I found these two on the PSA website - for $13 and $15 - AMAZON wanted over $20 for each. One is a 3.5”, dropped-point caper with double choils - the other is a 4” “butcher” with a single choil - it’s really a pure skinner shape. The steel is 420 stainless. Both have long, non-slip orange TPR grips, and they come with unlined nylon sheaths with snap-keepers. That’s all there is ‘cause there ain’t no more.
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Links bro,…
I know your handlers don’t want you flagged for spamming sales….
But none of your reviews mean crap to most of us with no idea what youre talking about.
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Personally I’m just about ready to block him
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I just feel like responding “BUT IS IT CRYO QUENCHED??” 
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Had to break down and look it up, mainly because it’s absolutely never been mentioned in any episode of “Forged in fire”
Turns out it’s a way to make cheap stainless steel blades hold an edge better….. nothing to do with a quality high carbon steel.
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At the molecular level, it transforms a steel’s structure from austenite to martensite - from coarse to fine-grained, and from non-magnetic to magnetic. It can boost a steel’s Rockwell hardness as much as 3 points, and also relieves built-up stresses in guns from manufacturing processes. FYI
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However a huge downfall of most stainless is not its hardness, but its lack of elasticity.
Once it’s hard enough to hold an edge, it’s too brittle to flex.
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That’s where cryo’s stress-relief kicks in - and it doesn’t matter if the knife is made from stock-removal or it’s hand-forged. I’ve proposed the process to S & W - only BENELLI offers it as a standard feature in shotgun and rifle barrels, but only in their high-end models. I’d like to see more weapons made with cryo-quenched 5160 spring steel, used in vehicle leaf-springs. EVEREST FORGE uses recycled leaf-springs for their hand-forged blades. FYI
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Was not aware of it being used on cheap blades, but I know it is used in high-end knives.
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