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Kerry's most generous offering arrived today! Wow, is this little knife a beauty!
This is my first handmade custom knife, and incidentally is the first one I've ever seen/handled in person. I'm totally astounded by Kerry's work, and his attention to detail.

I got a chance to snap a couple photos today after work, so here they are.

This first shot, of the spine, shows how he sculpted the liners to allow a wider spot for the ricasso to fit into. I couldn't capture it very well with my camera, but if you look into the joint carefully, you can see what appears to be a pair of super-thin washers (or is it more sculpting of the liners?) that keep the tang from rubbing against the liners and becoming scratched.
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Here's a shot that shows it in the half-stop position. This knife is made so that the spring sits flush with the liners in all 3 positions: open, closed, and half-stop.
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Next, here are a few vanity shots.
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My photos hardly do this beautiful knife justice. The bolsters and liners are joined seamlessly, the bone handles are gorgeous and very nicely jigged (and green... my only green knife, just in time for St. Patty's Day!), the shield is inlaid very well, and the grinds of the blade are terrific - I've never seen any that are closer to perfectly symmetrical. And, I'm a sucker for fluted bolsters... ;)

I'm completely thrilled to have this little guy in my hands. I can say, without a doubt, that it's the nicest knife that I've ever handled, much less that I own. Kerry, you are a very talented man. :thumbup:

Ten thousand thanks, and a blessing upon your house.

Edit: Your return package is almost ready.. :D
 
Yo Puuko,I told you it was the stuff !!!! You crack me up though,he's a "sculptor" now :D Wait til you see how long it takes to dull it,compared to a production slipjoint
Congrats Again & enjoy it !!

Nice pics & thanks for showing,I love mine!
-Vince
 
A sculptor is right! ;)

The first thing it cut was the tip of that ceegar, a Havana Sunrise (small, independent label) I got from the father-in-law in Miami. Mmmmmmmm :D
 
Dang that's a sweet little pocket pal you have there. I'm glad you like it.

Welcome to the world of handmade knives. :D
 
Nice pictures of a beautiful knife. It looks just right beside that Havana. Congrats again puukkoman. What a tremendous example of generosity displayed by Mr. KnifeHead. :thumbup:
 
What a wonderful way to experience your first handmade knife puukkoman!

You da man KnifeHead! :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Welcome to the world of hand made slip joints. Once you've been there it's hard to go back. That is a dandy knife.
 
I never did anything on it other than heat treat the blade and spring, it's KH sole authorship. He did a good job.
 
...and while we are on the subject of the Wilfred Works heat treatment, you will notice "a difference" between sharpening this blade and your factory blades. The Rc on it is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-61. Unless you seriously ding up the edge while scraping barnacles off of a tugboat :), you should be able to do a leather strop or ceramic on it to keep the edge up nicely. We cryo treat D2(and any steel that benefits from it) over night after the quench. I don't think you will have any edge holding issues. :D
 
Cool! Heat treating is one of the aspects of working with steel that fascinates me... Cryo treating I assume means putting it into a deep-freeze after tempering the steel? What does that do to the structure of the molecules, make it more regular? more condensed?
I certainly did notice that this knife is a razor. As I said in an email to you, Kerry, I used it to cut the tip of a slightly dry cigar, in which case most of my other blades would have torn the outer leaf (at least slightly). This blade made a clean cut all the way through!
 
puukkoman said:
Cool! Heat treating is one of the aspects of working with steel that fascinates me... Cryo treating I assume means putting it into a deep-freeze after tempering the steel? What does that do to the structure of the molecules, make it more regular? more condensed?
I certainly did notice that this knife is a razor. As I said in an email to you, Kerry, I used it to cut the tip of a slightly dry cigar, in which case most of my other blades would have torn the outer leaf (at least slightly). This blade made a clean cut all the way through!
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COOL is right on the money actually. In basic terms, it was discovered that deep cryogenic treatment(before tempering) of certain steels(D2 in this case) has the benefit of refining the crystaline structure. The end result is better/longer edge holding capability.

After I sharpened it, I handed it to Tony and he kinda bugged his eyes out at me as he ran it across his arm. He let out one of those oh..ho..HO exclamations as a wee pile of hair floated to the floor :D
 
Puukkoman congats on great looking knife there, I envoy you, custom w/ my favorite blade patt.,saving my pennies and looking forward to the day I can show mine here!!!
 
The young puukkoman is folksy way beyond his years.:cool: He traded me this handmade pipe, tobacco, and a deer antler tip 'backy tamper. The pipe comes from http://www.boswellpipes.com. I fired 'er up and snapped a pic for you all the enjoy.

This is a good place. May the folksy be with you, one and all.

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Congrats to you both on a great two way transaction. Very well done!!!
 
Ah! It arrived! Nice photo, Kerry. Looks like it's already made friends with your ivory Bose. :D
Hope you enjoy it for years to come, as I know I will do with your knife.
 
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