Mummert Knives Custom CC-L Titanium Credit Card Style Knife, Santa Muerte Dusk

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MUMCCLSMDSK: Custom CC-L Credit Card Knife - Santa Muerte Dusk

Mummert Knives

The CC-L is Marc Mummert's take on the credit card knife. His CC-L is a titanium credit card knife, with a razor-sharp carbidized edge. Unlike some other credit card tools, the CC-L is built for a singular purpose - to give you a razor-sharp edge that you can always have with you. Constructed from .025" thick 6Al-4V titanium, the CC-L is the exact same size and shape as a normal credit card knife and is thin enough to flex slightly, so you won't even know you're sitting on it. The "Santa Muerte" cutting card, in collaboration with Sneak Reaper Industries, is made of titanium in a silver or dusk finish. Deeply impregnated carbides at a Rockwell Hardness of 72 provide a long-lasting, razor-sharp cutting edge - the perfect backup blade for any situation, handmade in the USA.

Why Titanium?

Titanium is a wonderful metal. It is strong, light, and impervious to rust. However, titanium is not commonly used in cutlery. Why? The reason why titanium is not commonly used in cutlery is because it does not keep a very good edge... At least not all by itself. So why use titanium to make a knife if it doesn't hold a good edge you may ask? Because the titanium isn't what is holding the edge. As a custom manufacturer who specializes in titanium knives and tools, Marc Mummert utilizes a process that permanently applies a layer of tungsten carbide, which is impregnated into the titanium .002" deep. The final edge is then ground to that layer of carbide, so that all of the cutting is done by the carbide layer, which at a Rockwell Hardness of 72, is much harder than almost all hardened steel, stainless or high carbon. The superior toughness and durability of the titanium body allow for hard use situations while the carbides provide the edge retention, giving the user the "best of both worlds", similar to the effect achieved through differential hardening of steel, but to an even greater degree. Mummert's process is neither cheap nor easy, but he believes it's worth it for an end product that is 40% lighter than steel, will never corrode, and has an edge hardness of RC 72 while maintaining toughness and durability throughout the body of the knife. Two things will dull a blade, use and corrosion of the metal on the edge surface. With a blade that will never corrode, you immediately eliminate your edge's worst enemy, and the only thing that can cause it to go away without use - rust.