Seiichi Nakamuras Award Winning 480SHOKI By Benchmade Start Price USD 139.00 Current Price USD 139.00 Time Left 13 days 7 hours 5 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Location The Derby City See more about 'Seiichi Nakamuras Award Winning 480SHOKI By Benchmade' Description It all starts with a commitment to innovation. And for Benchmade, it goes beyond simply being innovatively different, Benchmade continually strives to be innovatively better. They believe that when a customer chooses to purchase a Benchmade, they don’t do so just to be different; they do so because they want the best. This mindset of innovating for improvement is alive and well throughout Benchmade, it goes into every design, and comes out of every product. Admittedly, it's definitely not the easiest way to make knives, but it's the only way we know how. Cick image for larger view BENCHMADENakamura 480 Shoki™  Winner of the IWA International Knife Award for Best Design! The 480 Shoki™, as designed by Seiichi Nakamura, is the embodiment of a gentlemen’s carry. No details were overlooked in the production of this elegant tool, including the brand new Nak-Lok™, beautifully contoured G10 and stabilized wine wood handle scales, radiant blue anodized titanium liners, and rich black nickel hardware. The stainless steel backspacer utilizes cutting edge MIM technology to emulate custom hand file work, the hollowground S30V crowned blade, and handy sheath complete this package.   FEATURES• Blade Detail: Plain, 2.90 inches long• Blade Length (inches): 2.89• Blade Style & Opener: Hollowground Utility with Crowned Blade Spine, Thumb-Stud• Blade Steel: S30V Stainless Steel (58-60 HRC)• Carry System: Soft Sheath• Handle Specifics: Black G10 With Stabilized Winewood, Stainless Steel Black Nickel Plated Hardware and MIM Custom File Work Emulated Backspace, 6AL-4V Anodized Titanium Liners.• Lock Style: Nak-Lok™• Overall Length (inches): 6.67• Weight: 1.7oz• Origin: USARETAIL: $200.00 $139.00 Thanks for looking!   OUR eSTORE POLICIES Shipping We ship smaller packages through the USPS, and most larger packages through UPS. Please see the shipping calculator, or flat rate charges, further down this page for the exact cost for this item. We do include a small handling fee to cover our packaging expenses.  International customers, please eMail us for your shipping rate. Rates shown here are for shipping to the continental United States only.  StockingAll items are in stock at the time the auction is listed. On rare occasions, items may no longer be in stock when auction ends.  Buyers will be given the opportunity to decide to either wait for the item to ship, or, to receive a full refund. PaymentWe prefer payment via PayPal for our listings. This allows us to ship your item much more quickly and conveniently. Money orders and personal checks are cheerfully accepted, however, we will wait for the instrument to clear before shipping the item.  ReturnsAll items listed as NEW carry the normal manufacturer's warranty, and are returnable if defective.  All items are returnable if not as described in the Item Description.  We strive to insure your complete satisfaction. Please write to us for further information, or, if you have questions. We are Trading Assistants - We can sell items for you!   Place a Bid!