Joe Allen Slim Line Trapper

VCM3

VCM3

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Check out this beauty Joe Allen made,Case pattern slim line.Hand jigged & dyed bone,pivot bushing contstruction.The blade is what got me,really nice.Great Job Joe,Excellent work,all around :thumbup:!
Enjoy the eye candy,
-Vince

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dang....love the grinds. the bone is great as well.....nice to see a such a well done interpretation of this pattern.

An excellent pickup Vince.
 
morrowj_98 said:
dang....love the grinds. the bone is great as well.....nice to see a such a well done interpretation of this pattern.

An excellent pickup Vince.
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Thanks Jason.
Joe really nailed it.The walk & talk,fit & finish on this,is really excellent.
Blade centers perfect,perfect pins,etc.,and the blade grinds are perfect.
I said perfect,right ?
-Vince :)
 
VCM3 said:
Thanks Jason.
Joe really nailed it.The walk & talk,fit & finish on this,is really excellent.
Blade centers perfect,perfect pins,etc.,and the blade grinds are perfect.
I said perfect,right ?
-Vince :)
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Yep...you said perfect. :)

I'd go so far as to call the grinds satisfyingly bold. This pattern can easily be overlooked as utilitarian and boring. This knife is anything but boring.
 
Great looking version of the Slim Line. Thats some great looking bone on that one.
Thanks for the great pics:thumbup:
 
Very nice interpretation of the pattern! Tough blade to grind and Joe looks like he got it "right".

Thanks for sharing and congrats to you and Joe

Ken
 
duckman1 said:
Nice one Vince. What size is it?
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It's 4" closed,blade is about 3-3/16"
Joe says on the Case pattern,the blade is a bit small for the handle,he says he's gonna tweek this rendition & try to get the blade a hair longer.He is always trying to build the best he can do.
I agree,a great knifemaker :thumbup:,helluva a good guy,too.
-Vince
 
Nice on Vince. a really agressive looking clip.Really nice colored bone too.:thumbup:
 
That's no boring pattern at all!

Elegant and ready, those scales are as rich as Dundee Cake...
 
That is a beautiful knife. It's a good thing you bought it; you saved my fun money stash from bankruptcy!
 
Beautiful knife. That bone looks rich enough to make a whole pot o' soup.
 
Vince, good score.
Joe grinds a great blade & his own jigged bone turns out great.
mitch
 
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