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Ed T

Ed T

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If money were no object, what custom knife would you have built?
I have thought of this for a while now. (More so after adding up the bills from last month)

I was surprised that the top of my wish list wasn't really outlandish.

Top three choices:
1: A 4" double end trapper. Even ends. Buffalo horn scales. Nickel bolsters. Not sure about steel choice.

2: A large congress knife. Scales shaped from a piece of wood from my children's step stool the used to wash their hands and brush their teeth.

3: A 3.5" swell centered two blade knife. Nickle on top, bare end. Scales of oak. (I know... oak? sorry, that is how I see it.)

Have you guys thought of any, but never moved towards having them made?
 
The only custom knife I've ever thought about is a weird combination of modern and traditional that would probably only appeal to me. I've posted various flavors of this before, and the details change a little each time.

It would be a slipjoint, with the handle of a canoe pattern. I really like the feel of that handle. However, the closed blades would sit almost flush with the handle, like an SAK. So, it would be comfortable in any grip, no matter which blade is open, because none of the blades would protrude up too far. It would have two blades, one clip point plain edge and one serrated sheepsfoot. I like the older stainless steels like GIN-1 just fine, but could certainly live with a more modern stainless. The handle would have dark green or dark blue G10 inserts.

Hope none of the hardcore traditionalists read this forum while eating dinner or the Heimlich Maneuver might be in order...;)
 
My "dream knife" would be a 3 5/8" cattle knife which would be built on a "canoe" frame. I like this frame because I like its looks and because its turned-up ends are great "pocket protectors". Blades would be the standard big spear/ sheepsfoot/ spey either with or without a punch, depending on how thick the knife might end up. Blade steel would be a really "nice" carbon steel like O1 or, even better, 52100. My "dream" handle materials would be ivory, stag, or a really nice picked bone, in that order. When I would get the knife, I would gaze wonderingly at it and then I would drop it into a pocket and proceed to see if I could wear it out in my lifetime.
 
1.- A standard 4 inch, 4 bladed cattle knife (spear, sheepfoot, spey and punch) in an equal ended cigar shape, with stag handles and D2 steel.

2.- a 4 inch, 5 bladed sowbelly stockman, like some we see around, stag or horn handles in D2 steel.

3.- A pipe smoker knife, looking like a doctor´s knife, the spatula is actualy used as a reamer to clean the pipe bowl, the rear bolster is the tamper, would have to add a pick, the spear would still be there for general cutting (to make it a knife, not just a pipe tool). Handle scales could be briar wood. The spear would be a good stainless steel (440C, AUS8 or better), the other blades don´t have to be too hard, AUS6, 420M or 440A would be fine for them.
 
Funny you should ask, since I sometimes think about this very thing while I sit on the phone at work.

1. A full size trapper with good carbon steel blades (1095, L6, 01, 52100), nickel silver bolsters, and stag scales.

2. A serpentine stockman with clip and spey blades, as well as a punch, of the same steel as above, nickel silver bolsters, and stag or stabilized bone scales.

3. A wharncliff whittler, carbon steel blades as above, nickel bolsters, and buffalo horn scales.

What fun. It's good to dream.
 
1. A 4-blade congress from each of the top knifemakers. (I've actually got a pretty good start on this one, still need a few more though.)
2. A set of matching handled kitchen knives, a knife from every top knife maker. (barely started on this one; IMHO, kitchen knives are the best way to really get a chance to use quality custom knives).
3. A fileworked Whittler (seahorse or canoe) in etched A2 with popcorn stag handles from Bill Ruple.
 
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