Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

Ken, that is truly amazing! The bolsters are spectacular just like the rest of the knife.
Thanks for the WIP-pics.
 
Ken, did you do the bone jigging ? There are pieces of old "Remington bone" and "Utica bone" that some makers have access to, but i have never heard of old Schrade Cut. Co. Peachseed bone slabs being available.
roland
 
rprocter said:
Ken, did you do the bone jigging ? There are pieces of old "Remington bone" and "Utica bone" that some makers have access to, but i have never heard of old Schrade Cut. Co. Peachseed bone slabs being available.
roland
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Interesting you ask about this Roland. I have had the chance to have some of the "peachseed" Schrade bone in hand and really study it. There is a very definite pattern to the jigging while maintain a very random look. While I am getting closer to replicating this very difficult pattern I still have a bit to go.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments on this knife.
 
Pretty much finished up the EJ today,

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Ken, I bet the ghosts of some of those old time Sheffield cutlers are smiling somewhere...Very nicely done. :thumbup:
 
Ken, that's just one of the nicest pocket knives I've ever seen. Every part and facet is executed to a superior level, but the whole is even greater than the sum of the parts.

Can you tell us something about the shape of the kick on the pen blade? It looks different to me.
 
black mamba said:
Can you tell us something about the shape of the kick on the pen blade? It looks different to me.
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Jeff,

Many pen blades or secondary blades use this style of kick. I am not sure what, if any, is the correct term. I have always called them a "hidden" kick. If you have a copy of Levine's 4th addition on page 11 , lower left there is an illustration of a pen blade with a description of "pen blade with full tang bevel". The pro's to this style kick is that the pen blade "flows" off the frame in a pleasing manner. The con is that this style kick does not work on larger blades, both in profile and length. The reason being is that the kick is much closer to the pivot point and because of this, when the blade is allow to snap shut under full spring pressure, the blade will travel through much further. On larger blades the blade will hit the backspring. If you ever encounter a knife with this style kick, depress the blade into the frame(carefully or you will dent the sharpened edge) and you will notice how easy it is to defeat the spring pressure.
 
:thumbup::thumbup: Just stunning, but what would I expect on a knife that Charlie and Ken dreamed up.
 
Ken, i must second what everyone has said and add what superb Peachseed bone scales !
Your explanation of how the kick on the Pen blade functions gives a glimpse of how complex the geometry of all the parts is.
All of the shapes, sizes and angles affect each other. We take perfect fit and smooth fubction forgranted but it is in fact a remarkable acheivement.
Congratulations on this superb world class Traditional folder. Mr. Waynorth is indeed a lucky man.
roland
 
Just rolled into Pasadena, and hooked up my computer as fast as I could! I figured you had worked on it today Ken, and I am awestruck and dumbfounded (and mighty pleased)!
That pattern is one of the rarer and nicer "oldie" Schrades, and from what I see, your rendition is a super interpretation with subtle improvements Schrade could never have done on a production knife and stayed competitive!!
Gus, Ken dreamed it up! I added a suggestion or two, that's all!
I'm gonna have a hard time concentrating on our vacation . . . . . . . .I won't CF and CE that knife until about September 27th . . .:eek::D!

Thanks for doing this project, Mr. Erickson!
 
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