JD Ware Large Heavy Slip Joint - French Grey O1 - Bark Bull Horn (SOLD)

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A heavyweight for sure, and a real handful. Large slip-joint folding knife. Blade and spring of 3/16" thick O1 steel with a "French Grey" finish - a surface treatment often used on highly engraved shotguns and rifles. It offers some protection from rust and oxidation, but just as on a fine firearm, I'd still suggest keeping it lightly oiled or waxed.

The handle is bull-horn I collected from the Sunday Bullfight in Motul, Yucatan Mexico - it's polished, but still shows some of the surface texture and scars the bull picked up in life. The back of the horn is covered with 23 kt gold leaf to help reflect light back through the translucent areas.

Blade - 3.25" Closed length - 4.5" Open length - 7.75"

Satin finish, flat grind to a super-fine edge. Nickel Silver liners and pins. Silver 1928 ten centavo escutcheon. Vine pattern, deeply file worked blade with thumb grooves. This knife comes in a handmade, hair-on, Mexican bull hide pouch, finished with calfskin Spanish edge lacing. SOLD (including FedEx economical insured to US or Canada $15 extra to EU)

The knife opens with a hefty pull (not a nail-breaker, though) and snaps open and shut with authority. Can be pinched open. Backspring is flush open and closed and has no half-stop. Supplied shaving sharp.

I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I ship knives internationally on a regular basis via FedEx. I accept Paypal and credit cards.

I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.

The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are nickel silver and are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.

Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES.

If you want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website.

Thanks for looking
J

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Very nice work on this one, I like that it's larger because you don't see a whole lot of larger slip joints, especially custom ones. I love the file work on all of your blades. Will make a very nice EDC for someone.
 
I echo BC's thoughts. I gravitate towards a larger blade for edc and that would do the trick in high style. Very nice... Russ
 
Not our ordinary folder for sure. I like the style as it appears to be true to your heritage. The price is more than fair considering all the work you've put into it. Beautiful knife.
 
Bruce Bump you have right
This knife is original in French we say rustic but it is undoubtedly very well done
* I'd like to keep on hand before deciding the acquisition

I think one day I'll have one
JDWARE good work
 
Thank you all for your kind words. I've been really enjoying working with these larger knives, and as always, the local materials - especially the horns. It's a lot of work collecting and processing them, but worth it, I think. And I believe the work and the process does somehow affect the look and feel of the finished knife.

I just completed another one of these Large Heavy Folders with Red Deer Horn for a Bladeforum member. here's a pic.

Saludos
J
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Beautiful work!!! I really appreciate the rustic look but refined artistry. At 3/16" and 3.25" long, that will be one beauty that will stand up to hard use!
 
PocketEdge said:
Beautiful work!!! I really appreciate the rustic look but refined artistry. At 3/16" and 3.25" long, that will be one beauty that will stand up to hard use!
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Yea, rustic and refined. It's a fine line to walk and it's something I've always tried to come to terms with. What's a flaw and what's character? for example, I don't sand the firework cuts on the blade backs, and if you look closely, you can still see some of the file marks. To me, the geometry and sculptural quality of the file work is much more important than the finish - and I think my file work is pretty good.

I met Bill Moran a few times and still admire his work - it's got lots of character. But I have to wonder what would happen if he applied for membership in todays ABS (the organization he founded)? I'm not sure if his work would pass the current fit and finish standards!

Anyway, thanks for the nice wordsPocketEdge!
J
 
I can assure anyone contemplating Jeff's work, that it's nothing short of excellent. One thing he doesn't normally mention is that he mills a relief in the liners. His knives unique, but therein lies the beauty.

I can barely (under a 4X magnifier) tell that the file work on the thumb notches on my slipjoint wasn't machine done.
 
JB in SC said:
I can assure anyone contemplating Jeff's work, that it's nothing short of excellent. One thing he doesn't normally mention is that he mills a relief in the liners. His knives unique, but therein lies the beauty.

I can barely (under a 4X magnifier) tell that the file work on the thumb notches on my slipjoint wasn't machine done.
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Thanks Jerry. Sometimes I wish I had a machine for the thumb grooves - it's all "Hecho a Mano" though ….. and an 00 checkering file. Probably just as fast as a mill considering there's no set up time. But in the end, all the small steps that use hand work show up in the look and feel of the finished knife.

J
 
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