I must have this knife.

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I don't get impressed very easily. As soon as I laid eyes on this knife I was blown away.

The picture doesn't do it justice, as the edge looks thick and dull towards the tip. (bad reflection)

The materials, the credentials, etc...just a fine knife. The tang is tapered for balance, too.

This guy is a mastersmith, but is he well-renowned even among the masters?

www.knifeart.com/mapclippoinh.html
 
Jay is one of my favorite makers, and it is an honor for me to own some of his creations. His works are flawless, too beautiful to be true. It is to be expected from the first student of Bill Moran. Beautiful craftmanship. A maker with a rare calliber. :)
 
At the recent Arkansas Custom Knife Show I had the opportunity to play with just about all of the fine blades in the knifeart.com safe, at the gracious invitation of Larry Connelley. One of the more memorable aspects of that experience was my first in-person exposure to Jay Hendrickson's knives (Larry must have had 5 or 6 of them). The knife pictured below - I had a real hard time putting it down:

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Jay has been making absolutely first-rate forged blades for quite some time. He is certainly very well-known to his peers and to collectors as well. As for the knife you're considering - hey, if you gotta have it, you gotta have it :) . I can't imagine that you'd be anything less than very happy with it.

Cheers,

Roger
 
I'm pretty sure that everyone in the ABS is quite aware of Jay. The man is good.

One thing that has stood out in my mind through the years was forging demo I watched him do at the school in Old Washington, Arkansas. His demo knife was a full tang ( tapered tang ) hunter. He was doing a bit of tweaking with a small hammer, looked at the clock, and said, "Well, this needs more work, but we're out of time so we're going to call it done".

I picked the blade up with the tongs and was studying it. I remember thinking, "I don't know if I could get it this close with the grinder". :D
 
I really like Jay's knives. That one is awesome, Roger. I'm fortunate to own one but that will eventually change.

Win
 
Thanks guys, that's good to hear.

That's a beautie, Roger. Thanks for sharing that.

I was looking at some of his other stuff at bladegallery.com. He's got some really awesome blades, such as flawless puukos and hunters with Celtic knot designs wired into the handles. Unreal.

I will save up the money. If it is still there upon me having the $850, that might be a sign. If not, then I will go with what I was saving up for originally. A H&K USP .45
 
I usually don't take an interest in fixed blades, but WOW!!!!!!! That is an exceptional looking knife!!
 
There are a couple of more pictures of knives by Mr. Hendrickson on pages 56 and 60 of Jim Weyer's Knives Points of Interest Book V.

His silver and pearl inlay into the fiddleback and curley maples is just fantastic....not to mention his skill in creating the forged blade.
 
We all have our own list of knifemaker heroes. Jay is at the top of my heroe list and here's why. When it comes to silver wire inlay in Curly Maple, Jay does it best. You won't see finer examples of this inlay technique from any other maker in my opinion. Not to mention his unique ability to perform two-tone staining of the Maple that is flawless.

I've attempted a lot of things but never silver wire inlay in wood. I have also studied several makers silver wire inlay in wood and someday plan to do a few knives with a combination of wire inlay and pearl inlays in Maple. If my silver wire inlay work is half as good as Jay's, I will be pleased.
 
Jay and Nancy Hendrickson are the two finest folks we all could ever meet. It's a testimony to knives and knifemaking the goodness these great folks bring in.

Here's more:

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I had the extreme pleasure of being able to take a few shots of these knives for them at the ABS hammer-in up here in the Northeast. (My fee was a $5.00 donation to the ABS per shot.)

There aren't any better pieces out there.

Coop
 
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