Strider 60 NiTiNOL PM SMF

A short visual tour of a rare SMF, #12/13 of the original run of NiTiNol blades.

60 NiTiNOL PM refers to a very rare metal produced by Crucible Metallurgy after a long and costly R&D process after first being developed by the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in the 1960s.

A ton of money was spent developing NiTiNOL into the "60 NiTiNOL PM" it has become now, and are exclusive to Strider Knives.

Due to the costs associated with manufacturing the steel and then the machining of the blades, only a small handful of these knives have been produced making them some of the rarest as they are the only knives made with this material in the world.

Done with a Canon 5DmkII with the 24-105mm lens and a 13mm macro extension tube

For more information on the material here are some links that provide some good information:

Some idea into the costs associated with making the alloy:
http://faq.customtacticals.com/datasheets/nitinol.pdf

Text of a press release from CPM:
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?37299-Crucible-60-NiTiNOL-PM&am...

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Strider
• Knives
• Knife
• Blade
• Nitinol
• Crucible
• Drop Point
• Titanium
• custom
• Mick Strider
• Dwayne Dwyer
• USN

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A real "grail" knife there, for so many reasons.