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I don't know if you guys are interested, but I thought it would be fun to show a pictorial history of the Behemoth.
It all started about 6 years ago with an idea for a modified dropped point tanto knife. In Deland Fla, my wife's hometown, lives Alex Chase. Alex makes prothetic limbs for a living, but is a blacksmith by trade ( there is a historic site in Barbarville Fla, replete with period dress guides and shops...Alex donates his time there as the "Smithy"). He also makes knives...very nice ones, usually artsy pieces with jewels and damascus, and knives with historic metal...ie a D guard bowie with the guard forged from the bars from a confederate prison, or a spanish dagger with pommel forged from 600 year old glaleon anchor chain. We were visiting for Christmas, I drove to his house and, unannounced knocked on his door. The ensuing meeting resulted with the design of this knife.
Alex has NASA salvage rights, and this knife was forged from 2 52100 ball bearings used in the lazy susan turntable that put the hubble telescope in orbit. It even came with a cargo sticker from the shuttle mission and a letter from NASA...kinda cool. I told Alex to make it ugly, this is what I got.
The next in the family line is a large A2 tool steel blade made by Rob Simonich of Clancy Montana. I had fooled with the Idea for a few more years and drew out the prints for this knife. This was made before the rest of the world found out about Rob. He posts here from time to time and is really one of the nicest guys in the world. Great knife, I have done some really stupid things with this thing and it's still in one piece.
Then came Jerry, and my addiction...my quest for the ultimate indestructible knife. The Behemoth retains the weird tip, but incorporates the recurve of the Mojo, and the ubiquitous E-handle. Jerry says he really liked the design, and his efforts beyond my requests show a love of knifemaking and urgency to please that really surprised me. He added a blended BAT tip, and lazer etched THE BEHEMOTH on the right side of the blade. He even put nickel rather than brass tube fasteners and sculpted the handles. I had thought the blade would be very tip heavy,( I know the blank I sent him was) but he ground it in a way that the blade balances right in the middle of the choil...the thing just flows in the hand...and it is a BIG knife. When I first saw it in its annealed state at blade, all I could do was mummer "Its perfect man". You should have seen Jerry and Jennifer exchanged looks like proud parents at my comments, pretty cool.
Thanks Jerry...perfect man, perfect.
It all started about 6 years ago with an idea for a modified dropped point tanto knife. In Deland Fla, my wife's hometown, lives Alex Chase. Alex makes prothetic limbs for a living, but is a blacksmith by trade ( there is a historic site in Barbarville Fla, replete with period dress guides and shops...Alex donates his time there as the "Smithy"). He also makes knives...very nice ones, usually artsy pieces with jewels and damascus, and knives with historic metal...ie a D guard bowie with the guard forged from the bars from a confederate prison, or a spanish dagger with pommel forged from 600 year old glaleon anchor chain. We were visiting for Christmas, I drove to his house and, unannounced knocked on his door. The ensuing meeting resulted with the design of this knife.
Alex has NASA salvage rights, and this knife was forged from 2 52100 ball bearings used in the lazy susan turntable that put the hubble telescope in orbit. It even came with a cargo sticker from the shuttle mission and a letter from NASA...kinda cool. I told Alex to make it ugly, this is what I got.
The next in the family line is a large A2 tool steel blade made by Rob Simonich of Clancy Montana. I had fooled with the Idea for a few more years and drew out the prints for this knife. This was made before the rest of the world found out about Rob. He posts here from time to time and is really one of the nicest guys in the world. Great knife, I have done some really stupid things with this thing and it's still in one piece.
Then came Jerry, and my addiction...my quest for the ultimate indestructible knife. The Behemoth retains the weird tip, but incorporates the recurve of the Mojo, and the ubiquitous E-handle. Jerry says he really liked the design, and his efforts beyond my requests show a love of knifemaking and urgency to please that really surprised me. He added a blended BAT tip, and lazer etched THE BEHEMOTH on the right side of the blade. He even put nickel rather than brass tube fasteners and sculpted the handles. I had thought the blade would be very tip heavy,( I know the blank I sent him was) but he ground it in a way that the blade balances right in the middle of the choil...the thing just flows in the hand...and it is a BIG knife. When I first saw it in its annealed state at blade, all I could do was mummer "Its perfect man". You should have seen Jerry and Jennifer exchanged looks like proud parents at my comments, pretty cool.
Thanks Jerry...perfect man, perfect.
