Gentleman's Folder

J. A. Baker Knives

J. A. Baker Knives

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Here is the first of 5 Gentleman's folders I am doing in this run. This one has stabilized koa, hardened stainless bolsters, titanium liners and a CPM-S30V blade @62RC. I wanted to keep this model clean, so no thumb studs. It deploys from the front, but is not designed to be a flipper. Blade length is 2.5". Thanks for looking.
Jeff







 
It's a nice useful looking design, but the liners and scales look chunky enough to be called fat.

How thick are the liners?

Much as I truly love koa, the design might be well served with pearls or fossil ivory scales.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Jeff, that looks better than I imagined. Can't wait to get this beauty, excellent work as usual!!
 
Kohai999 said:
It's a nice useful looking design, but the liners and scales look chunky enough to be called fat.

How thick are the liners?

Much as I truly love koa, the design might be well served with pearls or fossil ivory scales.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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STOUT - STOUT is the word STeven :D Made to work without fail in spite of its otherwise diminutive size. STOUT little fellow :thumbup: and pretty damn nice looking too. I'm calling mine Bocote Bart. Story to follow.

Very nicely done Jeff. :cool:

Ray
 
That is a very nice looking knife. But, I DO agree with STeven. Also, I think it would look better with mosaic pins.
 
Thank you all for the kind words.



Kohai999 said:
It's a nice useful looking design, but the liners and scales look chunky enough to be called fat.

How thick are the liners?

Much as I truly love koa, the design might be well served with pearls or fossil ivory scales.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Thank you Steven. As Ray mentioned, this knife was designed to be stout. I wanted this to be an overbuilt knife for its size. There are also 3 alignment pins and 4 assembly screws holding it all together for strength and rigidity. Some areas only allow for a 2.5" pocket knife, and when needed, not many people complain of a knife that is too sturdy. Even so, I think maybe the photos might be a little deceiving. Overall length is only 5 3/4". Liners are .060" (which is exactly what I needed for the extra thread length and lock strength). The scales are under 1/8" thick at their apex which is about as thin as I would go on most scale materials that are screwed on since these are contoured and the edges are much thinner. The total thickness is .483". The only thing I would really consider "overly" thick on this knife would be the blade (therefore the spacer too). I will post an in hand photo of the knife below for proper scale. The scale material was chosen by the customer from some really nice koa he had. I have more ordered with mammoth and I plan to do a pearl version as well.

T.K.C. said:
That is a very nice looking knife. But, I DO agree with STeven. Also, I think it would look better with mosaic pins.
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Thank you T.K.C. Not sure where you would rather see mosaic pins on a linerlock.

tigertaylor1 said:
Jeff, that looks better than I imagined. Can't wait to get this beauty, excellent work as usual!!
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Thank you Bo. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed building it.



Here is a small clip of one opening for size comparison.

[video=youtube;6nwLGv2N8q8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nwLGv2N8q8[/video]
 
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Looks good Jeff! Appears to have your usual excellent build quality. I like how you went with the front opener...a little more unique than the current trend offerings. These should make some new owners very happy.

Plans to build other folding designs, or will you stick with this one for a while?

Mark
 
mb> said:
Looks good Jeff! Appears to have your usual excellent build quality. I like how you went with the front opener...a little more unique than the current trend offerings. These should make some new owners very happy.

Plans to build other folding designs, or will you stick with this one for a while?

Mark
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Thanks Mark. I do have a larger model I am working on. It can be configured as a flipper or stud opening and will be available with bearings or bushings. Flippers with bearings are cool, but I still prefer a traditional opening with a bit of friction when the blade opens for my personal use. If you email me I will send you a photo of the larger folder.

VanguardForge said:
Very nice!
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Thank you.
 
That is the cats meow my friend, I like everything about it and like you I prefer bushings over bearings, just a personal feel.
Rob
 
J. A. Baker Knives said:
Thanks Mark. I do have a larger model I am working on. It can be configured as a flipper or stud opening and will be available with bearings or bushings. Flippers with bearings are cool, but I still prefer a traditional opening with a bit of friction when the blade opens for my personal use. If you email me I will send you a photo of the larger folder.
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Bearings don't appeal to me. Over complicating a simple tool IMHO. As some have stated, it's solving a problem that doesn't exist, while potentially inviting other issues. I guess I just prefer simple reliability over glass action...less parts to go wrong.

Always nice to see your new ideas Jeff.
 
watermule said:
That is the cats meow my friend, I like everything about it and like you I prefer bushings over bearings, just a personal feel.
Rob
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mb> said:
Bearings don't appeal to me. Over complicating a simple tool IMHO. As some have stated, it's solving a problem that doesn't exist, while potentially inviting other issues. I guess I just prefer simple reliability over glass action...less parts to go wrong.

Always nice to see your new ideas Jeff.
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Thank you.
 
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