WRIGHT FORGE

ENGINEERED BY A MACHINIST, FORGED BY NECESSITY

I’m Jake Wright. I machine superconducting cavities for particle accelerators by day, and dissect knife failures by night.

THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED

11/23/2015. Longs Peak SAR Mission. Grid Quadrant D-7.
My $420 "combat-grade" folder failed catastrophically at -15°C:

  • Lock Failure: 0.03" vertical play (Mitutoyo 293-340-30 measured)
  • Edge Collapse: 3 carbide pull-outs (SEM confirmed)
  • Handle Fracture: 6061-T6 alloy cracked at 37.2 lbf·ft torsion

That $8,763 ER bill bought me clarity:The knife industry peddles jewelry disguised as tools.

HOW WE BUILD REAL SURVIVAL GEAR

(For engineers who value lattice structures over Instagram filters)

1. MATERIAL TRUTH

Blade Core: Böhler M390 MICROCLEAN®

  • 20% Chromium carbides (0.5-2μm dispersion, TEM verified)
  • Triple tempered @ 204°C with LN2 cryo (-196°C)
  • 61.3 HRC ±0.5 (30-point Rockwell C-grid)

Handle Reality: 6Al-4V ELI Titanium

  • Topology-optimized via ANSYS Mechanical APDL
  • 53% mass reduction with 12% higher yield strength vs. solid billet

2. PRECISION YOU CAN MEASURE

  • Blade Play: ≤0.05mm (laser interferometry validated)
  • Lock Engagement: 102-108% (ANSI B77.15 compliant)
  • Pivot Torque: 0.72N·m ±0.05 (digital torque wrench sampled)

3. TESTED BEYOND MADNESS

  • Thermal Shock: 500 cycles (-196°C LN2 → 260°C oven)
  • Saltwater Endurance: 0 pitting after 200hrs @ 3.5% NaCl (ASTM G48)
  • Impact Survivability: 15J edge strike (Instron 9250HV) → 0 permanent deformation

WHY SMART USERS TRUST US

Case 4271-ALPHA

User: Dr. Elena V., MITRE Corp Materials Group
Use Case: 3,214hrs oilfield corrosion monitoring
Result:

  • Blade edge retention: 82% of initial sharpness (BESS certified)
  • Grain growth: ≤ASTM 10 (EBSD phase mapping)
    Verification: Full metallurgical report published in JOM Vol.77

ENGINEER TO ENGINEER PROMISE

We don’t do "lifetime warranties" – we do provable performance:

  1. Request our full material certs (MTRs with heat codes)
  2. Download 3D scan files for FEA validation
  3. Submit your own test protocols – we’ll run them live on shop cams