"affordable" customs....

[James Richardso]

Some that I really like that are in the range that I can consider are:

Larry Mensch

Ken Richardson

David Brodziak

James Luman

 

[matthew rapaport]

Huh? Oh it must be my long lost twin!
Otherwise I'm not sure what knife that could be as I can count the one's I've made on one hande and know where most of those are at any given moment, so this threw me when I read it???

Well it wasn't a twin, but at least his last name rhymes... It was B. F. Fraley. Will edit a correction into the original post. Sorry about that Gary... I see your name so much around these parts that it just popped out of my head.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Originally posted by matthew rapaport


Well it wasn't a twin, but at least his last name rhymes... It was B. F. Fraley. Will edit a correction into the original post. Sorry about that Gary... I see your name so much around these parts that it just popped out of my head.

Well, mystery solved, I was wondering, but then I'm glad I'm at your upper most thoughts Thanks Matthew,
G2

 

[matthew rapaport]

Or was that D. B. Fraley... Well mystery solved either way. Real fun here though has been using those knives since that time. I've noticed that it is the simpler of them that keep getting used more often. The Fraley, and of course the Dozier which came first. The other two get shown off, but not used as extensively. The knife I'm getting from Taz is also very simple and incorporates handle characteristics of the Dozier which of the four so far I like the best.

I think customs at this level compete favorably with blades, especially fixed blades, from many companies. The CS master hunter (for example) comes in at what, around $80? So for say $100-$120, you get a blade that is as good and reliable in a utilitarian way, and at the same time, more uniquely shaped, a nicer conversation piece, and more variable (potentially if you order instead of buy at the show) with respect to handle material and other things like steel, features, etc.