Haebbie made me a knife

[Flatlander1963]

I want to share with you guys the Large Mentor that Haebbie rehandled with European Elk and three wood layers in the middle. The woods are made of grenadilla (black), fernambuk (red) and black locust (yellow). Haebbie tells me this is in the German style. What I can tell you is the handles are a perfect fit for my hand. I'm very impressed with how Haebbie selected the left scale for its contour which allows your fingers to wrap around the handle similar to Buck's Ergo handles. Fit and finish is of course, outstanding. So here is Haebbie's stag Mentor:

 

[badws6]

WOW very nice

 

[BasiliOS]

nice blade..kinda funny how the wood colors make it look like a german flag.

 

[Flatlander1963]

nice blade..kinda funny how the wood colors make it look like a german flag.

Good point BasiliOS.

 

[110 Dave]

gee now i got to get picts of the one he made me

 

[wolfdog]

It looks like very nice workmanship.

 

[imafritz]

Very knice nife indeed. Nice work Herbert.

 

[postfallsidaho]

Too cool Herbert! Thanks for sharing the pics Gordon!

 

[edbeau]

Very nice looking knife!!

 

[David Martin]

Haebbie, Did you have to destroy a good knife handle inorder to do your modification? Looks interesting. DM

 

[Haebbie]

Thank you , guys, for the kind compliments
it was not easy to find the antler that has the correct geometry
for the hand.

When I asked Gordon, what kind of handle he likes to have, he answers:
keep it simple ... and German. So I made him a knife that looks German
at the first view. The typical kind of knives in Germany has antler slabs
but other blades, so I had to create
one. And I think I managed it.

No, David, I didn't have to rip a knife to dissect the blade. As you know,
I'm not able to do that. I bought the knife blank at the the ugly four
letter auctioneer.

Best,
Haebbie

 

[harlycarly]

What a beauty!

 

[Haebbie]

Dave, my fried, may I help you out?

Haebbie

the lower one

 

[st8yd]

Nice job on the concave spacer.

 

[jb4570]

Very nice herbert! I love to see your work and the stag handle is tops.

jb4570

 

[RAZORBLADES]

Ahhhhh I like it!Looks very well m ade and epoxy will keep it together for even the hardest of use.

 

[Scott Hartman]

Very nice work, great knives!

 

[garryale]

Herbert ,you have done a very good work.
Really looks like German flag, and it seems as done in tradition of the best old Puma knives, which are well-known all over the world.

 

[Haebbie]

Just for information because I was asked:
The used Antler slabs from Flat's knife are from European Elk.
That's the same as Red Deer aka Cervus elaphus. In Germany
we call it Rothirsch. Hope that helps.

Best,
Haebbie