{"product_id":"mule-team™-cts-bd1","title":"Mule Team™ CTS® BD1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis model is no longer in production. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpyderco’s Mule Team™ Series is an ongoing project that enables steel-obsessed knife enthusiasts to test different blade materials using the same exact fixed-blade design platform. Sold without handles or sheaths, Mule Team blades are also ideal for aspiring knifemakers and hobbyists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis expression of the Mule Team concept features CTS BD1 blade steel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh-performance American-made blade steels are propelling the quality and performance of today's knives to new and higher levels. A U.S.A company called Carpenter Steel recently entered the knife-making arena, cutlery people noticed. Carpenter isn't a newcomer to alloy manufacturing just a new-neighbor in the community of blade steel manufacturing and they're launching a new family of alloys called CTS' steels specifically for cutlery. One of those is CTS BD1. CTS BD1 is patterned on Gingami I (also known as G2), the gold-standard for Japanese cutlerers. Its superior edge retention and surface finish are machined to a fine edge and it heat-treats consistently. From a performance standpoint, it's a winner and it's used in Spyderco's latest Mule Team fixed blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpyderco's Mule Team Series is an ongoing project where the same fixed blade knife is released in different blade steel variations several times per year. Mule is the name given to a test piece in the knife manufacturing process. The project allows steel-obsessed knife knuts the opportunity to test, try and use alloys not readily available to the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased: June 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CTS BD1 Mule is a limited 500-piece run with a sharpened PlainEdge cutting edge and it's sold without handle scales or a carry sheath, focusing the project on the steel. Leaving the knife handle unfinished opens creative possibilities for designing custom handle scales or handle wrappings and carry options. Pre-drilled holes in the handle allow for attaching scales or whatever the imagination creates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll Mule Team blades are sold consumer-direct and available only at the Spyderco Factory Outlet or through Spyderco.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spyderco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45236257325100,"sku":"MT10","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/7189\/6620\/files\/MT10.jpg?v=1769719835","url":"https:\/\/spyderco.com\/products\/mule-team%e2%84%a2-cts-bd1","provider":"Spyderco","version":"1.0","type":"link"}