Ivory locking half-whittler

ken erickson

ken erickson

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A while back I was approached by a forum member to build a knife that has ended up testing my skills and teaching at the same time. Some may remember a thread that I did on the "anatomy of a lockback whittler" This knife is the end result of making the ebony prototype. The things a bit different on this one are less exposed tang, long pull on master and slight geometry changes to the locking bar and tang of the master. After many discussions with my customer we decided to go with threaded bolsters and leave the shield out. I fully agree on this one. The ivory will take color with time and with the extra pins, threaded bolsters, cutout for the locking bar, there is plenty going on for the eye.

(this knife is sold and not available.)Sorry for the washed out look to my pictures. My light box needs rebuilding, revamping and have not had the time:eek:

3 5/8 closed
Pre-ban Ivory
Flat ground blades with 600 grit finish
Cut swedges
Long pull, master. Crescent on secondary small clip blade.
410 integral frame/bolsters
:grumpy: Dang, I got in a hurry and forgot to weight this knife.


Thanks for taking the time to view, any comments more than welcome.

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It's okay if you like that sort of thing. :yawn:









(Okay, another marvelous creation from the bench of Ken Erickson! Way to go, Ken! :cool::thumbup:
 
It's absolutely gorgeous. You're going to have a very happy customer. If you turned that into a production piece you'd probably have a never ending stream of buyers.
 
Thanks everyone for the great words! I really feel if it has not been for the encouragement and acceptance of my work from the many members here on bf that I would not be pushing myself to make knives that approach this level of complexity.

Ken
 
You are correct, there is a lot going on for the eye....

And its all good :D
 
Ken and customer,

Just stunning. Congratulations to both of you. I am pretty sure that is only the third maker I have seen take on that task (there may be others, I just have not seen them) and Ken pulled it off in his usual eye popping style.

I am pretty sure I know where that first proto in the other thread went.

Let's see ... go a little south till I smell it, go a little east till I step in it, take baseball bat, bop first K.E. LB 1/2 whittler "customer" over the head and go back home with a fantastic knife. Or I could just meet him for breakfast and do the show and tell thing, but what fun would that be. :D
 
That's a beauty! And I agree - threaded bolsters rather than a shield was a good call.
 
Like willgoy said "elegant" but also a very solid, stout looking piece. I sure lke it! :thumbup:
 
'Great knife' really doesn't cover it at all. Really really nice knife! (That doesn't cover it either, but what else can you say).

I like it a lot. One day I'll own something like that!
 
The prototype paid off! While a nice knife, it served to firm up the proportions and detail of THIS one nicely. There are some long time knifemakers who could learn a thing or two from this boy!!
 
Well...THAT was easy! :D

Way to go, Ken, for stickin to it! It turned out lovely.:thumbup::cool:
 
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