Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

[richstag]

You never let us down

That bone is particularly nice with a ton of character.

 

[rprocter]

Great knife Ken ! Your line up (or mob attack ?) at blade just got a fair bit bigger.
roland

 

[supratentorial]

Wow! That's a KO!

 

[jivedaddy]

Well done Ken-you nailed it....that's a beauty!!!

 

[waynorth]

You've cooked it rare, and well done at the same time, Ken. A cool looking pattern, you almost never see!
The old cutleries didn't allow just any old cutler to make master-class knives like that, and you have nailed it! Nice work, beautiful product!

 

[ea42]

Fantastic Ken, just simply FANTASTIC!!! You've completely caught all the character of the original with that one, especially the thinner, graceful lines. Great timing too, the contest knife just arrived yesterday, VERY nice indeed! Many thanks for the opportunity, it was quite an honor. Here's a pic :

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Eric

 

[ken erickson]

Fantastic Ken, just simply FANTASTIC!!! You've completely caught all the character of the original with that one, especially the thinner, graceful lines. Great timing too, the contest knife just arrived yesterday, VERY nice indeed! Many thanks for the opportunity, it was quite an honor. Here's a pic :
Eric

Eric,
Glad the 33OT made it safe and sound!

Thank you everyone for the very kind comments on this knife. Eric was helpful with sending additional pictures along with a set of measurements and drawing. My only regret is that I could not build every knife that was suggested in the give-a-way thread.

 

[SharpNJ]

That came out great - very nice job on the jigging and dyeing.

 

[wafarers]

Craftsmanship!

 

[ken erickson]

I started on a pretty neat little pen for BLADE. 3 3/8 closed, based on a vintage Remington pattern. Any one care to guess the pattern number? If you look very carefully at the first picture you can see a hint that will narrow it down.

 

[rprocter]

R7526 3 3/8" Wharncliffe Pen knife.
Is this a contest ? Did i win ??
roland

 

[ken erickson]

R7526 3 3/8" Wharncliffe Pen knife.
Is this a contest ? Did i win ??
roland

Roland ,

You came very close. If you look very , very carefully in the first WIP picture you can see a scribed lined denoting a tip bolster. This is the difference between the R7526 and this knife, the R7536

I ran out of time to get a decent set of pictures but should have some tomorrow.

 

[kamagong]

Ken,

I really like this knife. I'm going to have to talk to you about building me a single blade when my name comes up.

- Christian

 

[ken erickson]

Ken,

I really like this knife. I'm going to have to talk to you about building me a single blade when my name comes up.

- Christian

Thanks Christian!
I also like these knives as they are a single spring, with catch bit. A favorite of mine to build. I have some finishing touches tomorrow, then I will get it in the light box.

 

[kamagong]

I have a Queen-made half-whittler of similar pattern, complete with catch bit.

The reason why I want a solo wharncliffe is I hardly ever use the pen, despite the fact that the walk and talk for both blades on this particular knife is awesome.

I think a single blade on this pattern makes for a beautiful knife. I wonder why custom makers don't offer it more, I personally prefer it to the now ubiquitous swayback.

- Christian

 

[richstag]

I have a Queen-made half-whittler of similar pattern, complete with catch bit.

The reason why I want a solo wharncliffe is I hardly ever use the pen, despite the fact that the walk and talk for both blades on this particular knife is awesome.

I think a single blade on this pattern makes for a beautiful knife. I wonder why custom makers don't offer it more, I personally prefer it to the now ubiquitous swayback.

- Christian

I agree Christian, and if you look at similar knives they look just like a reverse dogleg. Anyone else see that?

Kevin

 

[ken erickson]

I have a Queen-made half-whittler of similar pattern, complete with catch bit.

The reason why I want a solo wharncliffe is I hardly ever use the pen, despite the fact that the walk and talk for both blades on this particular knife is awesome.

I think a single blade on this pattern makes for a beautiful knife. I wonder why custom makers don't offer it more, I personally prefer it to the now ubiquitous swayback.

- Christian

Christian,

Nice Queen and interesting observation and comments regarding swaybacks. I have a couple of thoughts off the cuff (normally off the cuff remarks get me in trouble). This serpentine pen pattern begs for a slender pen blade. When closed it is almost UN-noticeable, however the Wharncliffe blade does sit quite high. In a single blade swayback the blade sits low in the pattern. I think the fact that most makers are making single-blade knives, the swayback makes more sense. I do like the fact that in this serpentine pattern you end up with a sunk joint for the master. Not sure if this reasoning makes sense or not.

 

[kamagong]

Excellent point about the joints. The sunk joint is a lot less obtrusive than what you would normally find on a swayback. Yet another reason why I prefer this pattern to the swayback, even if I only just realized it.

- Christian

 

[ken erickson]

Had a chance to get some better pictures. Real happy with this one, also first with tip bolsters for me.

 

[pertinux]

Um, wow.

... extraordinary.

~ P.