Fiddleback Friday 11/1/13 (Giant Batch!)

[Chewy1]

Congratulations to all. The one with the fiddle on it this week is amazing.

 

[Philip L]

I had a feeling this was gonna happen

You figured that out, Brian! I just HAD to get this one! hahaha

 

[Mistwalker]

You figured that out, Brian! I just HAD to get this one! hahaha

Yeah, figured it would be that one, you already stated your next would be an EDC-II I like the look of the emerald green one, but I'd rather have that handle material on a Woodchuck or a Hiking Buddy

 

[Fshnfool]

Andy...I'll also take 2013 1101 023 – Bushfinger, Orange Burst G10, Tapered Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick 01 steel - $295 if it is still available. Thanks. Gordy

 

[willic]

Gordy, that's a pretty BF! I kept thinking of how it would be a great camping knife.... easy to clean and hard to loose!

 

[willic]

I had a feeling this was coming lol. I love the grind on that Woodchuck, and I must admit the idea of a wood turning a deep burnt ochre over time really appeals to me...but I should probably opt for a Woodchuck with a synthetic handle when I get one considering the plans I have for it. Nice snag though, it is gorgeous!

LOL..... me too! I even left work to keep me away from the computer! After all, I did ask for that exact knife several weeks ago! She'll get plenty of use!

 

[willic]

So, what's the story with the Butcher? I've never seen one before!

 

[Fshnfool]

Gordy, that's a pretty BF! I kept thinking of how it would be a great camping knife.... easy to clean and hard to loose!

thanks Will...I have a Sneaky Pete in the orange glow
on order so I figured this one would make a good companion knife...Gordy

 

[Fiddleback]

Ill take the

2013 1101 007 – Hiking Buddy, Red Burlap from Shadetree over black g10 with a white g10 pinstripe, Tapered Tang, Convex on 1/8” thick 01 steel - $270

And


2013 1101 020 – Bushcrafter, Red Burlap from shadetree over natural canvas with a white g10 pinstripe, Tapered Tang, Convex on 1/8” thick 01 steel – (This one is really outstanding!) – $295

You got em Tribal. Thank You.

I read the whole thread right before I posted and I’m pretty certain no one called dibs on that one before I posted. My post was time-stamped 2:12 pm. His post was edited at 2:17 pm. I don’t want to fight about it, as it’s just a knife at the end of the day. But I don’t think people should be editing their posts to retroactively call dibs on something that they did not in the first instance.

Mist called me and pointed this out while I was driving. I have e-mailed about the issue and await a response from TD. Lots of folks being drawn to these Fridays are new to forums, and the Law of the Shark is foreign and confusing to some of them. I will let you know what TD says. Either way, I will make another knife for the other party. Thank you for the calm way you brought it up! Andy

Did I get 016?

You did Gordy. I apologize for missing it. Thank You!

If 2013 1101 015 is still available , I would like to purchase that knife - stabilized maple burl CPM 154 CM steel

That knife is something else! Thanks for buying it!

I'll take this EDC:
2013 1101 03 – EDCII, Emerald Burlap from Shadetree over black g10 with a lime green g10 pinstripe, Tapered Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick 01 steel - $270

You got it! Thanks!

Hey Andy,

I'll take 2013 1101 024 – Hunter, Hunter Green Burlap from Shadetree over natural canvas with a thick white g10 whitewall, Tapered Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick steel - $350

My first Friday purchase too! Please confirm and I'll send payment. Thanks!

-Tom

You did well! Thats a sweetie!!!

OK, here I go.....

Can I please have:

2013 1101 011 – Guardless Woodchuck, Osage Orange over natural canvas with a black g10 pinstripe, SFT Tang, Convex on 1/8” thick 01 steel - $280

You got it Will. Thank You!

I'll take the:
2013 1101 02 – EDCII, Arizona Desert Ironwood over natural canvas with a white g10 pinstripe, Skeletonized Full Thickness Tang (SFT Tang), Convex on 1/8” thick 01 steel - $240
Thanks Andy.

Great Phillip! Thank You!

Andy...I'll also take 2013 1101 023 – Bushfinger, Orange Burst G10, Tapered Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick 01 steel - $295 if it is still available. Thanks. Gordy

Hurray! Thanks Gordy!

So, what's the story with the Butcher? I've never seen one before!

Kind of a wild hair, one off. Its the Padre pattern, I just put it on 5/32" thick 01. Most of those old French trade knives were kitchen/butcher patterns. I've done this twice now. Those kitchen knives make good woods knives too!

 

[Kirkwood]

Mist called me and pointed this out while I was driving. I have e-mailed about the issue and await a response from TD. Lots of folks being drawn to these Fridays are new to forums, and the Law of the Shark is foreign and confusing to some of them. I will let you know what TD says. Either way, I will make another knife for the other party. Thank you for the calm way you brought it up!

He can have it. As I mentioned, at the end of the day it's just a knife. Just caught me by surprise, as I was pretty careful before posting. Anyway, no worries. I'm sure it was an honest mistake. Shoot me an email if you need to get in touch with me.

 

[rustycurtis]

Really great set this week, very much liked the dark green burlap from Shadetree texture, as well as the Oak Bushfinger.

Just my honest opinion though.. the fiddle back 'clip art' icon/logotype that you have on the Arete blade really detracts from these amazing knives. I design logotypes and brands for some of the largest companies in the world, and my honest recommendation is to 'simplify' the fiddle imagery to a simple shape, and keep the imprint off the blades, or keep it small and 'inline' with the design flow of the blade. As it stands, the blade has a beautiful curve shape where the grinded blade meets the textured steel, and the placement of the fiddle 'clip art' interrupts the flow.. the eye instead moves from flowing down the lines of the blade, and gets stuck on the Windows 98 look/feel of the large icon.

Part of the success of the fiddleback brand I suspect is the purity of the art.. please keep it that way, or work with someone to design a simplified and original look/feel that 'fits' into the design of your blades.

Keep an eye on those fiddle marked knives over the weeks and see how they sell. He's only doing one a week. This one sold second in this batch.

He already has a fiddleback logo. I believe this fiddle is intended to just be an easter egg every week. I wouldn't be surprised at all if those were the first or second knife sold every week.

Andy could etch a pile of poop on his knives and still sell them because they're so awesome.

 

[Mistwalker]

LOL..... me too! I even left work to keep me away from the computer! After all, I did ask for that exact knife several weeks ago! She'll get plenty of use!

Yep, I remember when we were talking about the guardless Woodchuck you mentioned the Osage. Then when I saw it I said to myself there is his knife. I love the grind and that it's guardless, I want one with the blade done that same way.

 

[willic]

Yep, I remember when we were talking about the guardless Woodchuck you mentioned the Osage. Then when I saw it I said to myself there is his knife. I love the grind and that it's guardless, I want one with the blade done that same way.

I can't believe I missed it on my first pass through the knives.... I was looking, primarily for a full height grind 1/8" Bushfinger with an interesting handle material... then that Butcher caught my eye... I have a couple of osage knives, so just skipped over them.

I have a Bushfinger and a Woodsman in osage I use everyday in my home kitchen, I am sure this one will be right with them! I'm with you, I would love a synthetic scaled, one just this one to use at work... burlap? hmmm... maybe Andy can make us a pair of something cool!

 

[Mistwalker]

I can't believe I missed it on my first pass through the knives.... I was looking, primarily for a full height grind 1/8" Bushfinger with an interesting handle material... then that Butcher caught my eye... I have a couple of osage knives, so just skipped over them.

I have a Bushfinger and a Woodsman in osage I use everyday in my home kitchen, I am sure this one will be right with them! I'm with you, I would love a synthetic scaled, one just this one to use at work... burlap? hmmm... maybe Andy can make us a pair of something cool!

I know waht you mean. I saw the grind on that burlap Bushfinger and was hoping someone had already bought it so I didn't do anything stupid... but I really want a 5/32 version with full height and tapered or maybe SFT tang when I get one of the Bushfingers.

I would really dig a Woodchuck with a synthetic handle, I like having the knife on my belt being as functional in the kitchen as it is in the woods

 

[willic]

I know waht you mean. I saw the grind on that burlap Bushfinger and was hoping someone had already bought it so I didn't do anything stupid... but I really want a 5/32 version with full height and tapered or maybe SFT tang when I get one of the Bushfingers.

I would really dig a Woodchuck with a synthetic handle, I like having the knife on my belt being as functional in the kitchen as it is in the woods

Mist,

I'll let you know how it does in the kitchen! I am expecting a lot from that blade design, that shape just looks as if it should be guardless! It has that santoku appearance. I'm with you on the all-purpose knife, Andy's knives are all bouncing around that magical and elusive, all purpose design. I do hope one day to get a Fiddleback a touch thinner than 1/8" for dedicated kitchen duty.

 

[teaguzzler]

Fantastic!!

 

[Mistwalker]

Mist,

I'll let you know how it does in the kitchen! I am expecting a lot from that blade design, that shape just looks as if it should be guardless! It has that santoku appearance. I'm with you on the all-purpose knife, Andy's knives are all bouncing around that magical and elusive, all purpose design. I do hope one day to get a Fiddleback a touch thinner than 1/8" for dedicated kitchen duty.

The only kitchen I work in these days is my own, but I have prep cooked in a few three star restaurants at resorts and in Miami a looooong time ago, and I do all of the cooking at home. I can look at that blade and see how well it will perform with veggies and fresh herbs even with the full height 5/32 and because of that 5/32 I'll feel more comfortable with it in the woods as well. Andy has been doing more and more with 3/32 so it is a definite possibility. I'm just one of those nuts who is willing to sacrifice a little bit of slicing ability in the kitchen to have the knife more hefty in the bush, so that it works pretty much equally well in my whole life, not just any one part of it. Right now my Woodsman fills that role, but I think the Woodchuck is more suited to me, it just looks perfect for me for everything but skinning, and that's where the Recluse comes in

 

[willic]

The only kitchen I work in these days is my own, but I have prep cooked in a few three star restaurants at resorts and in Miami a looooong time ago, and I do all of the cooking at home. I can look at that blade and see how well it will perform with veggies and fresh herbs even with the full height 5/32 and because of that 5/32 I'll feel more comfortable with it in the woods as well. Andy has been doing more and more with 3/32 so it is a definite possibility. I'm just one of those nuts who is willing to sacrifice a little bit of slicing ability in the kitchen to have the knife more hefty in the bush, so that it works pretty much equally well in my whole life, not just any one part of it. Right now my Woodsman fills that role, but I think the Woodchuck is more suited to me, it just looks perfect for me for everything but skinning, and that's where the Recluse comes in

I bet a full height grind Woodsman would be a good tool!

 

[Comprehensivist]

ok, OK already. I have looked at it 40 or 50 times since Friday morning and it is still there. What are you people missing..?? Somebody has to, so I will man up and say "I will take it."

2013 1101 018 – Sneaky Pete, Cofeebag Burlap from Shadetree over black g10 with a lime green g10 pinstripe, SFT Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick 01 steel - $260

If I had responded to the wish list thread, I would have picked this knife with 1/8" O1 and a tapered tang. This configuration is so close that I have to pull the trigger...

Thanks Andy. I will put a check in the mail on Monday.

Phil

 

[atcgriffin]

Andy, I'll take...



2013 1101 006 – Hiking Buddy, Stabilized Redwood Burl over natural canvas with an orange g10 pinstripe, SFT Tang, Convex on 1/8” thick 01 steel - $250