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2023: A Knife Odyssey
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5/20
To kick the weekend off, I had a barlow from Rhidian Gatrill in the pocket. This little slice of awesome is 3 5/8” closed with stainless bolsters and jigged black paper micarta covers and features a clip point CPM-154 blade with a long pull and hand-rubbed satin finish. Rhidian is truly a master and completely nailed this build.
To kick the weekend off, I had a barlow from Rhidian Gatrill in the pocket. This little slice of awesome is 3 5/8” closed with stainless bolsters and jigged black paper micarta covers and features a clip point CPM-154 blade with a long pull and hand-rubbed satin finish. Rhidian is truly a master and completely nailed this build.
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....as long as it doesn't slip out of your pocket, as one of my faves did yrs ago.
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5/22
Here we have another Arno Bernard Galago, an unfortunately discontinued member of the Bush Baby family. This one is sporting an N690 blade with hand-rubbed satin bevels and polished flats and spine with some gorgeous warthog ivory handle scales. This is one of the few smaller EDC fixies on which I will overlook the lack of lanyard tube due to its awesome design and beautiful materials.
Here we have another Arno Bernard Galago, an unfortunately discontinued member of the Bush Baby family. This one is sporting an N690 blade with hand-rubbed satin bevels and polished flats and spine with some gorgeous warthog ivory handle scales. This is one of the few smaller EDC fixies on which I will overlook the lack of lanyard tube due to its awesome design and beautiful materials.
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5/23
This little guy is Ricardo Romanos first production slipjoint collaboration- Boker Solingen’s rendition of his small Dino model. As part of their 2023 Damast collection, at its heart is a gorgeous Damasteel stainless damascus blade, resting in between contoured grey G10 covers with blue liners. As a linerless slipjoint, it is extremely lightweight, and yet Boker executed these quite well and provided some wonderfully crisp and smooth action. While it is pricey for what you get, it is roughly 1/3 the price of a Romano custom and worth a look.
This little guy is Ricardo Romanos first production slipjoint collaboration- Boker Solingen’s rendition of his small Dino model. As part of their 2023 Damast collection, at its heart is a gorgeous Damasteel stainless damascus blade, resting in between contoured grey G10 covers with blue liners. As a linerless slipjoint, it is extremely lightweight, and yet Boker executed these quite well and provided some wonderfully crisp and smooth action. While it is pricey for what you get, it is roughly 1/3 the price of a Romano custom and worth a look.
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5/24
Happy Wood Wednesday, party people! Today I had this gorgeous “mini” Bird & Trout from Stoil Manchev. Mr. Menchev was kind enough to shrink down the blade on this model to ~2.5” from tip to handle, thereby making it the perfect size for EDC. This one is rocking an RWL34 blade with his super cool blade finish and some beautiful dyed maple burl handles. His knives are well done, and an insane value for the price you pay.
Happy Wood Wednesday, party people! Today I had this gorgeous “mini” Bird & Trout from Stoil Manchev. Mr. Menchev was kind enough to shrink down the blade on this model to ~2.5” from tip to handle, thereby making it the perfect size for EDC. This one is rocking an RWL34 blade with his super cool blade finish and some beautiful dyed maple burl handles. His knives are well done, and an insane value for the price you pay.
Do you have a favorite among your Arno Bernard’s? I just got my first a week or so ago and it’s great.
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WOAH
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I have 2 Galagos and 2 Marmosets. While the Galago tends to get more pocket time because it is more people friendly in my urban environment, I think the Marmoset is pretty much a perfect EDC blade. I would like to check out a Rinkhals at some point, though.
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That’s exactly what I said when I first took it out of the box.
I (narrowly) picked the Bateleur over the Marmoset and the Fin&Fur. All are really nice though. I also like the Gecko.
Rinkhals definitely looks nice, as does the iMamba. Those inlays are outstanding.
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5/25
Thursday’s carry saw a Tom Krein TK-1 in the pocket. This one is a bit special in that it was a 2019 Signature Series which usually means a small numbered run of a particular model in a particularly cool combination of steel, materials, and finishes. This particular little guy has some sexy ironwood scales over black liners with brass hardware riding on top of a belt satin CPM M4 blade. This little guy is an absolute laser and looks amazing to boot.
Thursday’s carry saw a Tom Krein TK-1 in the pocket. This one is a bit special in that it was a 2019 Signature Series which usually means a small numbered run of a particular model in a particularly cool combination of steel, materials, and finishes. This particular little guy has some sexy ironwood scales over black liners with brass hardware riding on top of a belt satin CPM M4 blade. This little guy is an absolute laser and looks amazing to boot.
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5/26
Happy Frankenstein Framelock Friday! Here we have a small 2022 Halloween Sebenza 31 in S45VN. This is one of only 10 smalls made in what is unfortunately the final run of Plaza Cutlery’s Halloween edition Sebenzas. While this CAD rendition of one the most iconic monsters of all time misses the mark in several ways (the forehead, for instance), I was happy to have been included on the short list at Plaza.
Happy Frankenstein Framelock Friday! Here we have a small 2022 Halloween Sebenza 31 in S45VN. This is one of only 10 smalls made in what is unfortunately the final run of Plaza Cutlery’s Halloween edition Sebenzas. While this CAD rendition of one the most iconic monsters of all time misses the mark in several ways (the forehead, for instance), I was happy to have been included on the short list at Plaza.
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5/27
Kicking off the long weekend, I had this little fella in the pocket - a Boker Solingen barlow in integral copper bolsters and liners with ironwood covers, housing a polished N690 blade. If you were lucky to get in on these at their initial price at certain dealers, they were well worth the dollars and are a worthy addition to any slipjoint collection.
Kicking off the long weekend, I had this little fella in the pocket - a Boker Solingen barlow in integral copper bolsters and liners with ironwood covers, housing a polished N690 blade. If you were lucky to get in on these at their initial price at certain dealers, they were well worth the dollars and are a worthy addition to any slipjoint collection.
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5/28
Today saw the carry of the smallest fixed blade in my collection. This Small Scalpel from
Bruzek Knives USA
, coming in at a whopping 4 3/4” OAL with a 1 5/8” blade and a hair under 1 3/8” sharpened, is tiny yet mighty. With a razor sharp CPM-154 blade and some beautiful African Blackwood scales and matching lanyard bead, it is easily pocketable and is just enough knife to handle many of the usual EDC daily tasks. The fit & finish is superb, and the provided pocket sheath is very well done. You can find some of Ryan’s work in the Knife Maker’s Market in the Exchange.
Today saw the carry of the smallest fixed blade in my collection. This Small Scalpel from
Bruzek Knives USA
, coming in at a whopping 4 3/4” OAL with a 1 5/8” blade and a hair under 1 3/8” sharpened, is tiny yet mighty. With a razor sharp CPM-154 blade and some beautiful African Blackwood scales and matching lanyard bead, it is easily pocketable and is just enough knife to handle many of the usual EDC daily tasks. The fit & finish is superb, and the provided pocket sheath is very well done. You can find some of Ryan’s work in the Knife Maker’s Market in the Exchange. 
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Thank you, and yeaaaaah it might be the first sheath. I realized a while back I probably should have been including the sheaths but then just stuck to my lazy guns. I am tempted to go back and add them, but we’ll see.
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5/29
On this dreary Maple Monday Memorial Day, I carried one of the very small handful of Bark Rivers that I have not sold and will be keeping. This Rascal prototype comes with a razor sharp convex ground Elmax blade sandwiched in between some truly stunning teal dyed curly maple scales with some mosaic pins to top it all off. This little guy gives you a 3-and-some-change grip and is one of my top 2 favorite Bark River models.
On this dreary Maple Monday Memorial Day, I carried one of the very small handful of Bark Rivers that I have not sold and will be keeping. This Rascal prototype comes with a razor sharp convex ground Elmax blade sandwiched in between some truly stunning teal dyed curly maple scales with some mosaic pins to top it all off. This little guy gives you a 3-and-some-change grip and is one of my top 2 favorite Bark River models.