Razor: It is indeed. That's my version of the Emberlit firebox style stove. Mikhail, the guy that owns Emberlit (good guy, btw), gave me permission to make them for myself and a small number of friends. Mine has what I consider to be "enhancements," and at 0.073", is a little more than three times thicker than the Emberlit. I can confidently stand on mine. The second one will have a few additional design tweaks.
Bill: Thanks! Always feels good when people I admire and respect think I'm doing good stuff. It's a privilege to be able to share my work here.
I know what you're saying about the mid-tech thing. Only fellow knife dorks know what it means, and it would be easier to just to call them something else less ambiguous and be done with it. Like "Limited Run Semi-Custom Productions."
I am very impressed with the S35. It was a toss up between that and the Elmax for these first knives. It looks good on paper, but what really sold me on it was the CRK Nyala I got at Blade two years ago. I must say, It's been an interesting first foray into the world of stainless "super steels." Maybe I'll build some customs out of it too. Or maybe not. If I did that I'd probably want to learn how to heat treat it in-house. As it is, being the control freak that I am, it's been difficult for me to let go of the processes on these LRSCPs.
Link worked fine, thanks! I actually had that data sheet saved already, along with probably half of Crucible's other offerings.
SF-TX: Dude, that's the story of my life. "Heeeey!!! Wait... Nevermind."