Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

Happy New Year guys,

Well in a few short weeks (I hate to wait) I'll have a duplicate of the shadow Stockman. I fell in love with the yellow micarta and had to have it!

Ken, you are a pleasure to work with and I look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.

Jeff
 
jeffsaul said:
Well in a few short weeks (I hate to wait) I'll have a duplicate of the shadow Stockman. I fell in love with the yellow micarta and had to have it!
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Glad I could be of service. ;)

Hopefully I'll come up with some other interesting patterns and combinations in future projects with Ken. :thumbup:
 
Glad I could be of service.

Hopefully I'll come up with some other interesting patterns and combinations in future projects with Ken.

Hope I did this correctly, but here goes, can't wait to see what you in mind, maybe i can beat you to the punch!
This sounds like fun and some great knives to boot!

Jeff
 
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I was pleased to pick this up from Ken on the exchange. SJ is a great pocket-friendly pattern, I really like the CPM D2 steel he incorporated here, and the generous clip and pen blades complete a nice package. Slender design for a 2-blade carry! 3 5/8ths" closed. Great folder, Ken. :thumbup:

Here are a couple of Ken's images:

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- Joe
 
Congrats, Joe. That one is right up your alley! :thumbup:
 
canineforge said:
I was pleased to pick this up from Ken on the exchange. SJ is a great pocket-friendly pattern, I really like the CPM D2 steel he incorporated here, and the generous clip and pen blades complete a nice package. Slender design for a 2-blade carry! 3 5/8ths" closed. Great folder, Ken. :thumbup:
- Joe
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That's a fine looking knife! Make a great EDC I'm sure, and I really like the CPM D2 also.
 
I know I am a copycat but what a copy! I had a Stockman on order with Ken and when I saw this knife I knew I had to have one too!

The Stockman is one of the most iconic designs within the traditional knife community and it's always been at the top of my list.

Ken did a marvelous job with his interpretation of this design.

Jeff

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jeffsaul said:
I know I am a copycat but what a copy! I had a Stockman on order with Ken and when I saw this knife I knew I had to have one too!

The Stockman is one of the most iconic designs within the traditional knife community and it's always been at the top of my list.

Ken did a marvelous job with his interpretation of this design.

Jeff
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Congrats! That's a great lookin' knife, Jeff. I'm sure the f&f is perfect too. :thumbup:
 
Jeff, I'll expect my usual and customary fee for services rendered...hopefully matching the stipend received from the care and administration of these forums. ;)

Congrats...I know you're going to enjoy your new stockman. And I totally agree with your take in the post above. :thumbup:
 
A while back Charlie (waynorth) was kind enough to send some knives for me to look at. I had requested that Charlie include a "sealed cap" pruner if he had any examples. Silly question! He sent 2 or 3 along. I have been wanting to make a knife with a sealed cap for a while. Pruners and doctors patterns are the two patterns that come to mind. While I do not plan on doing an in-depth WIP on this knife I thought it may have interest to some here on the forum to see how these knives are constructed. I am basing this pattern on a Saynor Sheffield made pruner that measures 4 1/4 closed. The blade on the Saynor is less than full. I am going to scale in stag if I have something suitable, or perhaps Ebony, but stag is my first choice. Blade steel on this one is A2.

Any comments, questions or discussions on this type of knife is welcome. (this knife is not available)

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Ken this is very intriguing. Thanks for sharing this build. I'm thinking there's not much room between the endcap and end pin. Is the stag on the original cracked?
 
That's going to be a great knife.
I have a comment; I think the "kink" when the blade is open on the old Saynor is unusual. I know the Sheffield makers would leave a little room for the blade to "straighten out" as wear occurred on an anticipated Heavy Use knife, but I think that old knife has a bit too much. It's had a fair bit of use, but is still quite kinked. MHO. Could there be a functional reason for that configuration???

It is cool to see how the Seal Cap was built!

I can't sign off without congratulating Maker and Recipients on each of the two previous knives.
Great ones, Joe, Jeff, and Ken!!
 
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Ken this is very intriguing. Thanks for sharing this build. I'm thinking there's not much room between the endcap and end pin. Is the stag on the original cracked?
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Brent,
Two very fine hairline cracks on the Saynor, one on each side. I will be tapering the pin holes and spinning them rather than peening as the Saynor is. Cross my fingers. If you notice on this pattern from Saynor there is an extra pin also that anchors the end of the spring. Some end cap pruners that I have seen in print delete this extra pin.

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That's going to be a great knife.
I have a comment; I think the "kink" when the blade is open on the old Saynor is unusual. I know the Sheffield makers would leave a little room for the blade to "straighten out" as wear occurred on an anticipated Heavy Use knife, but I think that old knife has a bit too much. It's had a fair bit of use, but is still quite kinked. MHO. Could there be a functional reason for that configuration???

It is cool to see how the Seal Cap was built!

I can't sign off without congratulating Maker and Recipients on each of the two previous knives.
Great ones, Joe, Jeff, and Ken!!
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Thanks for the congrats Charlie!

The extreme "kink" is one of the features that actually drew me to this one versus the others that you sent. When you hold the knife and draw it toward you , it is very comfortable in hand.
 
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Ken on the cap---- soft solder, silver braze, or milled out of a solid piece of barsrtock?
Looks milled from a solid piece.
Ken.
 
kc custom said:
Ken on the cap---- soft solder, silver braze, or milled out of a solid piece of barsrtock?
Looks milled from a solid piece.
Ken.
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Good eyes Ken, milled from a solid piece then squared and trued on my surface grinder.
 
Am i correct that the seal cap has a right angle projection that is pinned to the frame and thereby holds the cap in place ?
An engraved seal cap might add even more visual interest.
Ken, on the very slight chance that this knife is not spoken for, please know that i would be very interested. It will be one very special knife for sure.
roland
 
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