Fordite Lockback 4" Pocket Knife with Damascus Steel Blade

This 4" linear lock Fordite Pocket Knife with a 3" Damascus stainless steel blade is the perfect gift for the car lover in your life! One side of the handle is made with Fordite, aka Detroit Agate or Motor Agate, which is pre-1985 automobile paint that has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polish. It was formed by the now extinct practice of hand spray-painting multiples of production car bodies in large automotive factories. The overspray paint in the painting bays gradually built up on the tracks and skids that the car bodies we moved on. Over time, many colorful layers were built up there. These layers were hardened repeatedly in the ovens that the car bodies went into to cure the paint. Some of these deeper layers were even baked 100 times! Eventually, the paint build-up would become obstructing, or too thick and heavy, and had to be removed. Some auto workers, entranced by the beauty of this material, took home chunks in the dinner buckets. The backside of the handle is made of