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DK Companion - Knife and Options

Here at Downeast Knife Company of Maine we are striving to bring you a custom, quality knife at an affordable price. To do so, we place utility, simplicity, and quality as our foremost goals.

The DK Companion
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  • Overall Length 8",
  • Blade length 3.75" with 3.5" sharpened
  • D2 Steel, 1/8" thick, with various finish options
  • Micarta Grips in various colors
  • Kydex or Leather sheaths with color options

The choice to use D2 steel on the Companion Model was not a difficult one, but we did discuss our options (and there were many!). We felt D2 was a good choice due to its terrific edge holding ability. Of course, its all in the heat treat.

We have both had very positive experiences with it in our "user grade" knives. We are going to offer some coating options for those who are concerned about corrosion, esp. around salt water. This air-hardening tool steel (with 12% chromium) is just below the threshold to call it a "stainless" steel.

 

The DK Sidekick
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  • Overall Length of knife is 7.250"
  • 1/8" O-1 Tool Steel
  • Deep hollow ground 4" blade with a slight recurve.
  • Heat treated to Rc 58-59

Cocobolo grips, each with some very distinct patterns in the wood, Very nice stuff.
Hand tooled, hand stitched, leather sheath in very dark, Chocolate Brown.

Lamont has been carrying a similar one for the past few years, and I always liked it. Its a very practical design. The sheaths came out really well. The knife fits in with a nice snap. You could dangle upside down and it wouldn't fall out. The label on the new bottle of stain I opened today said Chocolate Brown on it, but its about as close to black as you're gonna get.

 


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