{"product_id":"mad-toad-leathercraft-knives-yakut-knife-21","title":"Mad Toad Leathercraft \u0026 Knives (Yakut Knife) #21","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Drewes has been a long time customer. Sending us photos of his custom knives every now and then, we have started to urge him to let us sell some. We often display his work on our Social Media Pages. After asking a number of time, he is ready to sell some of these beautiful pieces. Quite the creative craftsman with just beautiful hand finished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNumber 21\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Yakut people are an indigenous Turkic group who live in the Sakha Republic of northern Siberia.  Yakutsk, the largest city in that area, holds the record for the lowest recorded temperature for any city in the world— 90 degrees below zero Fahrenheit!  This is the coldest area on earth other than Antarctica.  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eYakut people are well adapted to living and working in this frigid environment.  They are very familiar with reindeer, fur bearing animals, arctic horses, cattle, and fishing.  Their fancy fur garments are probably the most beautiful in the world ( check this out on internet).  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eYakut knives often have oversized handles which allow them to be used with heavy gloves or mittens.  The blades, of course, are very unusual.  They are asymmetrical, with one side concave and the other convex.  This one has the fuller (concave side) on the right side of the blade, and it and works best for right handed use.  The blade is 5  1\/4 inches in length.  The steel is Russian GOST 40X13 (rust resistant) HRC 59-60. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe handle is also  5 1\/4 inches in length giving the knife an overall length of a bit over 10 1\/2 inches.  The handle is made of fancy Masur birch and has bolsters made of reindeer antler.  The tang runs about 3\/4 of the way through the the handle.  The reindeer antler bolster at the end of the handle is secured with epoxy and a large brass round-head wood screw that was ground flat for a smooth  appearance.  The cross section of the handle is egg-shaped. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe sheath is made of veg. tanned steer hide and has a wood liner inside the lower part.  Brass O-rings are made of 1\/8 in. rod.  The belt hanger is my own design.  Some simple Yakut designs are tooled into the sheath which includes decorative leather lacing at the throat. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe knife must be inserted into the sheath with the cutting edge correctly oriented.  A small arrow on the back side of the sheath indicated the correct orientation for the cutting edge.  If the knife were inserted forcefully with the cutting edge incorrectly oriented, the wood liner inside  would be split.  Be mindful of this!  The knife glides into the sheath smoothly when oriented correctly and the gives a gentle “pop” when fully seated. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ragweed Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48783934324965,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/4802\/0013\/files\/IMG_5932.jpg?v=1776187671","url":"https:\/\/ragweedforgestore.com\/products\/mad-toad-leathercraft-knives-yakut-knife-21","provider":"Ragweed Forge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}