Congratulations - Tom Ferry Mastersmith

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Tom Ferry was awarded his Mastersmith stamp today at Blade Show.

Here are some of his Mastersmith test knives:

Penny Guard Bowie - Mosaic Damascus of 1084 and 15n20 steels, 1080, 15n20 and nickel damascus guard, ferrules and buttcap, all heat blued. Presentation grade desert Ironwood handle:
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Mastersmith Dagger:
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Intergral Dirk - Turkish twist and random pattern damascus of 1080 and 15n20 steels, Blackwood handle and fluted damascus pommel. The birdsmouth weld is unbelievable:
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Dragon Tanto - Mosaic dragon and w's pattern damscus of 1084, 15n20 and nickel damascus. damascus guard, ferrule, buttcap. Copper wrap and spacers. Presentation grade maidou burl handle.

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Congratulation Tom -

Incredible set of knives, excellent work all the way around.

Thanks for posting them Chuck - was hoping I'd get a chance to see what he'd come up with.
 
Congratulations, those knives are awesome. I love them all, but my favorites are the dagger and the tanto. The control to reach the result you did with that tantoblade is super:thumbup: :thumbup:

Marcel
 
Congrats Tom. I am not surprised by the MS stamp, but those knives are very impressive. The integral is my absolute favorite by far.
 
Boy, Tom pulled out ALL the stops on this set. Very impressive indeed. Well beyond what was required, I would imagine.

Coop
 
That Integral is insanely beautiful
Congrats to the maker on his achievements
 
Congratulations Tom.
Mostly,just about what everyone else said.:thumbup: :cool:
The fittings on the Bowie floor me.:eek: :D
The integral is my fave as well.

Doug:)
 
Tom has had Mastersmith talent for as long as I have been checking out his knives. It is my opinion that he will one day in the not so distant future be at a level with makers such as Harvey Dean and Larry Fuegen. He isn't far from that now.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Tom has had Mastersmith talent for as long as I have been checking out his knives. It is my opinion that he will one day in the not so distant future be at a level with makers such as Harvey Dean and Larry Fuegen. He isn't far from that now.
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I like Tom Ferry, very much, his personality is like mine, and we get along fairly well.

That said, Keith, I am not sure what you have been smoking.

Tom's STEEL is nothing short of incredible, he is in fact a master of damascus, but his knives are a different thing altogether.

Harvey and Larry both design stunning knives, and go from there. My thoughts and views have always been that Tom designs the knife around the steel. When you mention Dean and Fuegen in one sentence you are talking about THE BEST, add to that, some but not all; Cashen, Clark, Eaton, Fikes, Fogg, Hudson, Schmidt, Smith.

The integral was very nice, but I have seen a picture of an ENTIRE piece designed that way with chevrons of damascus and wootz by Al Pendray that was significantly nicer, with a price tag of about $4,500.

The Japanese piece was amazing steel, but the construction method was a major yawn to anyone interested in japanese pieces. Wrong on a multitude of levels.

I am not posting this to take anything away from Tom, he is truly deserving of his MS stamp, but to compare him to Harvey Dean and Larry Fuegen does everyone a disservice, and is simply not correct. Harvey may very well be one of the 25 knifemakers in the AKI in the near future, and Larry already is. You NEED to go back and look at Larry's website again, before you make pronouncements like this.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Harvey Dean and Larry Fuegen have been making perfect knives for over 20 years. There are very few forgers in the world who can do their level of artistic work. Tim Hancock is one. There are maye 3-4 others who forge that are close.

Congrats, Tom. Your steel making capabilities are held in high regard by your peers.
 
Congrats Tom!

It's well deserved, I looked over these knives and they were very well made!!! :thumbup: :D

That bowie is probably my favorite knife of Tom's so far... beautiful lines, and great colors, with top notch materials.
 
Well, I guess I just got told.

I happen to think very highly of Tom's artistic abilities, and his ability to transfer that artistry to the finished knife. In my opinion he does excellent handle carving and has a great ability to create flow in a design. I personally think he is much more than a fine maker of steel.

My comments were not meant in any way to belittle the talents of Harvey Dean or Larry Fuegen. I consider them to be at the very top of the knifemaking world, and realize that Tom is not there yet. I do however think that his designs show great promise to reach that level. If I am being over enthusiastic, so be it, I guess I will have to live with the fact that there are those that will question my ability to judge talent.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Well, I guess I just got told.

I happen to think very highly of Tom's artistic abilities, and his ability to transfer that artistry to the finished knife. In my opinion he does excellent handle carving and has a great ability to create flow in a design. I personally think he is much more than a fine maker of steel.

.....If I am being over enthusiastic, so be it, I guess I will have to live with the fact that there are those that will question my ability to judge talent.
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It is not a question of your ability to judge talent, it is more a question of your ability to judge time.

If Tom was producing knives NOW on the level of Harvey and Larry, he would have to be doing it for at least 10 years straight for you to be accurate in your statement.

Just think about it, before you get defensive.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Steven, where the hell do you get that from? I stated that in my opinion, in the not so distant future he would be making knives on that level. I never stated that he was making knives on a par with Dean and Fuegen at this time let alone for the last ten years.

Also, why would he have had to have been making knives on a par with them for the last ten years to be doing so now? There is absolutely no reason that he would have had to have been making knives as good as them 10 years ago for him to be doing so today. That is unless you think that all makers progress at exactly the same rate. I have seen makers make more progress in one year than others do in ten.
 
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