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Dr T. Knives?
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Concerning your avatar, if I not mistaken that's a SlimLine Trapper and it's not a "Jack" because it's single bladed...
I certainly don't want to criticize, but from the small photo it looks that way to me! Certainly is a beautiful piece, I have
one from Craig Brewer, that's identical.
Jeff
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Jeff, I don't believe a jack-knife has to have two blades, but only that it folds (pivots) at one end. Could have 1, 2 or more blades.
So my avatar is NOT a jackknife (either spelling is correct, with or without the hyphen), because it pivots at both ends.
So my avatar is NOT a jackknife (either spelling is correct, with or without the hyphen), because it pivots at both ends.
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I think that is correct, as long as, if there are multiple blades, they all pivot at the same end.
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Yep, you are right. It is actually a Bose serpentine trapper, made by Rick Menefee. Thanks for the correction. Nobody has said a thing about it, until now. Thank you Jeff!
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Nah, no offense, here. Just making a correction. Nice Brewer! Jeff.
I really dislike making comments like that, I certainly never knowingly want to offend anyone.
Here's a photo of my Brewer..
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As many of you here in this thread, I've become a great fan of Dr. T's work. David has an incredible attention to detail that is reflected into his work on knives. And I'm assuming his work on teeth as well. Lol.
If anyone is considering a custom build, David cannot be more recommended. Just a great guy to work with in designing something you will really appreciate and use.
His pictures throughout this thread show his skills very well.
Earlier in this thread, David shared a photo of the Diamond Edge Cattle Knife rendition he crafted for the Blade show in Atlanta this year. Handled in ivory. He was able to sell that piece at the show this year he said. I let him know how I really admired that knife, and how I wanted one in that pattern myself. Between our email exchanges, he let me know he had also made one for the 2014 Blade, to get the opinion of Tony Bose. This piece he had been holding back a little bit and hadn't really been trying to sell it. It was more of a show piece for him. And rightly so. After much whining and cajoling on my part, he let me purchase it from him. And what a great knife it is. You can really tell that this pattern is meant to be a working knife.
The ivory handles have some really nice aspects to it, nice figuring and textures, that are really hard to catch in pictures.
At the same time this was going on, David was also making me another EO, using a black, transparent C-Tek, for the covers. He said he began working with this material not too long back. The "see through" aspect of it is pretty cool, and of course easiest to see in sunlight. It has a bit of a grippy feel to it, and seems very durable. I like it. I tried to capture that in one of my pictures, but using my iPad, and my crappy skills, I'm afraid my pics are left wanting. Thank you to David for allowing me to use a couple of his pictures too in this post.
One thing I did want to show, was how David had fashioned the blade return spring for the EO's secondary pen blade, kind of slopes down into the blade well. I thought it was a nice touch and looks better in person.
I've shown some pictures of the knives I've referenced, as well as a group shot of my small Dr. T collection. And I know the sensible thing I should do with the ivory Cattle Knife is keep it tucked away, but all my Dr. T knives see pocket time, with the exception perhaps being the small mammoth swayback there. I've only carried it perhaps once or twice. The mammoth on that one is fantastic. I tend to think safe queens make Jesus sad, and I much prefer to enjoy my knives for the years I have left as opposed to being concerned what they'll go for at my estate sale. Lol. I just really enjoy using them for what they're intended to be use for. Cutting things. Even though my daily needs are pretty mundane, they're just great to use, and show off once in awhile too when I hear a "nice knife" comment.
I imagine my taste in traditionals would be more of a "tweener". I enjoy the old pattern renditions done with modern blade steel. Sometimes with the same vintage type handle materials, sometimes new stuff. Room for all. The more vintage made knives I have are mostly just for my collection, as I do like the history behind them. And there are a few that I do carry now and then. I just like knives too much to limit myself to just a one knife person everyday as was discussed in that other thread.
Appreciate your patience getting through my rather long and rambling post!!
If anyone is considering a custom build, David cannot be more recommended. Just a great guy to work with in designing something you will really appreciate and use.
His pictures throughout this thread show his skills very well.
Earlier in this thread, David shared a photo of the Diamond Edge Cattle Knife rendition he crafted for the Blade show in Atlanta this year. Handled in ivory. He was able to sell that piece at the show this year he said. I let him know how I really admired that knife, and how I wanted one in that pattern myself. Between our email exchanges, he let me know he had also made one for the 2014 Blade, to get the opinion of Tony Bose. This piece he had been holding back a little bit and hadn't really been trying to sell it. It was more of a show piece for him. And rightly so. After much whining and cajoling on my part, he let me purchase it from him. And what a great knife it is. You can really tell that this pattern is meant to be a working knife.
The ivory handles have some really nice aspects to it, nice figuring and textures, that are really hard to catch in pictures.
At the same time this was going on, David was also making me another EO, using a black, transparent C-Tek, for the covers. He said he began working with this material not too long back. The "see through" aspect of it is pretty cool, and of course easiest to see in sunlight. It has a bit of a grippy feel to it, and seems very durable. I like it. I tried to capture that in one of my pictures, but using my iPad, and my crappy skills, I'm afraid my pics are left wanting. Thank you to David for allowing me to use a couple of his pictures too in this post.
One thing I did want to show, was how David had fashioned the blade return spring for the EO's secondary pen blade, kind of slopes down into the blade well. I thought it was a nice touch and looks better in person.
I've shown some pictures of the knives I've referenced, as well as a group shot of my small Dr. T collection. And I know the sensible thing I should do with the ivory Cattle Knife is keep it tucked away, but all my Dr. T knives see pocket time, with the exception perhaps being the small mammoth swayback there. I've only carried it perhaps once or twice. The mammoth on that one is fantastic. I tend to think safe queens make Jesus sad, and I much prefer to enjoy my knives for the years I have left as opposed to being concerned what they'll go for at my estate sale. Lol. I just really enjoy using them for what they're intended to be use for. Cutting things. Even though my daily needs are pretty mundane, they're just great to use, and show off once in awhile too when I hear a "nice knife" comment.
I imagine my taste in traditionals would be more of a "tweener". I enjoy the old pattern renditions done with modern blade steel. Sometimes with the same vintage type handle materials, sometimes new stuff. Room for all. The more vintage made knives I have are mostly just for my collection, as I do like the history behind them. And there are a few that I do carry now and then. I just like knives too much to limit myself to just a one knife person everyday as was discussed in that other thread.
Appreciate your patience getting through my rather long and rambling post!!
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Holy cow, Joe! Every single one of those knives is drop dead gorgeous.
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Joe that is a great collection! The cattle knife is really over the top man, real awesome. And the honeycomb on the EO...it's so cool when you hold it in your hand outside. The effect it gives is something else. Here's my small Zulu. I bought it secondhand, not direct from Dr. T.
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Nice Jake - yeah, that is some amazing material out in the sunlight. Very interesting material. I've not taken the trouble to find out what it was actually designed for, or if it was for handle use to begin with. But it's pretty cool stuff.
Great looking Zulu. David really knocks those out of the park. Nice score!
Great looking Zulu. David really knocks those out of the park. Nice score!
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