EDC Drop Point with File work

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Just thought I would bring this one back as a new post as it has droped off the forum for a while and is still for sale.

This is a Light Weight Drop Point Hunter made of 1/8" AST34 @RC61/62. The blade is 3 1/4" long and 1' wide. It is flat ground and has a mirror finish with a file worked spine. The overall length is7 3/4". The handle is Cocobola Resin Wood.
The sheath is a 9oz. leather that handstiched and wet formed.
Price: $235 plus shipping. I take MO or paypal
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a good looking knife, definitely would fit in for camp and field dressing chores, but having bought 2 custom knives this week, i must wait awhile. maybe someone planning a spring bear hunt should treat themselves !
however, a couple of questions: how does cocobola resin wood differ from what is usually just called cocobola ? this handle looks very shiny, how is grip when wet ?
and, is your back ground elk hide ? thanks
 
rprocter,
Cocobola Resin Wood is a Laminate that has had Methyl Methacrolate sucked thru it with a vacume system,similar to Pakawood just a different name.
Cocobola is a hard wood that comes from South America.The reason the handle is so shiny is that the resin take a very high polish and no it would not be any slippier than wood or Micarta
The hide that it is on is Mule Deer.
This is the last time this knife will be offered at this price as of March1st all of my Knives (other than existing orders)will be taking a 15% increase to make up for the cost of making.
 
thanks Dave. i think knife makers should charge a price needed to allow them to make a decent living. just because a knife does not sell quickly does not necessarily mean the asking price is too high, but more that the "right" buyer has not yet visited. for me, sometimes a knife just captures me, for reasons i don't really know. it's as if a bond forms almost instantly and then grows = "right" buyer. roland
 
rprocter,
I totaly agree with you ,I have been making knives for 35 years and have a total of 5 knives in inventory. I don't take deposits on orders as the persons word is all I want and I have only had three people that didn't take their knife when it was finished and only one of those didn't have a good reason for not being able to take it (out of work 1 had house burn down the third one was just a flake) all three of those knives sold .
I have always said that every knife I make is made for someone and it just has to search for it's mate. Some knives are just more picky than others(LOL)
Thanks for the comments and yes I hate to raise prices but the material costs with shipping as well as utilities have just sky rocketed in the last year.Because of being around this stuff for so many years I have been using materials that was purchased as much as 10 years ago and know it's time to replace some of them.The last piece osf Sambar Stag I used had a $7.50 price sticker on it and to replace it costs $45.00 now.
Again thanks for looking and comments.
 
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