Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

Ken,

Love this piece, looks like you're exhausting your supply of yellow linen micarta!

I love that stuff...

Jeff
 
That micarta is butterscotch yummy. Looks like a real nice one for a watch pocket. Are the swedges bigger or is that just a case of your photos improving?
 
Nice one Ken! I've got one of your earlier SWGs in antique ivory micarta, about that size, and it just disappears in the pocket. Perfect little EDC. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
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richstag said:
Look like a much lower grit satin finish, I like it Ken!
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Every once in a while I still will do a as-ground satin finish. It is about 320 grit finish with a Scotch Brite pass.

Mike Robuck said:
That micarta is butterscotch yummy. Looks like a real nice one for a watch pocket. Are the swedges bigger or is that just a case of your photos improving?
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Mike,
Pretty much the same size for a Wharncliffe blade. I think its more to do with my new camera and light box. Still learning the ropes!

Gary,
Glad that little swayback is doing well!

Thanks guys for the kind comments!
 
Thanks for the info, Ken. Knowing that makes me like it even more. I have found its hard to do that finish justice with pics. It must look out of this world in person. That's my kind of knife :)
 
Nice li'l swayback! Interesting "plunge" line (have I got the term right?) - kinda swoopy!
While I prefer a straight cut, it's nice to see none the less!!
 
Ken,
The more I look at this little yeller, the more I like it. You cant make a knife that doesn't inspire feelings of all the good things about how things used to be. -Izzy
 
I went back to the grinder and tightend up the radius at the plunge line considerably.
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I recently changed my photo equipment and still in a learning curve.
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Here is one I have on the bench. 3 3/4 stock knife. The blade stock on this one is just a tad thicker than I would normally use for a knife in this size. Gives it a slightly more substantial feel to it. The blade stock on this one is .105, normally I would use .093. I also was able to come up with some nice stag, being able to keep just about all of the bark.

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That's some nice stag....but not as nice as those slabs of mine you got for our next project!! (If I only knew what that next project was). It has to be something out of this world. Me and Kerry made the Tennessee Jack. Now me and you have to make something with a catchy name......
 
Ken,

I love stockman and I love stag, what a wonderful combination! Maybe that will be my next order!

I was surprised to ear that this is the first stockman you've made using stag, seems to be a "natural" to me.

Jeff
 
That is Stag with a capital S! Nice low-lying sheepfoot (I think) too! That's gonna be a good'un.



I'm also glad you took the "plunge" on the yeller knife! But then, I am just an old traditionalist, stuck in a rut!
 
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