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Wanted to share some pics of this small hideout dagger I commissioned from J. Neilson last year. Someone on this forum posted a link to J.'s site, where his wife Tess also makes sheaths. The thread was all about her sheaths, which are fantastic by the way, but I noticed the great knives. I wrote to him then and asked him to make me one of his "Chessboard" daggers that I had seen on his site. There he shows one done in black and white micarta, but I asked him if he could do red and white using rucarta and white micarta. He agreed and here it is.
At my request he did some follow up work to dehorn the sharp 90 degree edge where the index and middle fingers grip the knife. He also removed some minor tool marks from the blade left by the scotchbrite belt during final polish to a satin finish. You may see those and the old sharp curves in one of the pics.
It's no khuk, but it struck me as an elegant little piece of steel and the workmanship is beautiful. I will probably carry it on and off, the sheath mounts horizontally on your left front hip and you draw with your right hand, but I thought it would be the perfect small defensive knife for my daughter when she goes off to college in a couple of years. It is certainly functional and definitely looks nicer than a Cold Steel push knife. And at 4" razor sharp it should do a good job discouraging any unwanted advances! (-:
J.'s wife Tess did a beautiful job on the sheath in heavy black leather with a very pretty stingray inlay. Total turnaround time was about 5-6 months as I recall, with no need to pay until the job was 100% complete; not even a deposit was required.
J. and his wife are great folks, very considerate and determined to do the best job they can. He emailed me several times wanting to know specs on whether I wanted right or left hand draw, sent several sets of pictures, and did the polish rework and dehorning of the gripping curves at no extra charge.
His website is http://www.mountainhollow.net/ if you're interested. He makes many, many different styles of knives.
As I figure I will eventually part with this one, I was thinking of the same style knife in damascus, with Ivory and Ebony contrasting handles. (?) It would be gorgeous, but maybe too expensive I'm afraid.
Here are 4 pics of the knife, and one pic of my dedicated assistant (and foot warmer) Barkley The Wonder Dog, who can't believe Dad is still typing on the computer rather than going to bed!
Regards,
Norm
P.S. A couple of the pics were J.'s and were really beautiful, but I had to decrease color depth to get them under the size limit for the forums, so any poor quality is my doing.
At my request he did some follow up work to dehorn the sharp 90 degree edge where the index and middle fingers grip the knife. He also removed some minor tool marks from the blade left by the scotchbrite belt during final polish to a satin finish. You may see those and the old sharp curves in one of the pics.
It's no khuk, but it struck me as an elegant little piece of steel and the workmanship is beautiful. I will probably carry it on and off, the sheath mounts horizontally on your left front hip and you draw with your right hand, but I thought it would be the perfect small defensive knife for my daughter when she goes off to college in a couple of years. It is certainly functional and definitely looks nicer than a Cold Steel push knife. And at 4" razor sharp it should do a good job discouraging any unwanted advances! (-:
J.'s wife Tess did a beautiful job on the sheath in heavy black leather with a very pretty stingray inlay. Total turnaround time was about 5-6 months as I recall, with no need to pay until the job was 100% complete; not even a deposit was required.
J. and his wife are great folks, very considerate and determined to do the best job they can. He emailed me several times wanting to know specs on whether I wanted right or left hand draw, sent several sets of pictures, and did the polish rework and dehorning of the gripping curves at no extra charge.
His website is http://www.mountainhollow.net/ if you're interested. He makes many, many different styles of knives.
As I figure I will eventually part with this one, I was thinking of the same style knife in damascus, with Ivory and Ebony contrasting handles. (?) It would be gorgeous, but maybe too expensive I'm afraid.
Here are 4 pics of the knife, and one pic of my dedicated assistant (and foot warmer) Barkley The Wonder Dog, who can't believe Dad is still typing on the computer rather than going to bed!
Regards,
Norm
P.S. A couple of the pics were J.'s and were really beautiful, but I had to decrease color depth to get them under the size limit for the forums, so any poor quality is my doing.
Good thing you got it for your daughter. She should be very proud to carry such a piece as well as being well protected.
