Albers Cutlery Company

[cudgee]

I was visiting my parents in NY this week and was able to swing by Eric’s shop.

An experience for sure.

 

[drj211]

An experience for sure.

Always a pleasure to see the craftsmanship involved in making knives, especially since Eric is a one man show! On a funny note, I took my kids to tour the Canal Street Knives factory back in about 2010, and Eric was one of the craftsman there at the time!

 

[cudgee]

Always a pleasure to see the craftsmanship involved in making knives, especially since Eric is a one man show! On a funny note, I took my kids to tour the Canal Street Knives factory back in about 2010, and Eric was one of the craftsman there at the time!

Yes, the amount of time consuming work that goes into making a knife is staggering.

 

[unclekurty]

 

[cudgee]

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That is a special one.

 

[conrad gutierrez]

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[unclekurty]

That is a special one.

I think it is maple burl dyed caribbean blue. I am often wrong though. I sure like all the great scale material Eric uses. Glad you like it.

 

[waynorth]

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What is that material in the handle, Conrad???

 

[conrad gutierrez]

What is that material in the handle, Conrad???

Hey Charlie, its Hempwood, Eric made them about 2-3 years ago

 

[waynorth]

Hey Charlie, its Hempwood, Eric made them about 2-3 years ago

Quite bizarre stuff! Interesting to look at though!!!
Thanks for the info!!!

 

[unclekurty]

I think it is maple burl dyed caribbean blue. I am often wrong though. I sure like all the great scale material Eric uses. Glad you like it.

Definitely not caribbean blue…probably just dyed with some green. Pretty sure it’s maple though. I should write this stuff down somewhere but that would be like I had a collection. I have another Albers that I always look at it and think “hamburger.” Eventually “beefwood” floats up through my addled memory.

Conrad you have some of my favorite Albers. Oddly I can always remember hempwood.