-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Jerry Halfrich Knives...
- Thread starter Blues
- Start date
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2005
- Messages
- 16,676
So this Halfrich guy makes some pretty good knives, huh? I might have one or two around here somewhere.
Hey Ed ,it's good to see you posting here :thumbup:
-Vince
comoha
Gold Member
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2006
- Messages
- 6,179
If the postal website is true to their word, I should have something to report on this evening...(just hope that I get it early enough to take pix...)
Give us a clue, a hint, something....
- Joined
- Oct 2, 1998
- Messages
- 44,283
Give us a clue, a hint, something....
Well, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but here's a tease for you...you'll just have to wait until later for more...
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2005
- Messages
- 16,676
Just keep in mind that the drawing was just a preliminary sketch to give an idea what Jerry had been thinking...(the rest shall be revealed later on...)
Elliott,was this from a special blade that you were wanting ? Or just a new design Jerry had in the works that you fella's talked about ?
Is it a sabre grind on the blade ?
Sorry for the barrage,it looks like it'll be fantastic! (as usual)
-Vince
- Joined
- Oct 2, 1998
- Messages
- 44,283
Puts me in mind of an old Superman episode I remember from my youth...
(Not to mention the Larry David vignette following it...)
sheathmaker
Custom Leather Sheaths
- Joined
- May 18, 2005
- Messages
- 4,650
Back before Jerry was making any slip joints (about 2005 I think) he showed up at my shop with Joe Kious and inquired about having some sheaths made for his "user" fixed blade models and a couple of different lock back hunting oriented knives. That was the beginning a really long and continuing friendship and business relationship between Jerry and me.
Then Jerry got a little boost from Ruple and Bose and the rest as they say is history because the Halfrich Slip Joint was born. It has since grown to many models and configurations. I got one of the very early renditions of the smaller single blade Tapper in CPM154 and POLISHED Sheep Horn. I stress polished because I really do not like sheep horn but when its polished by a Master it's just plain pretty. Before I get to far away from handles, if you have not yet seen Jerry's jigged Micarta, you are in for a treat. Particularly his "mini" jig pattern he developed just recently.
Now here's some photos of that "vintage" Halfrich small trapper.
Paul
Then Jerry got a little boost from Ruple and Bose and the rest as they say is history because the Halfrich Slip Joint was born. It has since grown to many models and configurations. I got one of the very early renditions of the smaller single blade Tapper in CPM154 and POLISHED Sheep Horn. I stress polished because I really do not like sheep horn but when its polished by a Master it's just plain pretty. Before I get to far away from handles, if you have not yet seen Jerry's jigged Micarta, you are in for a treat. Particularly his "mini" jig pattern he developed just recently.
Now here's some photos of that "vintage" Halfrich small trapper.
Paul
Last edited:
black mamba
Gold Member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2009
- Messages
- 22,994
Paul, I happen to very much like external, rough ram's horn, but you are right-- that polished handle of Jerry's is completely different and uniquely beautiful.
- Joined
- Oct 2, 1998
- Messages
- 44,283
