First Custom For a Budding Knifenut

raylaconico

raylaconico

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This is going to a 17 year old kid (son of a friend of a friend) who is just getting into knives. He drew me up a sketch of what he wanted me to make. I ended up tweaking it quite a bit but it still has the materials and basic features that he wanted like the integral guard, index finger groove, thumb ramp, clip point, rounded butt. The blade is 1095, 5/32" stock, 5 1/8" long and overall length is 10 1/8". The handle is macassar ebony which he chose after much thought. I'll go make a sheath for it tonight. Thanks for looking.
-Ray Laconico



 
Looks good. Can you post a pic of the sheath too? I am not sure I have ever seen one of yours, I have seen all your folder pics, but no Sheath.
 
I don't know how much tweaking you did but it looks like an excellent design. Nice fit and finish too, as usual.
 
Some lucky kid is off to a great start with customs - kinda setting a high bar, though! Where do you go from a Laconico....another one, I guess!
 
He's going to like that. Just four years ago all he had was a SAK, now he has a few good folders and now this....I have done a good job of corrupting him.
 
Very classy looking handle material... Did you put a sealer on it?
Knife is well designed as well.
 
lambertiana said:
He's going to like that. Just four years ago all he had was a SAK, now he has a few good folders and now this....I have done a good job of corrupting him.
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Yes, you've probably corrupted him. Thanks for donating the wood for the handle.

Hankins said:
Very classy looking handle material... Did you put a sealer on it?
Knife is well designed as well.
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Thanks Hankins. lambertiana let him choose from his stash of wood or any color micarta or G10 I could get and he chose this macassar ebony. At first I didn't think it would go well with the style of knife but it turned out pretty nice. I sealed it with about 5 coats of super glue then a coat of tru-oil to give it a nice light shine.
 
Very nice Ray, as usual. I love the blade finish. Gotta love those scotchbrite belts! (Thanks for that tip btw. My knives are looking alot better now.)
 
Lucky kid, that reminds me a lot of a BK-7. He is getting off on the right foot for sure...
 
Man he sure started off with a bang as far as customs and makers go. That looks great Ray.
 
I delivered this knife today, and he is thrilled with it. And after seeing this and my small collection of Laconico knives, his father thinks there may be a Laconico knife in his future, too.
 
Ray, that's another beauty. I really like that one a lot, as you know I like my knives to have either guards or bolsters, this one looks just right I don't know if it's the thumb ramp but it has a nice flow to it if you know what I mean. I guess I will have to put one of those on my want's list!!
 
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I'm going with the guys that think you may have ruined him. Maybe forever!

When I was his age (early 1970s) I was so proud of my Buck 119, I didn't know it got any better than that for an American made knife. I still have it, but it appreciate it more for its utility value than anything else.

That is really a gorgeous, and looks tremendously functional. I am glad I didn't start with the bar that high.....

Sorta..... :D OK..... maybe not!

Very nice work. What a lucky kid.

Robert
 
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