(All SOLD) Allan Blade MEUK, Carbon Steel (1095 or O1)

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Busse Custom Shop Active Duty, snakeskin micarta, satin finished 3-1/2” drop point in INFI, near-mint++:
  • $SOLD... funds received... shipped
Darrell Ralph drop point in S90V, 4-1/4” recurve drop point:
  • I’ll take $200 => SOLD @ $180 and shipped.
Alan Blade MEUK (1095 or O1):

  • Offered at $250=>$199 => SOLD @ $169 pending funds...
  • Here is the classic Allan Blade drop point, flat ground hunting/utility knife, his MEUK.
    [*]Allan was a very fine knife maker, and this example is no exception... excellent ergonomic user. "Allan Blade" is a pseudonym, by the way. I can't remember his give name. (post script: Scot Fowler)
    [*]This knife is an absolute model of ergonomics, with a super comfortable contoured canvas micarta handle and micarta guard attached in the “Mad Dog” construction technique of a three piece handle... two handle slabs, mortised construction, & a one piece guard.
    [*]Allan’s sheaths are excellent snappy retentive kydex models, as good or better than Dozier’s, and that is saying a lot.
    [*]The blade has a coating of some kind, a dark gray.
    [*]For those that like this design and like carbon steel (probably 1095 or O1) steel, this is a real gem of a usin’ knife. They don’t show up on the forums very often.
    [*]Condition mechanically is excellent. There are some scuffs and other imperfections in blade coating. It's a user.
    [*]The handle is excellent++.
    [*]Sheath excellent.
 
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Send me pics of what you have for trade on Busse's... larger blades 6" and up preferred. A nice Battle Mistress with no coatings and a cool handle might be of interest. But I'll take the first cash type offer I get at $550. Or RJ Martin folders.
 
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Darrel Ralph and Allan Blade MEUK still for sale...

So back to the top with a price drop...

Yo... I'm a poet and didn't ... *realize* it...
 
I`ll take the Ralph if you accept paypal.
ConUS shipping.
Your BF account doesn`t let me to send you the message, so let me know please.
Thanks!
 
What is handle material on the Alan Blade ?
and can you brifly explain what you mean about guard attachment method ?
thanks, roland
 
rprocter said:
What is handle material on the Alan Blade ?
and can you brifly explain what you mean about guard attachment method ?
thanks, roland
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Rob_Angerer said:
  • This knife is an absolute model of ergonomics, with a super comfortable contoured canvas micarta handle and micarta guard attached in the “Mad Dog” construction technique.
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Sure... handle and guard are canvas micarta.

Kevin "Mad Dog" McClung is, to my knowlege, the guy who started using a separate piece of canvas micarta as the guard material. If you look at the the grain pattern of the handle, the guard material is the same, except that it is rotated 90 degrees ("sideways").

Check out this site and you'll see what I mean reference "Mad Dog".
http://www.maddogknives.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=79

The handle is mortise construction, meaning that a pocket is cut in the handle slabes so that the metal tang does not show when the two halves of the handle are glued together, usually with a high strength industrial epoxy. For this knife, the guard is fabricated out of a single piece of micarta, and has the notch milled in the guard so the blade tang can pass through, and then this whole handle/guard/blade assembly is epoxy glued together. Overall, this makes for a secure grip (canvas in micarta), and one that is dimensionally stable, very tough and durable... a great working knife handle material (and what Bob Loveless supplied for his working-knife customers).

It makes for a very clean construction in a couple ways:
  • The tang of the knife is not exposed, which means that in the case of a carbon steel blade, the tang can't corrode since it's enclosed in an epoxy-filled cavity. In an extreme case, e.g. water ingress through imperfect seal, the metal tang could eventually and substantially corrode, and you'd eventually get separation since iron oxide is not strong (friable, crusty), and the knife tang could come loose from the handle. So close tolerances and good epoxy job are called for.
  • The tang is not exposed, and even though canvas micarta is extremely stable (doesn't shrink or contract like natural materials, like horn), you never end up with ridges between steel and handle.
  • Personally, I like the look of a full or tapered tang when the steel is stainless or near (D2), but the mortised tang is used by many makers, especially ABS forgers, as it makes for a clean look that many people prefer (and I like it also.), and one that is not susceptible to corrosion if build correctly.

Hope that helps.

Sidebar: Allan learned to make knives working for Kevin "Mad Dog" McClung, hence the similarity in the construction techniques.
 
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