Don Llewellyn Custom Knife

[ArfinGreebly]

Well, it looks like I'm going to get a DL Custom after all.

Don hung up his tools a while back, and I was saddened to hear it. You may recall that this knife of his (the top one) made the cover of Blade Magazine:

I had looked forward to one day having one of his pieces, and then, suddenly, the opportunity went up in smoke.

However . . . while the details are not altogether clear . . . it seems he unearthed a few that had hidden themselves in a bag somewhere.

It will be maybe a week or three before it arrives, but while we're waiting . . .

This picture shows the ones that came in from the cold:

The bottom one is a six-inch Fighter.

While I had hoped to land a five-inch (or a LandShark), those are all gone. The six-inch is maybe a little big for me, but I'm certainly not going to whine about that.

I'll post more pictures when I have it in hand.

You'll forgive me for being just a little giddy -- it's my first custom.

 

[Wayne Whitney]

I don't blame you a bit. I am glad you were able to aquire one, and that is the same one I would grab if I had the chance. that is a beautiful functional knife.

 

[Tyronethepro]

I'd be giddy too, those are great looking knives.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Yesterday (Saturday), a plain white box arrived from Deepest Darkest Nevada.

Contents of the box:

Don Llewellyn Six-inch Fighter, mirror polish, brown canvas micarta, with custom Kydex sheath with TekLok belt clip.

The famous Paul Bos heat treat logo.

I am deeply pleased to have this knife, and humbled by the circumstances that made it possible. (Recently, a few of Don's pieces became available, having been discovered where they'd been stored. Through a chain of events involving, among other things, the unexpected generosity of someone who knew I had a soft spot for his work, the opportunity to obtain one of these pieces was presented to me, and I was able to make that deal.)

It's a bit big for kitchen work, but it makes short work of tomatoes.

Cut myself with it (not deep enough to bleed, though) within the first few minutes of trying it out. The edge is "sneaky sharp."

[And that little yellow knife I used to open the package? That's an EKA Compact. A small, light (1.5 oz), 2 3/8 inch blade in Sandvik 12c27 with a high visibility plastic handle. Takedown screws for easy cleaning. Very sharp. Lanyard/keychain hole. About $15. If you order from someplace that combines shipping, it's a good idea to buy another one so that the shipping cost/item price ratio doesn't seem so absurd.

The EKA shipment will be reported separately.]​