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Thor1986

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I've been talking with John over the past couple months about making me a knife and finally narrowed it down to the lobo. Right before John started working on it I emailed him a concept sketch of some changes to it that id like made and with no hesitation he said no problem. He said do a final draft and send me a cardboard cut out and we can make something happen. In the end I took the original lobo as the foundation, extended the blade by a 1/4 inch, added a slight re curve, and an extended tang. I received the knife last Friday right before my two night camping trip. When I took it out of the box it looked like he had taken it right from my sketch and man was it sharp. The knife feels great in my hand and i couldn't ask for anything more out of it. That night and the next i put it up against my chopweiler to see how it held up against some tasks that i wouldn't feel comfortable using some other knives for. The 3/16th 01 steel did great while chopping, batoning, and some carving and whittling. The knife has to be one of the most comfortable I have had in a long time. I love my bussekins, but it is really nice to know that there are knife makers like John that are a pleasure to deal with and make a fine quality knife without an arm and a leg price tag to go with it.

Thanks John, and i look forward to my next knife from you.
 
Thanks for the kind words, I try my best to please the customer. Here is the knife that we are talking about.

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That turned out danged nice. Great design.
You won't find a better guy to deal with than John.
 
John is one of the best around a true BF standout . He makes some of the best custom feild knives out there, he a good guy to work with and that is why he has such a loyal following . You did great .
 
Hi Thor1986 -

Nice looking modified Lobo there!

Interesting that you compare it to a Chopweiler.

That Lobo looks like a nice handful of 01.

best regards -

mqqn
 
Yeah, the chopweiler was my number one go to knife that i had. Not to big, but almost just right and tough as all get out. Plus it was already packed up ready to go camping when i got home. So it was the natural choice to put my new lobo up against while i was out in the woods. I love the chopweiler still, but ounce for ounce the lobo is right there with it and way more comfortable.
 
Thor1986 said:
Yeah, the chopweiler was my number one go to knife that i had. Not to big, but almost just right and tough as all get out. Plus it was already packed up ready to go camping when i got home. So it was the natural choice to put my new lobo up against while i was out in the woods. I love the chopweiler still, but ounce for ounce the lobo is right there with it and way more comfortable.
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Hi Thor1986 -

That is good to hear, because the Chopweiler is a tough act to follow, so it is nice to hear that the JK Lobo can hang with one!

Thanks for posting your thoughts.

best regards -

mqqn
 
Good to hear that you are pleased with your JK. John never ceases to impress me with not only his work but also what a pleasure it is to deal with him. I personally am not a big fan of recurves but I actually like that one. It speaks to his skills in bringing our own little personal knife thoughts to life!
 
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