<a href="//secondmedia-d.openx.net/w/1.0/rc?cs=524f239099920&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" ><img src="//secondmedia-d.openx.net/w/1.0/ai?auid=103216&cs=524f239099920&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a> Support BladeForums! Paid memberships don't see ads! So, at Trackrock this past spring I was hanging around where Andy was grinding knives for folks. The Fiddleback crew has a tray of knives laying there in various stages of the grinding process. Andy will work on them during rare idle periods. Mostly on friday since saturday is the busy day. I was admiring a AEB-L sylvrfalcen when Andy walked over and asked what I was doing. I told him I was wondering what a sylvrfalcen without the hump would look like. I really like the handle and as most of you know it's my most carried knife. Before I finished the thought Andy grabbed the knife, went over the grinder and de-humped the back. Shortly after that Phillip wanders over and says let's go find some handles. We walked over to the vendor tables and I picked out something a little different than what you see on most knives coming out the shop. He then taped up all the pieces and threw it back into the tray with the knife blanks. Imagine my excitement when Phillip told me it was in the mail last week. I'm pretty stoked to have my own one of a kind Fiddleback. All the guys in the shop are great folks and a fun group to hang out with. You just never know what's going to happen at Trackrock.
I like it. I have wondered the same about the Forager and Protagonist. I know the "hump" is a style factor but everyone knows I have no style at all. Bill
That's super cool! And I love that handle! Hey @Fiddleback how about a de-humped Sylvrfalcen that's just flat instead of rounded? Haha!
what we(or atleast me personally) find in the shop is the most awesome.....is when yall take time out of your day/week/schedule to come meet/visit or hang out with us...(im sure most are underwhelmed).....it's the least we can do to is to try and make it "special" you have your "knife" now. see you at the next Track Rock P.S. make the trip if you are in doubt to anywhere we are.........you never know....this aint the first time yall are why we do this
It looks awesome and I LOVE that handle. It reminds me of a smaller version of the EDC much like the Gnome does. And the huge fan of the neolithic era in me cannot help but be drawn to all three. But that said, LOLOL, I'm guessing I was one of the few who practically jumped for joy the day the clipped swedges showed up. I don't know how everyone else responded, but I was like "hell yes, finally something that isn't a drop point, leaf, or spear shaped blade attached to a different handle shape. And in some cases finally something with a really fine point. My current grail is now a swedge Lonestar in tapered 5/32 like the ones a couple of friends here have. And I want a Bull Frog Bowie in the same config. Don't get me wrong, I love my esquire, and I want a very specific Babyboot too, I just like a bit of diversity in design.
@NOLA the knife turned out fantastic! We will have to make a sheath for it over some cobbler at the next Trackrock.
I'm just glad you like it. I thought the blank was very ugly, but I have learned over the years to finish a knife out before judging a design. The final product is kinda neato.
I kinda like this design too. It looks like the grind can get a bit higher if that thickest part doesn't have to "meet in the middle" as it does with the standard design. And I'd always prefer a higher grind. The only question now is what name would @Fiddleback possibly give this??
That's a sweet looking knife! Really like that profile, and the handle material is cool love the mix going on with the wood.
I totaly BOMBED the grind on a Sylvrfalcn yesterday and to fix it I had to dehump another one. I had to de-hump a lot more. It will turn out to be a model I offer. Pics coming today. @VANCE please post pics of the D.Humpback.
<a href="//secondmedia-d.openx.net/w/1.0/rc?cs=524f239099920&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" ><img src="//secondmedia-d.openx.net/w/1.0/ai?auid=103216&cs=524f239099920&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a> Support BladeForums! Paid memberships don't see ads! It doesn't have a palm swell like the runt. to me it looks kinda like an old sodbuster.
