Custom made folder with a 0.5" thick blade.

Bigfattyt,

The world is a big place.....and sometimes it is a small place. The smaller amount of people paying attention, the smaller the people playing "the game", the smaller it is....and in a small world, one negative comment rings loudly.

You want to call me rude.....fair enough....I'm rude....but if you are naive enough to think that I'm alone in considering that a 3.5 lb folder with a 1/2" blade deserves derision, you are deluded.

Post something like this on BFC Customs s/f, and likely one of two things will happen.....1) it will get NO commentary or 2) it will get negative commentary.

The sword you just posted? Interesting for sure.....glad the 'smith had the time on his hands....have seen similar pieces on display at the West Point museum....and even at 12 years old, I thought they were kinda stupid as well. The world's largest ball of twine, thermometer and other ephemera are interesting, and gave someone something to do....but the negative that comes with the positive is probably warranted.

So since we are being honest and all, I'll go on record as saying this is one of the least desirable or practical knives that I have ever seen, and hope the owner is glad he has it forever so it never comes up on the aftermarket.....but if it does, there are probably a half dozen or so collectors that I might have seen at the USN GVI that would love to own this piece....more power to 'em.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Man its a good thing steven is here to speak his mind and be a negative nancy. The world wouldn't be complete without that 1 person in the back of the class that has to point out the obvious and make a deal out of it and then continue to kick at a dead horse with stating his opinion. Because out of all the people that saw this and laughed and then saw this and frowned and moved on with their lives, some on eventually had to pick up the troll mask, put it on and bother other people.
 
mrnotsam123 said:
Man its a good thing steven is here to speak his mind and be a negative nancy. The world wouldn't be complete without that 1 person in the back of the class that has to point out the obvious and make a deal out of it and then continue to kick at a dead horse with stating his opinion. Because out of all the people that saw this and laughed and then saw this and frowned and moved on with their lives, some on eventually had to pick up the troll mask, put it on and bother other people.
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Do you have some sort of opinion about the knife itself? Poking at me on a personal level will not go well.....I didn't say anything about the op that did not relate to this particular knife.....you wanna check my history before you fling the "troll" label?

If all that "bothers" you, pack sand.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Yeah I have an opinion on the knife. I think if that's what he likes and can afford to buy then power to him. Not my style but everybody has their preferences on their hobbies/collections.
And I wasn't trying to be personal. Personal would be if I called you actual names. I'm just making the statement that eventually somebody would see the post and instead of chalking it up to "not their style" and moving on, they would get insulting about something that doesn't affect them other than the 3 seconds they lost by clicking on it.

Your opinion doesn't bother me. I just think you're attitude is unnecessary. I'm sure you're a smart guy and you do cool stuff or have something to contribute here on the forums like a lot of people do. I just don't see why it's necessary to bag on somebody when they already stated that they know it's impractical and if you think it is then that's okay, because it's not for you. It seems to me that the more people have that negative attitude, the more other people feel the need to be hostile and it just creates a less friendly atmosphere among people who come here specifically to enjoy the same hobby.
 
Odog27 said:
Jac says he's a collector. I'm not buying it..... Obviously a giant who recently got the knife bug.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...guidance-on-custom-makers?highlight=Jac_solar
Here he is looking for a custom maker for a giant Bowie.

Don't be fooled, he's a giant!
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Either that or he is about 4 feet 6 inches and a solid 105. It could be little man's disease. You know the guys that drive the huge jacked up truck with 44 inch super swampers and have to get a flying leap to just barely make it into the thing. Lol. No, really I think it's cool and I appreciate anyone that gets something just because he likes it and doesn't care what others think.
 
whatever the compulsion behind this knife, I'm glad to have had the opportunity to see it.

there is something special about combining a patron with vision, a willing cutler and the ability to share the results with a relatively diverse and large group of enthusiasts, whether the knife be over sized, miniaturized or whatever.

some of the dismissive posts are surprisingly 'newb' in content and character.
 
Kohai999 said:
Post something like this on BFC Customs s/f, and likely one of two things will happen.....1) it will get NO commentary or 2) it will get negative commentary.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Maybe true, but not really accurate IMO.

Maybe more accurate would be . . .

2) it will get some negative commentary, some positive commentary, and a lot of attention.

Which is what happened here.


Now what I find fascinating and, frankly, a little disheartening, is that one can post a thread here about this knife and get nearly fifty replies and a couple of thousand hits, while one the greatest knifemakers in the world, Emmanuel Esposito, can post a thread here on the very same day about a show in Italy with a link to pictures of more than a dozen of the most fantastic knives you would ever see, and it gets seven replies, two of which are mine, two of which are Emmanuel's, and one of which is by another maker from that show.

I think most of those knives were just amazing. The quality and artistry I see in those pictures even exceeds what I have seen at AKI.

Do the "knife people" here really not like knives like that? Can they not even appreciate them? Can they not even relate?

I really do not get it - which I admit says more about me than anything or anyone else. But I would LIKE to get it.


Back to the topic of this knife, I had a definite opinion when I saw this knife. And while I generally do believe that when you post a knife here it is fair game for opinions and comments, the OP seemed fairly newish here and he did not ask for comments or opinions, so I decided in this instance to do what my mother told me to do (and what I suspect many of our mothers taught us to do). So now I can only wonder if maybe that is what happened to Emmanuel's Stresa 2014 thread, in which case :dispirited:.
 
"Weah, weah, I only like practical things!" Damn, most of Bladeforums is impractical and the vast majority of society, American and international, would hold us up to derision. Most of my knives never see the light of day. I should sell off a knife or two to buy the new boots I actually need for my job. But let's reconsider what practical actually means. This knife gets used every time the OP looks at it, opens it, talks about it, shows it to a friend. Appreciation is a legitimate use! It's art, man! No different than much of the ceramic pottery my wife and I have around the house.

Hell, Pirate-Avatar-Man, you said a fancy fighting knife was awesome in a recent post, but most folks (not knife heads like us, of course) would call it pointless (pun?). No one's gonna cut with it, stab with it, fight with it, "do" anything with it. By your standard, it's pointless! So is a 300 HP sportscar. Well, so is this rant cuz you're you. You may not be a troll, but you're doing a great imitation of one in this thread.

OP, this knife is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship in so many ways. I'd like to get a closer look at the grind, the polish, and the pivot and lock mechanisms. I'd love to hear how loud it is when it locks up. I'd like to see how well it cuts objects such as paper, a tomato, and a melon. I'd like to feel how heavy it is. Any chance of a closeup look at this beast via video?

Zieg
 
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As dumb as this sounds, you should find a bladesmith (jeweler) to make one as small as possible of the same design and materials. Lol

As to the actual knife, its pretty cool. As stated it made me smile.

As to those who think it is impractical, well the OP got it as a collector piece to display as such. So, he got a knife that meets that specification. It does the duty the owner wants perfectly. That knife IS practical then.

Irony. I know many guys who own shiny, new looking pickups, then dump money into "customizing/enhancements" but rarely haul anything and park so not a scratch will get near the door, wash and wax the truck religiously, etc. Yet, the only thing the actually haul regularly is a few bags of groceries, or maybe something from home depot when the wifes car won't do it. So is that pickup impractical for them? Probably. Do I care? Nope. If it is what they want, yay them.

Good for you for getting what you wanted, and proudly showing your purchase and giving credit to the maker. Thank you.

My only question is will you be getting a matching wet stone scale wise?
 
Bigfattyt said:
Nothing pathetic about a huge, impractical folder if a huge impractical folder floats your boat.


The OP said, specifically, that the knife is not for carrying or using. He is not going to try to open the sucker up camping and start batoning wood, or trying to make fuzz sticks or building survival shelters.

He also does not think it will make him a ninja, or able to survive the zombie Apocalypse.

Steven, I don't ignore you. Pointedly so, I have chosen not to ignore you, because I often learn valuable information from your posts. I am constantly surprised by your inability to say something as simple as "not my taste" or "impractical, but interesting, thanks for sharing"

Instead you call a newish member, showing a picture of a custom built folder a "freak". You also call his design "pathetic" and "pointless".

It is a shockingly rude and narrow minded thing to say. You don't like it. That's fine.

I would not commission it, or carry it. But it made me smile. I can imagine that it made the knife maker smile as well (he was likely able to charge much more than one of his regular sized folders, pay some bills, and deliver exactly what the customer asked for). This project may, very well, have allowed the maker to make something else he wanted to make, instead of something he had to make.


Are these swords pathetic because some one realized them?

This one is 12 feet tall, and weighs 30 lbs. It, allegedly, was forged as a traditional sword. It is not practical. It is, most assuredly, a wall hanger, in the true sense of the word. But it made me smile. I can imagine the smile on the creators face when it all came together. Surviving forging, quenching, and the final polish showing the hamon turned out great. I would bet the patron it was made for smiled. He likely displayed it with pride. It may have been made simply to donate to a shrine as an offering, or to gain prestige. I'm sure more than one person at the time muttered behind their hand what a waste of resources or work it was.
(Not sure how to credit these photos, they were taken from a sword/armor forum. But I had seen them elsewhere before)







To suggest that the OP should not have posted it? Or, that by posting it, he runs the risk of not being taken seriously......by you?



I have no trouble taking him "serious". He did not post this as a "serious" knife. He stated it was a collection piece. Something to be displayed, and not used. That has it's own merit in my mind, even if it is not something I would do, or own.


Steven, having "bandwidth" does not make you less rude here. You are not wrong, because there is no "right" in this situation. The OP is not wrong because he did not check with the almighty Steven, before designing an impractical display piece. He should not be chased away because Steven thinks his knife is pathetic, no matter how much "bandwidth" Steven has. He likely could have bought any number of entry level folders from top makers at the price he paid for his first custom. This guy is not a maker looking for feed back, or trying to sell a knife. He is also not pretending he just designed and had built the most practical wizbang folder ever.

Rude is rude, no matter how smart you are, how much you know about knives, or how much bandwidth you have.
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Thank you. As I said earlier, this isn't supposed to be a practical, or even impractical user; it's something I wanted because it's unique, and because I like big knives as a collector of knives. People are free to dismiss it, but dismissing it because it's not practical, and going so far as to call it pathetic, is a bit odd. Isn't something more than a simple Mora and a sharpening stone unnecessary? Isn't Damascus the pinnacle of impracticality, since it doesn't necessarily do anything better than any other plain steel, and is significantly harder to manufacture?

The Virginian said:
Maybe true, but not really accurate IMO.

Maybe more accurate would be . . .

2) it will get some negative commentary, some positive commentary, and a lot of attention.

Which is what happened here.


Now what I find fascinating and, frankly, a little disheartening, is that one can post a thread here about this knife and get nearly fifty replies and a couple of thousand hits, while one the greatest knifemakers in the world, Emmanuel Esposito, can post a thread here on the very same day about a show in Italy with a link to pictures of more than a dozen of the most fantastic knives you would ever see, and it gets seven replies, two of which are mine, two of which are Emmanuel's, and one of which is by another maker from that show.

I think most of those knives were just amazing. The quality and artistry I see in those pictures even exceeds what I have seen at AKI.

Do the "knife people" here really not like knives like that? Can they not even appreciate them? Can they not even relate?

I really do not get it - which I admit says more about me than anything or anyone else. But I would LIKE to get it.


Back to the topic of this knife, I had a definite opinion when I saw this knife. And while I generally do believe that when you post a knife here it is fair game for opinions and comments, the OP seemed fairly newish here and he did not ask for comments or opinions, so I decided in this instance to do what my mother told me to do (and what I suspect many of our mothers taught us to do). So now I can only wonder if maybe that is what happened to Emmanuel's Stresa 2014 thread, in which case :dispirited:.
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Indeed. In such cases, though, I think it has a lot to do with the maker, though, and how well liked/known they are -- and, while I don't know what that other thread is about, people don't really seem to appreciate "artsy" knives that much. Practicality or toughness seems to be a big thing nowadays. I don't think you should be dispirited -- talent, creativity and ingenuity doesn't necessarily mean that you will get a lot of attention right away. Just keep on doing what you do, and if you are good or great at it, you will probably get more and more popular.

I appreciate all the comments and opinions; but, keep in mind, this is just a collection piece! For cutting stuff, I usually use a carpet cutter with replaceable blades. I collect knives because I like the way they look, I appreciate the mechanical and engineering elements that go into a folder, and so forth. The fact that a knife is also a tool is part of the reason, but certainly not the only reason.

It cost about 750$.
 
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Thats a cute little guy 👍 A.Griffin is a very underated maker fairly new But I'm sure he is about to blow up its great that he made you a Custom to your exact specs not to many guys are doing this anymore most guys now just offer their own design / models usually all CNC of made using smart machinery & maybe let you have a say on materials & finishes A.Griffin is a true custom knife maker plenty of hand work involved in his stuff & price point is excellent Nice score 👍
 
The Virginian said:
Now what I find fascinating and, frankly, a little disheartening, is that one can post a thread here about this knife and get nearly fifty replies and a couple of thousand hits, while one the greatest knifemakers in the world, Emmanuel Esposito, can post a thread here on the very same day about a show in Italy with a link to pictures of more than a dozen of the most fantastic knives you would ever see, and it gets seven replies, two of which are mine, two of which are Emmanuel's, and one of which is by another maker from that show.
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I looked at the show pics and the knives...meh, found them to be impractical :D :p


-Michael
 
Nice knife! Crazy but dig it! I'm imagining what a deep hollow grind would look like lol. Think if I went with a no nonsense crazy custom just for conversation I'd do a wild grind although it could possibly take away from it actually resembling a folding knife. I respect the maker of this one, as I'd imagine losing the the folder look would be quite easy.
 
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