Adam Michael knives: anyone w/ hands on experience with them?

sixfeetdeep

sixfeetdeep

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Hey all, I came acoss this knife maker by the name of Michael Kanter. He has a knife company that he named after his son, Adam Micheal Knives, cool huh?! Anyway, Michael is really a great guy & I was very tempted to buy one of his many beautiful knives @ the Chicago Custom knife show, but since I never heard of him before, I come to you people for any help that you can proivide.Has anyone had any experience with his knives or Michael as a maker?

I am in no way any kind of an expert, but looking close at his knives, he really had taken alot of time & care into putting them together & the attention to details was very noticeable.

Blade steel is ATS-34, BG-42 or S60V that he had available.

Prices for the fixed blades were right around the $475 mark....give or take depending on what you wanted, of course. But again, since I never heard of the guy or his knives before, I was hesitant on buying one. Paying close to $500 for a knife makes me hesitate anyway :D


So, if you have any stories about this guy or his knives, please share them as I would like to possibly do some business with this guy.



Here is his link: www.adammichaelknives.com



Whatever didn't sell at the show, he was going to put them back onto his site soon, so more knives might be available for your viewing pleasure :)
 
A cool thing thatI just found out.......this guy's shop is right on the way to my grandfathers place in Wisconsin. He is only about 116 miles from me which would make a nice ROAD TRIP!!

Here is hoping that I get some good news back on this guy!


Check out the knife called the HUNTER under the available knives. This is similar to what I was looking at, at the show. The one I wanted had a Maple handle & African Blackwood with other things on it & a 4" BG-42 blade...aw, it was niiiiiiiiice! But dang that is alot of moola! Guess quality & beauty don't come cheap!
 
I never heard of him before. But he sure makes beautiful knives with great materials. Nice website for viewing them.
 
How about anyone else out there?


Take a peak-a-boo on his site & tell me what you think....P-L-E-A-S-E
 
I am thinking about buying the D'Amico knife he has just listed. See if there is any room to negotiate price, but it is soooooo beautiful! :eek:



Anyone? No one? :eek:
 
sixfeetdeep said:
I am thinking about buying the D'Amico knife he has just listed. See if there is any room to negotiate price, but it is soooooo beautiful! :eek:
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You have excellent taste there sixfeet. There's not one I didn't drool over and I think the D'Amico was the first one to really get my saliva going. That baby is just over the top :cool:.

I notice that the D'Amico photography is done by our esteemed SharpByCoop. Hopefully he will chime in here and describe his experience.

Thanks for turning me/us on to such a wonderful knife maker.
 
I have had alot of handling time with Adam Michael Knives but i think that may be because I am the maker so I dont know if that counts.

I have been making knives for about 4 years now and it is a hell of alot of fun.

Thanks for the kind words about my knives. I try to do something a little different when I make a knife. I think the anodized titainium really jumps out.

As far as the price ..... everything in life is negotiable. Trades will always be considered. (Chris Reeve damascus Sebenza maybe?)

My 6 year old son is a big Milwaukee Brewers fan and this knife is named after a Pitcher who was on the Brewers a few years ago.

I have a pic of a walrus ivory hunter with mammoth tooth bolsters in the gallery section of my web site and i would love to hear any comments about it, positive or negative.

Thanks

Swing hard in case you hit it!

Adam Michael
 
Sixfooter: Well, I only 'owned' this knife for about a half hour, but in that time I was truly impressed. For a skinner/hunter series work this was surprisingly well made and nicely outfitted.

Michael and his family were *very* accomodating, and as we all are learning, half of the value of a knife is the relationship with the maker.

Good on all counts. :D

Coop
 
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