{"product_id":"mule-team™-elmax","title":"Mule Team™ Elmax®","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\u003cspan\u003e Elmax steel produced by Böhler-Uddeholm Steel of Kapfenberg, Austria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBöhler first sold steel in North America in 1925 by providing European-made steels to toolmakers, manufacturing industries and construction jobs in the U.S. Their Elmax is an alloy composed using powdered metallurgic technology that was designed specifically for high-tech applications, primarily for use in the electronics industry. It contains elevated levels of chromium, vanadium-molybdenum, which deem it a well-tailored fit for making knife blades. These elements translate into resistance to wear and corrosion and it has a homogenous grain structure making it malleable when grinding and forming. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll Mule Team blades are sold consumer-direct and available only at the Spyderco Factory Outlet or through Spyderco.com. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased: February 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spyderco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45236274364460,"sku":"MT13","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/7189\/6620\/files\/MT13P.jpg?v=1769721906","url":"https:\/\/spyderco.com\/products\/mule-team%e2%84%a2-elmax","provider":"Spyderco","version":"1.0","type":"link"}