{"product_id":"leucadia-blade-co-the-landshark-3-5-magnacut-drop-point-stonewash-mahi-gcarta-leather-or-kydex-made-in-usa-lbc-landshark-mahi-sw","title":"Leucadia Blade Co The LandShark - 3.5\" MagnaCut Drop Point, Stonewash, Mahi GCarta, Leather or Kydex - Made in USA (LBC-LANDSHARK-MAHI-SW)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagnaCut run at 63 to 64 HRC, on a heat treat the inventor of the steel wrote himself. Your choice of sheath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe LandShark is a 3.5 inch drop point fixed blade from Leucadia Blade Co, built in collaboration with Pro-Tech. This one wears Mahi GCarta scales with a stonewash blade, offered with either a handmade leather sheath or a molded kydex one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knife is identical either way. CPM MagnaCut at 63 to 64 HRC with a stonewash finish applies to both options unless otherwise stated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand: Leucadia Blade Co\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel: The LandShark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlade Length: 3.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall Length: 8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlade Steel: CPM MagnaCut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardness: 63-64 HRC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlade Style: Drop point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlade Finish: Stonewash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpine Thickness: 0.125\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle: Mahi GCarta, contoured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSheath: Handmade leather or kydex, your choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 oz knife, 6 oz with leather sheath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures: Deep finger choil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry of Origin: Made in USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003e63 to 64 HRC Is the Headline\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost production MagnaCut runs 60 to 62. This runs 63 to 64, and the heat treat protocol was developed by Larrin Thomas, the metallurgist who invented MagnaCut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarder steel holds an edge longer and is usually more brittle for it. MagnaCut was designed specifically to tolerate that trade better than the steels before it, so taking it to 63 is using the steel for what it was built to do rather than pushing it past where it wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTwo Shops, One Knife\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePro-Tech grinds the blades in Placentia, California. Leucadia does everything after that, the handles, the finishing, and the sheaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat split is the whole reason this knife is what it is. You get blade work out of a shop that has been doing this at volume for decades, on a knife that is still finished by the two people whose name is on it. Almost all of it happens in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLeather or Kydex\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKydex is thermoformed to the knife, so it clicks in and holds with no strap. It ignores water and sweat and it will outlast leather on anything carried outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeather is quieter, it breaks in, and it is the one that looks better in five years instead of worse. Same price either way, so this is about how you carry rather than what you spend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Finger Choil\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a deep choil behind the edge. On a four ounce knife with a 3.5 inch blade, that is what lets you choke up for detail work without your finger riding on a sharpened edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMahi GCarta\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGCarta is a layered composite rather than a solid slab, so the pattern comes from the machining cutting down through stacked layers. Mahi is named for the fish, which tells you where the blues and greens and golds land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProudly carrying American\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leucadia Blade Co","offers":[{"title":"Handmade Leather","offer_id":67604925120692,"sku":"LBC-LANDSHARK-MAHI-SW-LTR","price":349.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kydex","offer_id":67604925153460,"sku":"LBC-LANDSHARK-MAHI-SW-KYD","price":349.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4049\/4516\/files\/IMG_6554.jpg?v=1793034136","url":"https:\/\/lonestarknife.com\/products\/leucadia-blade-co-the-landshark-3-5-magnacut-drop-point-stonewash-mahi-gcarta-leather-or-kydex-made-in-usa-lbc-landshark-mahi-sw","provider":"Lone Star Knife \u0026 Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}