{"product_id":"hypercut-mfg-bikkhu-cpm-s45vn-flipper-titanium-frame-gray-fat-carbon-inlay-zirconium-accents-serial-0192-made-in-usa","title":"Hypercut MFG Bikkhu, CPM-S45VN Flipper, Titanium Frame, Tactical Gray Fat Carbon Inlay, Zirconium Accents, Serial 0192 - Made in USA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hand-ground S45VN flipper with zirconium accents, from a small North Carolina shop.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bikkhu is Hypercut MFG's titanium frame lock flipper, machined by Dylan and his crew in Mills River, North Carolina. This one, serial 0192, runs a CPM-S45VN blade in a titanium frame with gray Fat Carbon inlays, a titanium spacer and clip, and a zirconium pivot and thumb studs. Dylan hand grinds every blade that leaves the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to say it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBikkhu is pronounced BEE COO. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlade Steel: CPM-S45VN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame: Titanium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInlays: Fat Carbon (tactical gray)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpacer: Titanium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePivot: Zirconium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClip: Titanium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThumb Studs: Zirconium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLock: Frame lock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeployment: Flipper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerial Number: 0192\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry of Origin: Made in USA (Mills River, North Carolina)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHand ground, one at a time\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDylan grinds every Bikkhu bevel by hand on a belt sander, setting lockup to a scribe line. As he puts it, a lot of makers believe the soul of the knife is in the bevel, and that is where his blood, sweat, and tears go. Building one means assembling and disassembling the same knife something like a hundred times before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eZirconium accents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHypercut turns the pivot and thumb studs on this serial from zirconium, a material Dylan works with often. Zirconium takes a deep, warm tone that sets it apart from the titanium frame and the gray Fat Carbon inlays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMade in North Carolina\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDylan started Hypercut with one used 1996 mill he bought off Facebook Marketplace and wired in himself. That machine still runs. Asked why he builds in America, his answer was short: because that is where he lives. Small American shops turning out work like this are exactly why we do what we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this one stands out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA serialized, hand-ground S45VN flipper with a titanium frame, gray Fat Carbon, and zirconium hardware. One of one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hypercut Manufacturing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44349653287092,"sku":"HC-BIKKHU-0192","price":1099.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4049\/4516\/files\/IMG_9504.jpg?v=1787095810","url":"https:\/\/lonestarknife.com\/products\/hypercut-mfg-bikkhu-cpm-s45vn-flipper-titanium-frame-gray-fat-carbon-inlay-zirconium-accents-serial-0192-made-in-usa","provider":"Lone Star Knife \u0026 Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}