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+1 Another excellent maker(underrated, IMO) is Wayne Hendrix. Wayne will make you a nice working blade with Micarta, stainless Kirby bolts on the handle, and top quality steel(ATS 34, 154 CM...) for about $150. Plus, his wife Ruby will make(included in price of knife) you an excellent full-grain leather sheath to go with it that will hold the knife securely. I like Ruby's sheaths so much I've purchased them for other knives as well. Wayne's a little hard to get ahold of but he's a real nice guy and makes a fantastic knife! My experience has been that he doesn't have very long wait times either. I tried emailing him to no avail.(he doesn't much like computers). Calling him on the phone is best. Google: Hendrix Custom Knives Here's a link to a few he's made for me over the years: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...s/4245711/Re_Wayne_Hendrix_Knives_eye_caWayne is a SC guy, don't have his but I do have a George Herron. Leftybolt
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i agree with the others on going the custom route. Of the names mentioned David Winston is my favorite maker. followed by gene ingram and charles may ( its a MS thing. ) in this forum, several makers have a thread showing off various models. Well worth the time to look. As far as materials, im not a steel snob. D2 or s30v is what most of mine are. I like g10 / micarta scales. Bone and stag look great. Its just not my thing. +1
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I like the bark river gunny hunter. It has a convex grind which is nice except I haven't had the knack for sharpening it myself. They will sharpen it for you if you send it in. The knife is available in Elmax or CPM3V which are a good steel options. At this point with my limited sharpening skill I like a knife with a normal grind so I can easily get a great edge using a lansky sharpener or something similar. In my experience you are likely to get a bit better attention to little details with a custom maker but you have to get in line and wait for the more well known good ones. There is a knife user/collector on youtube that reviews bark river knives and likes them a lot https://www.youtube.comresults?search_query=virtuovice+channel
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Thanks for everything. For now I'm doing anything. Will probably just go the custom route, but not until I educate myself a bit more.
As a side note I clicked on my links in the OP. The prices shown on Amazon have gone up $30-$40 over what they were showing the day I posted the link. I wouldn't pay the prices shown today for those knives. When they were $40 less I'd have considered it.
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Update: At least for now I'm attempting a simple DIY custom. I bought a blank blade that I like and some red/black micarta handle material. Total cost, about $30-$35 so far. Steel is 5160 carbon. Not a lot of work, just attaching and finishing the handles. I'm not expecting perfection the 1st time, but we'll see. Crappy cell pic, I'll take better shots when finished.
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