Coats of a Different Color!

waynorth

waynorth

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Not long ago, I posted this big old Joseph Rogers harvesting knife.

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What is most unusual about it is the scratted bone handles. A regularly used method of creating a grippy handle 150 years ago, the art was thought to have died out in the very late 1800s. The knife above changed that estimate, because it appeared in a 1910 catalog! Some (aging?) artisan in Sheffield, obviously well versed in his art was still beavering away!:thumbup:

Fast forward 99 years :eek: ! The first known revival of the art (except for some full blown gunstock-like checkering), this plucky "plucker" type Rope knife, by Ken Coats!

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At 4 7/8" long, with a cryo-ed ATS-34 blade, integral bolsters, and warmly-dyed SCRATTED bone, it nicely blends the old with some of the latest knife technology!
 
Now THAT's something different! Very cool Charlie:thumbup::thumbup:

Eric
 
OH Boy!!! what a beautiful knife. Thanks for showing it to us.
 
Oh dang...the handle's got scratches on it!...send it back. :p

Nicely done...really:thumbup::cool:
 
Revival and Renaissance! :thumbup:
 
Outstanding knife Charlie. I think that's the first custom slipjoint I've ever seen with scratted bone handles.
 
Thats nice looking Charlie. For some reason, Kens version makes me think of a native American influenced pattern. maybe its the bigger X's, or maybe I'm just not awake yet
 
Excellent ! Very talented Ken.Congrat's Charlie,WayCool,from Ken,for waynorth :thumbup:
-Vince
 
It's in the mail! And I am sure Ken appreciates the kudos from all you discerning yet folksy connoisseurs of the edgy arts!! I certainly do!!
 
Outstanding revival by Ken, and most congruent to be in your good hands Charlie. Thanks for sharing that beauty.
 
Thanks for all the great comments guys and gals, when Charlie asked me to make him a work knife I wondered what I was getting into with the scratting. To me when finished
I told my wife I thought it had a biblical look,--Celtic,-- Native American? I'm not sure exactly what nautical?, At any rate it was a fun knife to build. I knew when I seen Charlies pic late last winter one day I'd try it.
Ken.
 
Those are some great looking scales; the rest of the knife is great too, but the scales just jump out at you.
 
Those are some great looking scales; the rest of the knife is great too, but the scales just jump out at you.
 
Nicely done!

NeoClassical :)
G2
 
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