I suspect it has been a lot of years since Phil made more than 5-6 knives per month. Since the loss of his home after the fire and he and his wife's move into town he told me that with travel time to his shop 4 or so per month is the average. I've said it before that unless one's used a Phil knife they simply don't understand...and also, some that have, but don't need the performance, or can't sharpen adequately, won't get the benefit. I'll try to put my thoughts/experience into a writeup that I'll post here, but in the meantime ingest this, beginning to end, and I'll use it as a guide for my review:


Last edited by Journeyman; 04/30/23.
You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...