Hypercut MFG Bikkhu, CPM-S45VN Flipper, Titanium Frame, Purple Fat Carbon Inlay, Serial 0194 - Made in USA

A hand-ground S45VN flipper from a small North Carolina shop.

The Bikkhu is Hypercut MFG's titanium frame lock flipper, machined by Dylan and his crew in Mills River, North Carolina. This one, serial 0194, runs a CPM-S45VN blade in a titanium frame with purple Fat Carbon inlays, and a titanium spacer, clip, pivot, and thumb studs. Dylan hand grinds every blade that leaves the shop.

How to say it

Bikkhu is pronounced BIC-oo. Think of the pen, Bic, with an oo on the end.

Specifications

• Blade Steel: CPM-S45VN
• Frame: Titanium
• Inlays: Fat Carbon (purple)
• Spacer: Titanium
• Pivot: Titanium
• Clip: Titanium
• Thumb Studs: Titanium
• Lock: Frame lock
• Deployment: Flipper
• Serial Number: 0194
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Mills River, North Carolina)

Hand ground, one at a time

Dylan 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.

Titanium and Fat Carbon

The frame is titanium with purple Fat Carbon inlays, a carbon composite that reads in a marbled pattern under light. The spacer, clip, pivot, and thumb studs are all titanium on this serial.

Made in North Carolina

Dylan 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.

Why this one stands out

A serialized, hand-ground S45VN flipper in titanium and purple Fat Carbon. One of one.