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Old 02-26-2014, 04:35 PM
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thanks all the kinves are from Dave Loukides of prayer knives. He is a local to me (Cheshire CT) journeyman knife maker.
http://www.prayerknives.com/

I picked up 8 or so of his knives. These are all his photos. Mine are horrible compared to them. It should show you what a Journeyman Knife maker From the ABS can do.
The following images are his. The first group are the 8 knives i purchased. The second group are the knives I sadly left behind.


























Second group, the knives I left behind.






A little about my search. I contacted about 15 Regional (east coast)journeyman knife makers over the last few months. Dave was 1 of 2 local to me in CT. On top of that he is one of 3 who answered the phone/email and the only one with stock on hand. My transaction went fantastic. The knives are everything i was looking for. They are good solid pieces of workmanship, that can be admired and used. Some, are just jaw droppingly gorgeous. I use the 8 inch kitchen knife every day, By far and away the single best kitchen knife I have ever owned. I have had knives 5 times the cost. Three of the knives are now with world travelers and guides. One in Switzerland, two in Iceland. Their esteem of them was amazing.
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Old 02-26-2014, 07:06 PM
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Cool pics Aaron. While I'm not a knife guy, I do have to say those look awesome. Nice trio of DW's also.
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Old 02-26-2014, 07:24 PM
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Cool pics Aaron. While I'm not a knife guy, I do have to say those look awesome. Nice trio of DW's also.
I am going to have to question your Pino status then.
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I am officially jealous. Awesome hardware!
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Cool knife.
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Great looking knives ... and Dans! I am going to have to look into that knife builder.
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Mike,

Dave is not that far from you. He's a great guy. As you can see, we only have 2 Smiths in our state.

http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...&fk_group_id=6

You can see here the testing program JS, and MS smiths have to submit to.
http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...n=pages&id=172


This will give you an idea of the destructive testing to become a J.S.
http://youtu.be/nqlce5_NvCM
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