Carter Cutlery Necker

Love it! I have two. They're wicked sharp, but if you get one, also get the oil on his site as well. I used tri-flow, and even olive oil sometimes, but the oil on his site has a lower viscosity than those other oils I mentioned, and it sticks to the blade. I have both a hammer finish as well as a forged finish, and I think I prefer the forged finish. It sort of has a dark brown tone to it, and a sandy texture, but it looks great. The steel itself has an amazing feel to it. When you touch it, you'll understand. Which one were you thiking of getting?
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Maroon Micarta Wharncliffe. Blue Super

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Creamy Bone Persian, hammer finish. White Steel
 
Probably the Persian. I really like Persian style blades. I have a Spydie Persian. What is the steel? What is the edge?
 
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Probably the Persian. I really like Persian style blades. I have a Spydie Persian. What is the steel? What is the edge?
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I don't know if you know Mr. Carter's back story, but he was a village bladesmith in Japan for seventeen years before moving to the United States (Visa for an Alian with Unique Ability, super rare visa apparently). While in Japan he was under the tutelage of a 16th Gen. Yoshimoto bladesmith, who's knowledge of steel has been passed down for 2000 years. Murray Carter is a the 17th Generation Yoshimoto Bladesmith, so the work he puts into his knives is backed by knowledge that has been passed down for centuries now. Blue Super is white steel with more chromium, tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium added. Is retains its edge longer because is has oddly shaped carbides, where as the White Steel is an amazingly pure steel allowing it to have a very sharp edge, but not as much edge retention as the Blue Super. I think the only Persian blade profile on the site right now is a Damascus Blade, but it's around $475, but he's coming out with some new products in the next couple weeks, so watch out! I'm super excited, but my pocket is not.
 
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Thanks for the history lesson, somber!!! Definitely would make you want to drop those kind of bucks for a knife.
 
No, but I keep coming close to jumping on one of his wharncliffe neckers. The steels he uses and the insanely sharp edges they allow for, and his unique skills (not to mention the knives' beautiful appearance) fascinate me. If I ever win the lottery and quit my job, one the first things I'm going to do is take one of his bladesmith classes for like $5,000 or whatever they cost... totally worth it in my opinion.
 
Maybe if we both signed up, he'd give us a deal on the class, KarlMaldensNose!!! His skill is remarkable and really seems like a nice guy.....not real arrogant like many gifted craftsman.
 
used his kitchen knives for yrs. super durable edge. likes to use hitachi white for cutting edge r.r. 64. do'nt drop knife in kitchen sink -- will chip. my brother has about 30 of his knives but he's expert in not twisting blade. i appreciate edge sharpness but perfer 1095 by gec since it's more forgiving.
 
jagger67 said:
Maybe if we both signed up, he'd give us a deal on the class, KarlMaldensNose!!! His skill is remarkable and really seems like a nice guy.....not real arrogant like many gifted craftsman.
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I thought the same thing after seeing his YouTube vids. His humility and tact are appreciated in my corner and definitely part of the appeal for me, especially after watching, say, a Nutnfancy video:eek:... whose efforts I do respect, for the record.
 
One can't make a living in Japan for 17 years by being arrogant. Japanese people has far less tolerance toward arrogance than Americans, and conversely they value humility more than we do.
 
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One can't make a living in Japan for 17 years by being arrogant. Japanese people has far less tolerance toward arrogance than Americans, and conversely they value humility more than we do.
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I talked to him on the phone, he answered my questions thoroughly, and you could tell that he very much so thought out every word that he said. He's an amazingly humble man, just a great guy.

I thought the same thing after seeing his YouTube vids. His humility and tact are appreciated in my corner and definitely part of the appeal for me, especially after watching, say, a Nutnfancy video... whose efforts I do respect, for the record.
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KarlMalden, which one are you looking at anyway?
 
Wharncliffe. Although the other style with belly seems to have thinner stock:thumbup: and would be more versatile of a cutter. Love the looks and ease of sharpening wharns, though. I guess ultimately I'm looking for his smallest, thinnest, lightest knife as I'd be using it as a necker and also just dropping the sheath in my pocket to use that way.

I had a gracious seller for one of his wharncliffes lined up last week, but I painfully declined as I decided I wanted some spending money for the upcoming Canadian Knifemakers' Guild Show here in Toronto. There'll be many nice custom neck knives there to choose from, and at a fraction of the cost, however none of them will be hand forged White or Blue Super steel, which I'm really excited to try one day.
 
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