12 May 2019
 

Happy Mother's Day to all our Mothers.

Stag - making good guns and knives into great guns and knives! King Fighter and Colt Combat Commander:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ng_fighter.jpg

Wow, that is really close to the same blade profile as my latest knife, except I had a flatter primary bevel and brought the spine out closer to the tip to improve tip strength.
I thought I was being original, LOL.
On mine, the thumb depression in front of the handle is functional since there won't be a top guard. I'm not sure what the purpose of a thumb depression is when you can't get to it :confused:

https://i.imgur.com/45WX5OB.jpg

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13 May 2019
 

Carolina Custom Knives:


http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al..._MOP_inlay.jpg

14 May 2019
 

Scrimshawed knives by my former wife...

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...nife_scrim.jpg

She is a very talented artist...

Yes she is! Those are nice.


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15 May 2019
 

From my friend, Fred Rowe, Bethel Ridge Forge, Ohio.

Fred's twist damascus; the black, shiny spacers in the handle are from a source I never would have thought about - bowling balls!

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...t_damascus.jpg

^^ VERY nice !!

16 May 2019
 

Phil Booth Picklock with gnarly stag scales:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../stag_1911.jpg

Coffin Handle Bowie. It's finally finished. D2 steel, golden ebony handle. Since D2 is near stainless, the scale from heat treating is not too bad looking. I decided to keep it and just polish it up a tad instead of polishing it off. Looks kind of like color case hardening.

This is for a friend in Oklahoma. College buddy actually! I promised to make him one in the 1970s but quit knifemaking before I could get to it.

https://i.imgur.com/P0fxI3O.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cqqE17G.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BxeJMz3.jpg

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17 May 2019
 

A special knife with a "back story". One of the last knife shows we attended was the 2014 Dale Warther Memorial Knife Show, formerly known as the Western Reserve Knife Collector's Club Show; which had been held at the County Fairgrounds in Dover, Ohio.

At this show (as all of them) there is a banquet for all the show participants; and each "plate" is given a raffle ticket; where my wife and I sat down there were two tickets on my plate. I gave one of them back; as luck would have it the first ticket pulled (for the grand prize) was the one I gave back! They pulled another ticket - shazaam - it was the ticket I kept!

The Grand Prize, was a Damascus Thumb Knife made by Dan McMullen. It has an engraved plate, commemorating Dale Warther who had been a major player in putting on the show every year. Sadly Dale passed away unexpectedly and too young.

After holding on to this knife for the last 5 years I decided that it was time to give it back to the Club, to be given away at the banquet; with the proviso that every year it would be brought back to the awards dinner and given away as the grand prize. Tomorrow night it will be given away at the dinner; we had planned to drive to Ohio from Texas for the show but I had surgery two weeks ago and the Dr. said no travel...darn it.

So here's the Dan McMullen damascus commemorative knife. It has a stabilized sycamore wood base but I didn't keep any of those photographs.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...r_mcmullen.jpg

18 May 2019
 

Buenos Aires, Argentina...Beautiful City, lots of people, culture, delicious food - excellent beef. Knifes and Knifemakers.

Several times when my wife traveled to Buenos Aires to visit her son she would go meet with Ruben Calo, a local knife maker in Buenos Aires and buy me a knife.

The first time I went to BA with here we went to Ruben's home where he showed me his shop and what existing inventory of knives he had. I bought a butterfly knife he made and then he gifted me an Argentine Chef's knife; one of the first knives he made. Little did we know that within 6-8 months he would succumb to lung cancer.

Here's the Balisong he made:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...uns/calo_2.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...uns/calo_1.jpg

and here's the chef's knife:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...s/calo_big.jpg

No pics in your last post, Chief.

Rick - I can see them...you couldn't!

Fixed. I had copied "attachments" from another discussion forum.

I can see them now, Chief.

Excellent!

19 May 2019
 

Voorhis "Big" Chute Style Knife. A knife designed to help a pilot or member of the Airborne to extricate themselves from a tree or other situation. Voorhis's chute knife is a lot bigger then most.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...hute_knife.jpg

20 May 2019
 

Peter Martin O-1 Tool Steel tactical knife. Cord wrapped handle and a beautiful hamon.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...1_tactical.jpg

I really like this one!


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21 May 2019
 

Another Ruben Calo Knife. My wife brought this very large slip-joint folder home from Argentina for me! The scales are cow bone.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...911/calo_1.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...911/calo_2.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...911/calo_3.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...911/calo_4.jpg

Very nice! I need to try to make some scales from deer bone.
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22 May 2014
 

I don't know who "M" is but they did a really good job of making some nice sized daggers using antique Mother of Pearl Fruit Knife Handles:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...op_daggers.jpg

Gorgeous letter openers :D

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23 May 2019
 

Kim Breed, MSG, US Army, Special Forces Dagger. Kim's take on a Fairborn-Sykes Dagger:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...12/breed_1.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...12/breed_2.jpg

24 May 2019
 

Jim "Treeman" Behring has quite a repertoire of different styles of knives that he makes - from Scagel Style to Tactical Style including a knife that he made with input from one of the SEAL Teams. Here's one of his tactical knives, big, bad, and scary sharp; he calls this one his LRRP Spearpoint:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...earpoint_2.jpg

25 May 2019
 

Jim Behring "Replay" "Double Play"! Here's the LRRP Spearpoint again, with the other knife he made similar to the Spearpoint; the LRRP Dagger:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...at_daggers.jpg

26 May 2019
 

Jens ANSO of Denmark makes some very well regarded custom knives. He even uses the left over bits of the stainless damascus to make smaller knives. Here's one such knife; less then 3" overall length:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...et_scalpel.jpg

27 May 2019
 

Here's another WWII Theater Knife; a Marble's knife re-handled with plexiglas. Although the actual knife dates to the WWII time frame without any documentation to "certify" it's an actual WWII theater knife there always exist the possibility that it isn't!

A good looking knife otherwise!

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...es/marbles.jpg

Very nice!


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28 May 2019
 

The Texas Knife Maker's name is Ott; not sure who he is or was but he made a great knife:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...tx_knife_1.jpg

^^^ Damn, that's beautiful !!

Agreed!


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29 May 2019
 

Gary Root Neck Knife. Damascus, walrus tusk cross section, unknown tusk tip handle.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...root_knife.jpg

30 May 2019
 

A little late - here's a commercially made (by Seto in Japan) for Taylor Cutlery. Taylor Cutlery and Parker Knife Company were competitors as Second Tier Knife Companies - behind Case and Buck Knives.

This knife has a nice Gold Plated Dragon engraved on the blade and the handle is second cut stag.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...seto_tanto.jpg

31 May 2019
 

Yet another Wayne Whitaker of Michigan; small liner lock knife; buffalo horn scales, carved screws, file work.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ker_closed.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ker_opened.jpg

1 June 2019
 

Dan-D marked spike, maker's name is Dan Denehey one of the founders of the Knifemaker's Guild.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../dennehy_1.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../dennehy_2.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../dennehy_3.jpg
http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../dennehy_4.jpg

Nasty spike!

2 June 2019
 

With all the custom knives I have I do have some factory knives. Here are 4 that came in a simulated alligator skin presentation case - Called the National Knife Collectors Association Founder's Set.

The set includes a Schrade "Bulldog" with Stag scales, a two bladed Case "Elephant Toenail" with smooth bone scales, a Fighting Rooster 3 blade Congress with MOP scales, and a Kissing Crane 3 blade Stag scaled knife.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al..._Knife_Set.jpg

Love that Schrade Bulldog!!!

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3 June 2019
 

My second wife was a Scrimshander. Without any "formal" training in art other then High School Art Classes she has a steady hand and a sharp eye for detail. She scrimshawed my Coast Guard Cutterman's Device (meaning more then eight years do Sea Duty) on this Parker Cutlery bone handled top lock:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ired_knife.jpg

4 June 2019
 

Something a little bit different; a Sword Cane.

In 2007 I attended the Blade Show in Atlanta. I brought some knives for A T Barr to sell for me and as I wandered through the show I stopped and talked to Bill Johnson, a friend and retired USAF Chief Master Sargent. Something a bit different for me is this sword cane I bought from Bill. The wood is ebony; I replaced the plastic HD cue ball with an antique ivory cue ball that I bought from Boone Trading Company before the ivory ban went into effect.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../johnson_1.jpg

That cane is badass!


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I mentioned that I was making a knife with a blade very close to this oneWell it's finished. D2 blade, black walnut scales

https://i.imgur.com/uG6sgnE.jpg

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