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Great pics as always GWB! I appreciate all the work you put into your photos. The fact you have excellent taste in blades is also a good think.
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There are some beloved knife makers on here such as Ingram, May, Winston, and Dozier.
What up and coming makers out there are doing practical hunting blades, with well treated and ground steel, and a good kydex holster? I think the "ideal" working knife would be 3.5", drop point blade, hollow ground, with a low profile kydex. Micarta or wood scales, but nothing fancy.
Nothing wrong with the fellas above, but the wait list and prices reflect their high quality reputation and I figure there must be some others out there that are doing good work at reasonable prices that dont get the attention they deserve.
What say the fire? Not “new” but Tom Krein is the best grinder in the business, bar none. He uses Bos for HT. Several folks have pointed to makers using O1 vs stainless or “super” steels.... If you’re good with that Burt Foster is the man!!!
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Pete Winkler, Cross knives his EDC model A2 steel, Convex grind! Neon Lime Burlap scales 58 RC ya! GWB
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There are some beloved knife makers on here such as Ingram, May, Winston, and Dozier.
What up and coming makers out there are doing practical hunting blades, with well treated and ground steel, and a good kydex holster? I think the "ideal" working knife would be 3.5", drop point blade, hollow ground, with a low profile kydex. Micarta or wood scales, but nothing fancy.
Nothing wrong with the fellas above, but the wait list and prices reflect their high quality reputation and I figure there must be some others out there that are doing good work at reasonable prices that dont get the attention they deserve.
What say the fire? Not “new” but Tom Krein is the best grinder in the business, bar none. He uses Bos for HT. Several folks have pointed to makers using O1 vs stainless or “super” steels.... If you’re good with that Burt Foster is the man!!! Tom can grind. I would not buy another knife from him with Bos heat-treating...
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Love those scales GW.
There’s also some very weird tastes here.. my guess is they don’t kill/use much, but rather imagination/pretend. Which is ok I guess.
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Anything in particular wrong with the Bos heat treating?
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There are some beloved knife makers on here such as Ingram, May, Winston, and Dozier.
What up and coming makers out there are doing practical hunting blades, with well treated and ground steel, and a good kydex holster? I think the "ideal" working knife would be 3.5", drop point blade, hollow ground, with a low profile kydex. Micarta or wood scales, but nothing fancy.
Nothing wrong with the fellas above, but the wait list and prices reflect their high quality reputation and I figure there must be some others out there that are doing good work at reasonable prices that dont get the attention they deserve.
What say the fire? Not “new” but Tom Krein is the best grinder in the business, bar none. He uses Bos for HT. Several folks have pointed to makers using O1 vs stainless or “super” steels.... If you’re good with that Burt Foster is the man!!! Tom can grind. I would not buy another knife from him with Bos heat-treating... Tom can more than grind...he is the most precise grinder in the business, unless my Zeiss and Mitutoyo Optical Metrology Systems, and measurement of hundreds of custom knives are wrong??? Also, I recently communicated with Paul Farner re a couple of knives, including a forum maker here. From past discussions I know you are a real knife guy, so shoot me a PM if you would, re your Bos concerns and I’ll share mine... Thanks!
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Hank Hammond at Double H Knives is excellent and razor sharp
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Full disclosure: Todd Theyn and I had been internet buds for prolly near a decade or more before I knew he was making knives and sheaths. Todd posts here on 24hr. using the screen name of "justahunter" This is the first knife that I got from Todd, Weathered L6 Steel and Spalted Pecan. IIRC, Todd told me that he had let the bar stock from which these knives were made weather for +/- 6 years. It works! He has been kind enough to make a set of 4 kinves for my two boys, oldest grandson and my son in law. Here are two of those. He engraved their initals and birthdate on the spine of each knife. and their initials on the sheath that accompanied each knife! Jacob's knife was given to him on his birthday. This deer and 5 others were skinned with his knife the day he took this buck before it had to be resharpened. The next knife is Todds interpretation of a Nessmuk style blade. Weathered L6 Steel and Buffalo horn scales
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A knife thread? About makers? Rick Menefee not mentioned?
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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Absolutely at the top of the game but far from new!
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Thanks for all the good suggestions fellas. Quite a few in here that I like and a lot of others that just plain fun to look at!
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Okies you might want to check out are Charlie Bell for folders and ecarlson custom knives.
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Add Lyonknives to the list and Tim Robertson.
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