Dave Murphy of Gresham Oregon

[Gary W. Graley]

Now this is an older one, even for me, years ago, my word I can't hardly recall, but it must have been in the early 90's that I met Win Heger down at the Baltimore knife show, a one day event back then that drew quite the crowd. I had gifted Win a small knife, he in turn had this one that he gave me as well. And even at that time it was a fairly old knife too. A Dave Murphy of Gresham Oregon paring knife which I recently started taking to work with me to do duty of peeling and slicing up my lunch time apple, as I grew tired of my folders getting juice down into the workings.

The knife has a hollow handle and the blade is flat ground and soldered into the bolster area of the knife, so nothing gets into the handle itself. While it can be slippery, the texture and cast raised areas provide enough to grip that it isn't a problem to hold and she cuts quite well. The handle is aluminum but I am not sure the steel that the blade is made from but it takes and holds a nice edge.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

So thanks again Win, still being put to good use
G2

 

[Ernie1980]

I have never seen a maker put their picture on the blade before!

 

[akaMatt]

That is very cool, G2! Thanks for sharing!

Back in the 70s and early 80s, my family would make an annual summer trek across the country to Oregon to visit my parents' families. One stop on the annual pilgrimage was always Gresham, where my dad's mom lived. Been a long time since I've been up that way, but those are good memories.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Very cool.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I have never seen a maker put their picture on the blade before!

Yah, it was a first time I've seen that too, interesting to say the least

and akaMatt, nice memories there sir
G2

 

[Win Heger]

Glad you're still using it! I have one that's been my steak knife for the same amount of years. One of the guys I shared the love of Murphy's with was Jim Six, remember him. Unfortunately he passed away a year or so ago.

I have extras of this, I'll send you one, preparing a box for Ian:

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Nice Win, appreciate that and Ian will be excited to get another box from you
G2