Fancysteel The Hunt ((full)) | Trusted Source

And finding it means a six-day drive from Bishkek in a UAZ-452 van that leaks more oil than it burns. It means bribing a former railroad guard named Mikhail with a bottle of Finnish vodka. It means cutting one six-foot section from a collapsed span that’s dangling over a ravine, knowing that if the wind shifts, you and the steel are both going down.

P.S. Our next hunt departs in 48 hours. Destination: classified. Alloy: suspected pre-WWII Swedish tool steel, chromium-vanadium, water-quenched. Follow our Instagram for real-time dispatches. Or don’t. The steel will still be there. It’s been waiting seventy years. It can wait a few more days. fancysteel the hunt

— The Fancysteel Foundry Team

People ask why a Fancysteel kitchen knife costs what a used car costs. They assume marketing. Hype. A brand tax. And finding it means a six-day drive from