Custom Traditional Knives

[ISKski]

This is a thread dedicated to custom and handmade traditional slip joint / lock back / friction knives. (I'd like to keep modified production knives out of this thread)

Please post photos pieces you currently own or have owned in the past.

Please include any information about the knife you can remember (this helps keep the talk to a minimum by answering basic questions)

Hopefully this thread can garner enough responses to get a sticky?

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I'll start with my Ken Erickson G-10 EDC i've been carrying everyday for 'bout two years now:

3.5'' Closed, Black and Blue G-10, ATS 34 steel, Stainless liners and pins.



Here is a Jerry Halfrich "singapore winchester" lock back that I traded away..

4'' closed, cpm 154 steel, nice liner-less carbon fiber slabs.

 

[kamagong]

Bret Dowell - 3.5" closed, CPM154 blade with mammoth ivory covers



Kerry Hampton - 3.5" closed, A2 and Case antique bone



Hiroaki Ohta - 3.75" closed, ATS-34 and stag

 

[KBA]

Shelby Mihalevich – Copper & 1084 - 4 1/4 Closed to tip of Flip. 3 5/8 handle length.



Bret Dowell – Proto – Mammoth and CTS-XHP

 

[ISKski]

^^ I would prefer to stay away from fixed blades because its hard to define a "traditional" fixed blade and most often people post fixed blades I would consider more modern in style. (I am guilty of this too)

This is a Pepe Jalamo baby Bullet in self dyed and jigged bone that passed thru my hands

3 9/16'' closed - sharpest custom knife i ever received

 

[bonzodog]

Still mine,

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I need to get pics, I've got a J Oeser Zulu, a Gene Wiseman barlow should arrive tomorrow. I've also got a Dr T Zulu on order, a Cramer LC on order and I need to get back to Tracy Larock on an LC. I would like to get a Remington 1306 slipjoint from Enrique Pena and Hiroki Ohta.

 

[ANoharaJ87]

Here's my current contribution:


Erickson EDC, Menefee Dogleg, Lloyd Gunstock & Wharnie Trapper. Got a few on order, including this one, a 3 5/8" single bladed saddlehorn:

 

[DOWELLKNIVES]

T Bose sowbelly trapper and back pocket. Both in 440v.

 

[Railsplitter]

Ken Coats Sheepsfoot Jack. 3 1/2 inches closed. ATS-34 blade steel. Black Linen Micarta covers. Half stops.



Bill Kennedy Jr. #50 slipjoint. 2 3/4 inches closed. ATS-34 blade steel. Old Utica Bone covers. Half stop.

 

[KBA]

Bret Dowell – Trapper – ATS- 34 & Ironwood – Closed at 3 5/8

 

[Half/Stop]

Bret Dowell – Trapper – ATS- 34 & Ironwood – Closed at 3 5/8

Brett - Congratulations, my friend this is a beauty. I love Ironwood and you just do not see that many. A classic design

 

[KBA]

Thank you sir. I appreciate that. This is my first Ironwood and I am loving it. Just wish I could take a "Primble" quality photo to show the depth.

 

[Half/Stop]

Thank you sir. I appreciate that. This is my first Ironwood and I am loving it. Just wish I could take a "Primble" quality photo to show the depth.

Brett, I am sure you could send it across the state line for a photo session. Primble might even send it back to you since it is not a Barlow
But, he might like Ironwood too!!

 

[BigBiscuit]

That's a beauty Brett. Makes me want to get another. Got to fill the cookie jar first though.

 

[black mamba]

Love ironwood, love Bret's work. That's a beauty, Brett!

 

[Luger1952]

A Warren Desert Ironwood Loock Back

 

[Steven65]

Great thread! Some beautiful stuff has been shown.

Here area few of mine. All of these were purchased directly from the makers.......

J.D. Ellis Lanny's Clip with Hakkapella pattern Damasteel (on the right)

J.D.Ellis large Saddlehorn Trapper with LSCF handles

Joel Chamblin Small Remington Bullet lock back.

Ken Erickson Schrade Serpentine Stockman.

Ken Erickson Large Shadow Backpocket Lockback

Two from Ken Coats.......

Brett Dowell Back Pocket

The Master.....Mr Tony Bose

Kerry Hampton Knutbuster

Mike Zscherney BPT's

 

[SVTFreak]

3 davisons. All ats-34. Orange g10, mammoth and ebony. The ebony was a snatch and grab on forum, the other two custom for me. Sorry for crappy photography. Orange is my usual carry.

 

[blades&grace]

The first two knives I sold at the blade show. Both in D2.

 

[wagglebee]

Here's everything I've got.

Mike Alsdorf Doctor's Knife in Mammoth

Bret Dowell Swayback in Ivory

Brent Cramer Lanny's Clip in Stag

Rick Menefee Saddlehorn in African Blackwood

Kerry Hampton KopperHead Zulu Spear (the top one) Prototype in Bone

Menefee Doctor's Knife Prototype in Old Remington Bone

Keith Johnson English Jack in Bone

Dowell Muskrat Prototype in Westinghouse Micarta

Dr. T (David Taber) Teardrop in Bone

Rick Menefee Congress Prototype in Black Micarta

Keith Johnson Barlow in Stag

Keith Johnson Texas Jack in Westinghouse Micarta