Moon Custom Knives Webstore nearly online

Hey ladies and gentlemen, I wanted to do a really quick update on my new webstore.  www.MoonCustomKnives.com will be the address to go to to find my store.  On it I will have my own custom knives as well as collectables, customs, used goods, paracord gear handmade by my girlfriend, Leslie Freeman and other misc. items.  

The primary benefit to having a dedicated webstore is it allows me to be more flexible with what I can sell and the types of payment I can take.  A lot of folks, for example, don't have paypal so I'll be set up to process credit card transactions.  I also on occasion sell knives and gun parts that would normally be prohibitted by paypal, Balisongs, automatic knives, bakelite magazines, ect.  

The site is live but not quite ready for prime-time, I'm still working on credit card processing and getting a few kinks worked out.  If, however you do see something you're interested in before I get all of the backend details hammered out, feel free to email me at WillMoonCustomKnives@gmail.com and I'll get back to you.  

-Will

Orion Mythic Edition Video

Some video of an 80% complete Orion Mythic Edition:

Orion Mythic Edition Announcement!

With the Orion build well underway, I decided to save back a few blades and go a little crazy with them.  The Orion Mythic Edition is a five piece run of special Orions which have a few extra features not found in the normal Orions.  Featuring a Nightmare ground blade and a much more rounded contour handle plus handle inlays and top shelf finishes, the Orion Mythics are truly a cut above.  The standard Orion is no slouch in the looks department and is an extremely high performance user knife and flipper, but the Mythic takes it to the next level.  I'll be selling the Mythic Edition knives as they're completed, starting around 850$.  Standard Orions are available starting at 650$.

March Orion Update

With March well underway, it's been nearly two months since my last update.  The Orions are coming along nicely, the first nineteen blades are ground and ready to go to heat treat.  Here's a shot of some of them taking form...

As you can see in this photo, the knives are definitly not done yet.  They have a long way to go before being shipped and flipped.  That said, you can see some fully ground blades in this photo.  Some of my personal favorites are the swedged knives, which were requested by customers as special order.  A couple of these will make it to my webstore when it goes live later this month, so keep posted.

I have finished a couple prototypes, which are for sale.  If you see one you like send me an email (willmooncustomknives@gmail.com), they're 650$ a piece.  These are prototypes of the batch, one with a satin blade, the other with a mirror polished one.  Steel is .2 inches of precision ground cryo-treated ATS-34 with .23inch 6Al4V Ti handles.

There has been some concern over the handle spacing from various forumites around the interwebs, but candidly, I don't see a problem.  For a knife of lesser tolerance, having the handles sit together can lead to blade play, however since the Orions are machined within .0002 inches, there is no cause for concern.  Also some folks have mentioned there is a possibility of handle pinching, so I've switched to a deeper rounding of the handles which is much more comfortable for the flipping crowd.  However, flipping is not this knife's intended purpose: it's a heavy duty knife that can take the abuse other knives can't, not a nimble trick knife for sport.

Regardless, it does look nice.  I've been really happy with how some of the blade and handle finishes have been coming out.  Everything's hand ground and profiled, so each blade and handle is unique and individual.  

More to come.  First knives are shipping in their foam lined Pelican cases to customers in about a week.  If you would like to order an Orion, please see my webstore when it goes online in about a weeks time, I will have a few available for order but most are spoken for.  First come first serve.