Joel Chamblin: Custom Knives

Beautiful knife by Joel Chris and Simon's engraving is just right on that knife. (Guessing that Simon did the work). Thanks for posting it.

Speaking of Mr. Litton, I sure missed him at Blade and hope he is recovering well.
 
I want to thank you all again for all the great comments and photos, although I may have to buy a bigger hat after this. I've been a full time maker for 20 years now and I owe it to all you great collectors, and fortunately many of you have become friends. I thank you.
Joel
 
I feel sorry for my friends. :D
 
Thanks for all the compliments on my knife, and thanks to both Joel and Simon for making it. It is a spectacular knife in so many ways, and it is one that I will hand down to one of my children someday. I just wish my pics could do it justice.
 
Beautiful! The handles are on fire!

on_the_edge said:
Here is the one of Joel's that I have, and am very fortunate to have at that!

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Here are some photos of the sowbelly that I just recently received from Joel. It was a real pleasure "working" with him. He is a true gentleman.

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Highly polished inside and out.

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3.5" closed.

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All the joints are sunk. The spine of the sheepfoot is parallel and even with the spine of the clip blade.

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The obligatory well shot.

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Congrats, Jake. Joel is an excellent maker and as you say, a gentleman of the first order. I happen to love the little stag sowbelly that I have. I hope you enjoy yours just as much. :thumbup:
 
Congrats! That's a beauty Jake! Mr. Chamblin sure makes a fine knife.
 
Thank you, guys. Elliot, I spent a lot of time looking at photos of your Chamblin Sowbelly. :)

It's a beautiful knife and exactly what I wanted. I didn't have to say much to Joel since I already new that I liked his sowbelly pattern. But every step of the way it was like talking to an old friend that knew me well. I bought the knife to use and I have no doubt that it will excel but I'm not completely comfortable with the idea of putting it in my pocket yet. I'm just going to admire it for a little while at first. :)
 
Jake, congrats to you and Joel on a fine knife! Now get that thing in your pocket and use it! :thumbup::D
 
That's a really great knife! Nice work, Joel, and great score, Jake!
Tell me about the bone, please - it is very interesting!
 
Nice knife Charles. Mr. Chamblin checks in here every now and then. Perhaps he'll put a date to it for you.
I'll be watching for this one to add to my big pile of ex-chuko knives.
roland
 
Thank you, guys. Charlie, hopefully Joel will stop by and add some info about the jigged bone. I sent him a photo of one of his knives as an example of what I wanted. I just got home and took the knife out to CE & CF it again. :) With those sunk joints and sowbelly curves, it has a great feel in the hand with any one of the three blades open. It will certainly make an excellent daily companion. Charles, that's gold lip pearl muskrat is a beauty!
 
I am really glad to see this tribute to a fantastic maker of classic slipjoint knives. He is truly one of the giants of our industry.
 
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