Hypercut MFG Dharma Manual Serial 0291 - 3.2" S45VN Tanto, Black Glass Composite, Green Hardware - Made in USA (HC-DHARMA-MAN-0291)

The Dharma Manual is the non automatic version of Hypercut MFG's Dharma, machined by Dylan and his crew in Mills River, North Carolina. Serial 0291 runs a 3.2 inch CPM-S45VN tanto in black glass composite frames with green anodized hardware and a green anodized thumb tab.

Black and Green

The frames are black glass composite rather than titanium, which drops weight and gives the knife a flat, dark surface with a speckled texture to it. The green anodized pivot, screws, and tab are the only color on it, and against that much black they read like they are lit from behind.

This is the sister knife to serial 0290, which runs the same frames in bronze. Same build, completely different character.

Manual, and Why That Matters

The Dharma is best known as an automatic, and this is the version for people who either do not want an auto or cannot carry one where they live. Same blade, same grind, same shop. You open it on thumb studs instead of a button.

Specifications

• Model: Dharma Manual
• Serial Number: 0291
• Blade Length: 3.2"
• Blade Steel: CPM-S45VN
• Blade Shape: Tanto
• Frames: Black glass composite
• Pivot and Hardware: Green anodized
• Thumb Tab: Green anodized
• Spacer: Titanium
• Clip: Titanium
• Thumb Studs: Titanium
• Action: Manual, thumb studs
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Mills River, North Carolina)
• SKU: HC-DHARMA-MAN-0291

Hand Ground, One at a Time

Dylan grinds every bevel by hand on a belt sander rather than sending them out. 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.

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.

Why This One Stands Out

Black and green, and the only one of the two Dharma Manuals with color on it. One of one.

Proudly carrying American