A visit to a local knifemaker

mapper66

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I'm lucky enough to live not far from a very talented knifemaker in Mr. G L Drew. Went down to his shop to pick up my latest order, so thought I would post up a pic of my now matching combo of an ax and camp knife. Picked up the knife from Gerry yesterday, and can't say how impressed I am with it. The design came from a drawing tknife sent to Mr. Drew.

The knife is very stout, this one was made out of 3/16's ATS34. The handle is a pleasure, really fills the hand and has some very nice contours.

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Gerry was gracious enough to give me a tour of the shop, and show me some of the process that goes into the making of a knife. Gerry does most his work in-house; grinding, heat-treating, sheath-making, and even stabilization of his beautiful curly maple handles with the most rednecked contraption I have seen in a while, thought it was moonshine! :D

If you ever get a chance to see a skilled knifemaker in action do so. Given me a better appreciation of what goes into making the knifes we love, and you can pick up some great sharpening tips as well. :thumbup:

Hope to post up some in use shots next week as I have a bit of a camping trip coming up next week. Stay tuned...
 
That came out great, you have a sweet combo there now! I still need to get one of those little pocket axes from Gerry too. I have really beat the hell out of the knife he made me, that thing is rock solid and still razor sharp.

That's cool you were able to go there and meet him and tour his shop too. That really makes a custom even more special I think.
 
very nice....:eek: that is a great looking combo...:thumbup: i really like that knife. great jOb designing that one T....:D
 
That is a REALLY great combo! would love to see some more pic's with Sheath. What is the weight on the hatchet?
 
Here's a pic with sheath on:

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Specs on the knife are:

3/16 ATS34
9.5" overall length
5" blade
12 ounces
Green Micarta

Hatchet
1/4 1095
7 inches tall
14.5 ounces
Green Micarta
 
That knife is freakin' gorgeous! What style does he call it...just in case I wanna contact him.
 
Thanks for the info. Man I like that a lot. I may need to contact GL myself and see about one of those. I live in Cental NC.. would be worth a trip that way just to meet him and pick it up in person.
 
I thought the style looked familiar when I saw it, kinda like a tknife knife and it is!

Very sweet combo. Post up user pictures if you get them later.
 
WOW, very nice blade man. looks liks its very well proportioned. at 3/16th it looks like a great slicer/utility blade.
 
Here's mine just for the heck of it. Mine is 1095 steel and is already getting a nice patina on it. Gerry does some really nice work.
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GLDrew makes some awesome stuff. I got a hatchet a while back and love it. Now I need to get a matching blade like you.
 
I just called it a field knife too. Regardless, it is a brute. I have used it for lots of prying and batoning with no trouble at all. Handle is really comfortable too.
 
tknife said:
I just called it a field knife too. Regardless, it is a brute. I have used it for lots of prying and batoning with no trouble at all. Handle is really comfortable too.
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Well there you have it, "The Brute" :D
 
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