Albers Cutlery Company

jpq0oen.jpg
 
calm said:
I managed to get two of each style.
































yeah, right........ :)
Click to expand...
Just like mine! I really like the Albers offerings, but I can't complain about not being able to snag one, because I really don't put much of an effort into the process when I know they're going to drop. Or else, I'll forget about the drop & I'm off doing something else.

Regardless, nice knives, and congrats to all who lucked out & got one.
 
Thanks ea42 ea42 for the Australian Beefwood. Solid construction, beautiful wood with nice texture, sides match, looks scaley, feels alive. Love the steel, the size, clip blade, halfstop, solid feel (no washers), pinched bolsters, etc. Spring is stiff, securely holds the blade in the open position yet not so tough for my arthritic hands to open. No play any direction, perfect. Almost pinchable if I grab the nail nick. Eric's knives are so hot there's no need for me to stoke the fire. Don't be sad if you missed the drop, over half of my Albers came from the secondary market pretty close to the drop price. If you got the swing, do it. I prefer clips, some prefer lambs, lucky for us Eric makes both.

Albersaustrialianbeefwood-1.jpg


Albersaustrialianbeefwood-2.jpg
 
I received my very first Albers today and am thoroughly impressed! I am new to the world of traditional knives outside of a handful of GECs and a bunch of vintage stuff, so I am not versed enough to comment on the strength of the pull or walk and talk (whatever that is! 🤣 ). My only nitpick I would say was there was a tiny bit of what looked like epoxy in one corner where the bolster meets the scale, and it wasn't really polished there with some very slight scratches. Not super noticeable unless you were looking extremely close. I was able to scrape off the epoxy or whatever it was (photos are post epoxy removal), but the tiny scratches remained. Other than that everything looks seriously amazing. She's a keeper!

Personal preference-wise, I probably would have preferred one where the jigging didn't go all the way to the bolster, which apparently necessitates the bolster edge being pushed down into the scale in that area showing a slight indent in the bolster edge. I have noticed it in photos of older knives as well, so I am guessing it is not considered a flaw, but looks-wise I think I would prefer it not be this way. I also would have probably preferred less jigging overall to let that beautiful stag bone shine. But again, these are just my own personal preferences.

Sorry that the photos aren't great. You guys are much better photographers!!

Looking forward to the next drop! Hope to see some more Blue Rope and Sawcut Red very soon!! 😁

Edit: not for sale... 🤣

20230629_145345.jpg20230629_145325.jpg20230629_145313.jpg20230629_145331.jpg20230629_145515.jpg
 
Last edited:
steelcitysixteen said:
I received my very first Albers today and am thoroughly impressed! I am new to the world of traditional knives outside of a handful of GECs and a bunch of vintage stuff, so I am not versed enough to comment on the strength of the pull or walk and talk (whatever that is! 🤣 ). My only nitpick I would say was there was a tiny bit of what looked like epoxy in one corner where the bolster meets the scale, and it wasn't really polished there with some very slight scratches. Not super noticeable unless you were looking extremely close. I was able to scrape off the epoxy or whatever it was (photos are post epoxy removal), but the tiny scratches remained. Other than that everything looks seriously amazing. She's a keeper!

Personal preference-wise, I probably would have preferred one where the jigging didn't go all the way to the bolster, which apparently necessitates the bolster edge being pushed down into the scale in that area showing a slight indent in the bolster edge. I have noticed it in photos of older knives as well, so I am guessing it is not considered a flaw, but looks-wise I think I would prefer it not be this way. I also would have probably preferred less jigging overall to let that beautiful stag bone shine. But again, these are just my own personal preferences.

Sorry that the photos aren't great. You guys are much better photographers!!

Looking forward to the next drop! Hope to see some more Blue Rope and Sawcut Red very soon!! 😁

View attachment 2235206View attachment 2235208View attachment 2235212View attachment 2235215View attachment 2235222
Click to expand...
I can tell you are unhappy...I can take it off your hands for you...I got you 🤣
 
steelcitysixteen said:
I also would have probably preferred less jigging overall to let that beautiful stag bone shine.
Click to expand...
I don't think that's jigging, I'm pretty sure that's just natural stag. I understand what you're saying, but to me that's an exceptional looking knife. Great get! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Edit: Sorry, I see it's jigged now.
 
steelcitysixteen said:
I received my very first Albers today and am thoroughly impressed! I am new to the world of traditional knives outside of a handful of GECs and a bunch of vintage stuff, so I am not versed enough to comment on the strength of the pull or walk and talk (whatever that is! 🤣 ). My only nitpick I would say was there was a tiny bit of what looked like epoxy in one corner where the bolster meets the scale, and it wasn't really polished there with some very slight scratches. Not super noticeable unless you were looking extremely close. I was able to scrape off the epoxy or whatever it was (photos are post epoxy removal), but the tiny scratches remained. Other than that everything looks seriously amazing. She's a keeper!

Personal preference-wise, I probably would have preferred one where the jigging didn't go all the way to the bolster, which apparently necessitates the bolster edge being pushed down into the scale in that area showing a slight indent in the bolster edge. I have noticed it in photos of older knives as well, so I am guessing it is not considered a flaw, but looks-wise I think I would prefer it not be this way. I also would have probably preferred less jigging overall to let that beautiful stag bone shine. But again, these are just my own personal preferences.

Sorry that the photos aren't great. You guys are much better photographers!!

Looking forward to the next drop! Hope to see some more Blue Rope and Sawcut Red very soon!! 😁

Edit: not for sale... 🤣

View attachment 2235206View attachment 2235208View attachment 2235212View attachment 2235215View attachment 2235222
Click to expand...

That’s a good looking knife. I’m liking that stag bone more than I thought I would.

That’s a shame about the scratched up corner of the bolster. I don’t know if anyone has had to send a knife back to Eric for any kind of defect/warranty work yet, but I’d like to think that he would probably take care of something like that.

There was a thread a while back about jigging meeting the edge of the bolster like that, in which Eric provided this response:

ea42 said:

As has been said it's from the buffer. Jigging on production knives is always done before assembly. It's actually done before the bone is dyed, otherwise you'd have light spots in the deep parts of the jigging. Those indents are just a product of the buffing wheel hitting the bolster edges as both the bone and bolsters are being polished. It's more prevalent on some knives more than others depending on how much buffing was necessary to remove all the scratches and can be found on hundred year old knives right up to present day models. It's definitely not crap work as has been said since it's pretty unavoidable in instances where deep jigging runs to the bolsters, which to me is preferable when compared to a knife with thick bone where 2/3's of the jigging has been hafted away. Many old time collectors actually looked for that bolster indent in knives as it was proof that the covers on the knife were originals. It can be lessened by running the buff from the bolster to the bone rather than vice-versa. That's what I try to do for a bit of the time I'm spending on it but like I said in many cases that just doesn't accomplish the task and I still do 75% of the buffing from bone to bolster. There's really no other way around it, at least for a production knife.

Eric

(Edited to change that from a quote to italicized text, so the whole thing could be read without having to expand it.)

Heynowwww said:
Positing this picture of my old school Red Trouts because I completely missed the latest Albers drop (but congrats to those that scored).

bfcxWw7.jpg
Click to expand...

That sheepsfoot in the middle is just outstanding! 😎 I wish I had been more aware of these knives back when they were made, before they became unobtanium.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top