Severed Metal Works Squire V3 3.3" Fixed Blade, MagnaCut, 285Woodworks Handle, Burnt Bronze Gunkote, Serial 008 - Made in USA (SMW-SQUIREV3-008)

This is Squire Version 3 serial 008, made by hand by Dean Shroka in Alabama. It runs CPM MagnaCut with a burnt bronze Gunkote finish and a 285Woodworks handle. Serialized and tagged.

Specifications

• Model: Squire Version 3
• Serial Number: 008
• Blade Length: Approximately 3.3"
• Overall Length: Approximately 7.5"
• Blade Steel: CPM MagnaCut
• Blade Finish: Burnt Bronze Gunkote
• Handle Material: 285Woodworks
• Feature: Integrated finger ring
• Maker: Dean Shroka
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Alabama)
• SKU: SMW-SQUIREV3-008

Made One at a Time

These are hand made, so the numbers run close rather than exact. The Squire has held the same footprint across generations, roughly a 3.3 inch blade at about 7.5 inches overall, with a finger ring at the base of the handle for grip and quick deployment. Dean grinds, finishes, and serializes each one himself, which is why every knife carries its own dog tag.

Version 3

The Squire is the knife Dean is known for, and this is the third generation of it. When we visited his shop he told us the V3 was coming and that it would be in MagnaCut. He had the heat treat oven already. What he needed was the dewar, a very large thermos for liquid nitrogen, because MagnaCut wants cryo to reach what it is capable of. He bought it. This is the result.

MagnaCut, Plate Quenched and Cryo Treated

Dean plate quenches and then runs the blade straight into cryo in liquid nitrogen at negative 300 degrees. That is the process MagnaCut is designed around and it is not something most makers his size take on. MagnaCut itself gives you edge retention, toughness, and corrosion resistance without trading one for the others.

The 285Woodworks Handle

285Woodworks supplies stabilized handle material to makers, and Dean chose it for this one. Every set of scales from a natural material is unique to the knife it ends up on, so the figure here belongs to serial 008 alone.

About Severed Metal Works

Dean works out of a garage shop in Alabama, which he and his wife converted from the shed most of his videos were filmed in. He is one of the makers we visited on the Great American Knife Tour. Every Severed Metal Works knife carries Lifetime Blacksmith Benefits, covering free repairs and lifetime sharpening, with the customer covering shipping both ways.

Why This One Stands Out

Serial 008 is one of the first Squires Dean has made in MagnaCut. If you have followed his work, this is the knife the last two years were building toward.

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