply checkered Kray-Ex grip. If you want a knife you can bet your life on, and is reasonably priced, check out our SRK it’s the knife for you.
- Features:
- Category End Use: Military/Tactical/Hunting/Survival
- Blade Steel: VG-10 San Mai®
- Rc Hardness: 57-59
- Blade Style: Clip Point
- Blade Finish: Satin Finish
- Handle Material: Black Kray-Ex®
- Sheath Material: Secure-Ex®
- Blade Length: 6.0" (152 mm)
- Overall Length: 10.75" (273 mm)
- Blade Thickness: 0.197" (5 mm)
- Weight: 8.1 oz. (230 g)
- Made in: Taiwan
More about San Mai III steel:
San Mai means "three layers". It's the term given to the traditional laminated blades used by the Japanese for swords and daggers. Laminated construction is important because it allows different grades of steel to be combined in a single blade. A simple way to think of this type of construction is to imagine a sandwich: The meat center is hard, high carbon steel and the pieces of bread on either side are the lower-carbon, tough side panels. The edge of the blade should be hard to maximize edge holding ability, but if the entire blade was hard it could be damaged during the rigors of battle. For ultimate toughness the body of the blade must be able to withstand impact and lateral stresses. Toughness is generally associated with "softness" and "flexibility" in steel, so that, surprisingly, if a blade is made "tough" the edge won't be hard enough to offer superior edge holding. San Mai III provides a blade with hard (higher carbon) steel in the middle for a keen, long lasting edge and tougher (lower-carbon) steel along the sides for flexibility.
