Home Forums Gear Knives and Blades What knife makers most interest you

Mine in no special order

Big Chris
Phill Hartsfield
Jerry Halfrich
Phil Wilson
Daniel Winkler
Joe Kious
RJ Martin

Rick Menefee

He is good!

Dan Thornburg
Rick Menefee
Gene Ingram
Dale Howe
Charles May

I have a bunch of May's and Ingram's they are boring but reliable.

Rick Menefee because I haven't been able to get my hands on one. Winston is my favorite. I really like his patterns and his work is a bargain for the craftsmanship

I Wilson.

Sheffield.

Bang for the buck I have to agree with you. Though he falls in with May and Ingram as nothing really exciting. But you know that you are getting a solid quality knife that will perform.

Sheffield makes some amazing stuff, without a doubt and interesting knife maker.

Who is I Wilson?

Dan Brock, Plowshare Forge

Don't know him, will check him out.

Brett Dowell and his daughter Taylor, great workmanship on both their knives.

Guess i like boring knives. I Keep ordering Winston’s.

I’ve looked at some Big Chris knives on BF. Prices got too high for me.

You must be after some Gil Hibben alien fighter knives.

No fighters never tickled me. I am into solid useable hunting knives. I don't mind boring knives I own a ton of them. But there are some knife makers that just never get boring. The only regular that everyone here likes that isn't boring to me is Rick. Though I am not a fan of swedges. However Rick always has a twist and his knives don't all have the same look as May, Ingram, Winston do. Just my opinion, you are certainly entitled to your own opinion. Sorta why I wrote this tread, as I like hearing others opinions. I know hard to believe here on the Fire right?

Long gone, from Sycamore St.

And some lovely steel.

Ask Rick about them, I believe he is also interested in the line.

Rick does make some very nice knives. I’ve got a couple.

I guess u like a certain style. And just go with that. I don’t think i have the first knife in wood. All g10 or micarta. Wood Just doesn’t do it for me. One day I’ll step out and get a bone knife. Really like Winston’s fluted camel bone.


There’s a guy on BF, Austin Goldman is his handle. Prolly his name. Makes some really good looking knives.

Have you seen any of Winston’s folders? He really shows out on those.

I like many styles of knives. Even boring ones! I use a May and Ingram regularly. What really interest me to be honest is the guys that are really getting the heat treat process. Guys that are cutting edge no pun intended. Phil Wilson and Big Chris fit this bill in my opinion. Though Phil is winding down, his knives are just magic to me. I own 8 knives from him now and owned another 4 from him. I wish I never gave two of them away and sold the other two. Big Chris is more money because he is using more expensive steel, that also eats belts, and requires heat treating properly. His knives are well worth his asking prices.

I have seen a couple of Winston's folders in person. They are nice.

I thought you were referring to the Sheffield knife industry as a whole.

No, I really do have a soft spot for the I Wilson line...in point of fact I value mine own more than I value my Randalls or my Behring.

Pretty much a sucker for a good butchers knife.

I have owned several Randalls, but never really had a connection to them. I still have a small Saltwater and a model 18 my grandmother bought from Bo's hands in person. It's not my style but my grandmother gave it to me and specifically when to FL to buy it for me so it is a keeper.