Jason Cutter Firestorm

Murray White · Mar 28, 2003

Just came to my door at noon hour direct from Oz way down under. Jason Cutter had posted this an a few other knives on BF>Exchange>maker>FB a few weeks ago. The name and the knife and its looks and construction intrigued me so I wrote to Jason and ordered the knife. Looked it over, played with it and took it to the light tent and the editing suite.

Jason calls this the Copperhead IV Firestorm. Thought this to be kewl as my son is a Toronto Firefighter and his lady is named Gale so they use the nick of Firestormz.

The knife is 9" OAL with a 4 1/8" blade of forged 1095 finished to a handrubbed 2000 grit flat grind with convex edge with lovely temper line. Beautiful polish and very sharp.

It does not stop there though. Jason has added a black micarta guard and of course this keeps things lighter and is quite unique. Then on to the handle of Spalted Box Elder. WOW!! the colors in this wood are remarkable. See the photos for the wonderful grain and reds, yellows and browns. I have never seen red like this in wood before. Looks like blood. The red and white spacers are perfect.

But he does not stop there. Look to the reverse side and you will see the dot jigging which covers the wood between the lines plus the micarta guard for making a more secure and firm grip with the thumb while on the obverse side, only the space between the spacers is done for a better finger grip. A real nice touch.

Far from being done though, Jason added an imbedded brilliantly colored Australian Opal and more dot jigging at the rear of the handle.

Finally, he fancied up the exposed tang area from the butt of the handle so it looks very smart. Too often this area is forgotten and can detract from another wonderful knife. This one is just terrific.

Not only did Jason do a great job with the knife itself, but he has created an artistic belt sheath with snake inlay.

All in all this is one extremely fine knife and will be fun to play with and find a well deserved spot in my collection.

tknife · Mar 28, 2003

His knives look so clean and so useful! Congrats on your new toy!

RogerP · Mar 29, 2003

Very nice Murray - that's some awesome-looking wood for the handle.

Cheers,

Roger

Mongo · Mar 29, 2003

Murray, that sure is a fine looking knife. The spalted box elder is absolutely stunning, and the opal is a unique touch. I personally would have preferred a stainless guard, but to each his own. I think Mr. Cutter has certainly served notice as a maker to watch.

John R. Fraps · Mar 30, 2003

Murray,
That is one handsome "clean cut" piece. How do you decide to save it as a collectable piece when it just seems to look like a knife that tells you it is a real quality "user". I'll bet that is a real edge holder!

Murray White · Mar 30, 2003

actually Mongo, the kewl thing about the black micarta is threefold.

first, it does a nice job of matching some of the black in the spalted Box Alder.

second, it is different from other knives and I really like different lol

third, it is much easier to put the dots on the guard which jason has thought out very well as there is sufficient on the reverse side for the thumb and only some on the area between the spacers on the obverse side for the finger when on might do delicate cutting work.

John--I don't make use of many knives as users and so generally new knife purchases are for my collection. I tend to try to create themes and often have similar knives displayed together. While they may not be identical, they do have similarities. I have about 6 or 7 fighters displayed that while all of the same category, they are in fact individual for example.

This particular knife will be kind of mated to another that will be shipped to me on Monday. When it arrives, I'll photograph it and pair it up in a photo with the Jason Cutter knife. If you look to the Craig Camerer thread in Gallery, I posted an image of that piece with the James Shaver Bowie both of which have some similarity with each having stag handle, forged steel of satin and flat grind with blued fittings. To me that is pretty close lol.

It is alwasy fun and a challenge to work on themes and I enjoy seeing posts that others have done regarding past threads such as the Pronghorn, fighters, daggers etc.

RL · Mar 30, 2003

Originally posted by Murray White
actually Mongo, the kewl thing about the black micarta is threefold.

So, you finally like Micarta...I knew you'd come around

RL

cockroachfarm · Mar 30, 2003

Geez, Murray - does this mean I have to post photos of MY new Jason Cutter knives? (they arrived last week)

Murray White · Mar 31, 2003

of course. how else will we see them. hopefully I'll see them in person in April though. Knives--lol. I only get one and he gets many.

RL · Mar 31, 2003

Originally posted by cockroachfarm
Geez, Murray - does this mean I have to post photos of MY new Jason Cutter knives? (they arrived last week)

Huhhhh...have you been holding out on me again roach?? What did you get???????

RL

cockroachfarm · Mar 31, 2003

I have Jason's "Feather-IV Red Deer" hunting knife and his "Spotted Silky Oak" Personal Persian. (Will post photos when I return for the CKG show in April)