Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

[Blues]

Wow!!! Talk about your spitting images!!! Congrats on that one, Ken. Amazing. :thumbup:

 

[texasflyfisher]

That trapper is beyond gorgeous! Very nice work Ken!

 

[waynorth]

Real nice blades on that one, Ken! And there is no more beautiful bone anywhere!!
Nice lively color and jig pattern!

 

[black mamba]

Ditto, ditto, ditto; beautiful knife!

 

[JAlexander]

This is one I wanted to share here before I send it on to its new owner. This is my rendition of a Challenge Cut Company trapper.

Wow. This may well be the ultimate trapper for me, Ken.

James

 

[Bastid]

That trapper and the WT that Blues added to the stable are stunning! Thanks for posting both of them guys.

 

[lambertiana]

Beautiful Challenge Trapper!

 

[KnifeHead]

Ken, PERFECT! :thumbup:

Don't know who made it first (probably Challenge) but here is the Camillus version.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5230634&postcount=15

 

[wagglebee]

Ken that is amazing, you nailed it!

 

[GigOne]

Great looking knife!

 

[ken erickson]

Ken, PERFECT! :thumbup:

Don't know who made it first (probably Challenge) but here is the Camillus version.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5230634&postcount=15

Thanks everyone that posted comments on the trapper.

Kerry,

I missed that Camillus when I was doing my research for this knife, thanks for sharing.

Ken

 

[DepMur]

Okay thought I would drop a picture of the 1st Erickson I got. It was a couple of years ago that I talked with Ken about an amber dyed single blade trapper. I explained the size I wanted and Ken said something like I think I can do that. Well the knife arrived shortly after that and to say I was pleased is an understatement. Well as luck would have it I know an engraver and arranged for him to scratch the bolsters a little bit. Well after he did his magic I had the perfect EDC knife in my opinion. It does get carried probably 75% of the time.

I have another Stag handled Trapper that Ken made me a little later on, I just dont have any decent pictures of it. I'll work on that when time permits...

 

[texasflyfisher]

Wow! That is a beauty! The engraving gives it a great touch like that tooled leather underneath.

BTW, welcome to the traditional forum!

 

[ken erickson]

A while back I was asked to make a 3 blade lockback whittler based on the Bose/Case pattern but with a much different blade selection. Tony Bose was very kind in sending me the pattern and then I went to work changing things up. My customer wanted a wharncliffe master instead of the clip blade. The blade steel on this knife is CPM154cm. I ran into trouble finding the correct thickness stock for the master blade. Charles Vestal, knife maker and forum member came to my aid and sent me a small piece. Thanks Charles! I must admit I think this was a great choice. The wharncliffe really flows off this frame nicely. My customer also chose a small clip and a small sheepsfoot secondary. I was able to procure some very nice ivory and was asked to delete the shield. I think also a good choice as there is a lot going on with a lockback whittler visually. I also wanted to thank Tony for the pattern and my customer for having the faith in me to pull this one off. :thumbup: I hope I will not disappoint.

 

[Blues]

I'm not the customer but if I were I'd be grinning right about now!

Well done, Ken! :thumbup:

(That must have been an interesting challenge to say the least!)

 

[wagglebee]

Outstanding!

 

[waynorth]

Wonderful choice of blades IMO, and a great execution.
Everything about it is superior!!!
Great knife, Ken!

 

[jivedaddy]

Oh my goodness!!! What a beautiful knife Ken!!!....Tony

 

[Mike Robuck]

Great job Ken. Saw a few WIP shots of this a few weeks ago. I think your customer is floating on cloud nine about now.

 

[comoha]

Simply wow.
A true one in a million. :thumbup: