Kerry Hampton Knives

Kerry - another absolute winner. Love the scales on that guy!!
Rick
 
Hey folksies, thanks for all the encouraging words. I make users...hopefully people will feel very comfortable putting them in their pocket and using the heck out of them.

I only have a few little things to do before I take off for the show, but I have finished putting together the knives I am taking with me. These last two are from some of the waterjet cut sets I originally got from GLW.

They are made with D2. One is ivory paper micarta and the other is black canvas micarta. I got a little Kerry'd away with grinding on the white ones blade and ended up getting the edge on the belly near the tip a bit thin. So, I had to alter the profile just a bit to keep the edge thickness consistant. These kinds of things happen when you grind by hand.(they happen to me anyway...a lot)

I did the birdseye pivot on the black one and also used brass for the center and back pins to match.

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Hi Kerry: I notice that these knives do not have half stops. How do you decide upon which knives receive half stops? If the traditional did not have them...then yours do not...or....? Just wondering. Very nice knives.
 
John L said:
Hi Kerry: I notice that these knives do not have half stops. How do you decide upon which knives receive half stops? If the traditional did not have them...then yours do not...or....? Just wondering. Very nice knives.
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I've never seen a sod buster pattern (KHnutbuster in this case) with a half stop. That's not to say someone hasn't made one along the way but any I've owned have never had them.
 
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I've never seen a sod buster pattern (KHnutbuster in this case) with a half stop. That's not to say someone hasn't made one along the way but any I've owned have never had them.
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this is true...My sodbuster jr. khnockoff blade is a copy of the Case Sodbuster Jr....with a swedge :) I like to make cam ended knives.
 
Blues said:
Campbell, not for nothin' but you really don't want to be dissin' Gus that way...I mean, have you ever seen the transformation that comes over him when something knife related doesn't go his way?















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I'm Just Sayin'...
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The rumors of my demise have been grossly exaggerated. :D.

I hope everyone has a safe and pleasant trip to Bastidville. See ya in a few days and let me know if something comes up. I will be glad to lend a hand (just make sure all your knives are deep in your pockets before you get close to me, my hands and brain are not connected an no telling what they might do.) ;)
 
John L said:
Hi Kerry: I notice that these knives do not have half stops. How do you decide upon which knives receive half stops? If the traditional did not have them...then yours do not...or....? Just wondering. Very nice knives.
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It can get complicated with older knives -- many old pen knives (blade at each end) have a cam end tang on the main blade and a half stop on the smaller pen blade (true whittlers normally have a cam end tang on the main blade - but the smaller blades can be either cam or square end -- sometimes you'll find one small blade is cam end and the other small blade is square :confused: ) I like either if well done. What I hate is the "I can't decide what sort of tang I should use" rounded-with-a-flat-spot tang. Feels horrible - like an old, very abused half stop tang that's never seen any oil, or that was made much too soft (or both) and all the corners have worn off.

Kerry, I like the blade profile on the ivory micarta one - nice rework! BTW, do you have any problems finishing ivory paper micarta, keeping it from picking up darker bits and looking a bit grubby?

-- Dwight
 
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.... BTW, do you have any problems finishing ivory paper micarta, keeping it from picking up darker bits and looking a bit grubby?

-- Dwight
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Yes, because you have to finish it out just as if it WAS ivory....cheap and durable material with a "costly" finish. It's not something I would like to do very much of. My favorite handle material...jigged bone. Very forgiving finish wise, looks old timey, spun pins, not as nerve racking when putting the knife together, unless it's a shadow pattern.
 
Kerry,I kinda like the blade better on that white one,where you say you got Kerried away.I think it looks good :thumbup:
-Vince
 
Barlows and sodbusters have never been on my list of favorite patterns. In fact they have been high on the most disliked list. Kerry, you are rapidly changing all that. I can't stop looking at that barlow and the three KHnuts are fantastic!
Thanks, I think.


Patrick
 
You guys and gals with your blasted fancy pictures and great attitudes. . .

Well HA! take that I just put my name on The List now it will take that much longer for the rest of you to get any knives out of KH.

:D
 
This thread is starting to sound like a guy soap opera. :p
 
I wanted to add that I picked up my KH barlow at Blade and was able to compare it along side a Tony Bose barlow supplied by a new friend named Tom. Except for the name on the knife ity was hard to tell one from the other. Outstanding job Kerry:thumbup::D:thumbup: You da man!;)
 
Chuck, I saw your Barlow, what a sweet knife. One made "right" gives a person a newfound respect for the pattern.

For those who have not had the good fortune to CE & CF one of Kerry's knives; you are missing out....
 
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