Maker introduction and a stockman

[WolfyW]

Beautiful ! And each blade design actually makes sense, a clip point that actually has a point and a pen blade instead of a spey.

 

[Epicurian]

Beautiful knife and welcome! Curious if there is a maker(s) you draw inspiration from?

 

[Tiaan Burger]

Again, thank you all for your replies.

I'd steal it I also like the blade combination and the finish of nesting them in, a challenge in itself .

Have you made any single-spring Penknife types with a blade at each end at all?

Regards, Will

Hello Will. Yes, I have made several, a couple of senators I made many years ago with a spacer at the small blade end to compensate for the thinner tang on the small blade, and about two months ago I also made a half-a-congress pattern with blades of equal tang thickness.

Where do we purchase...

I list the knives I have available on the Folders for Sale subforum.

Beautiful knife and welcome! Curious if there is a maker(s) you draw inspiration from?

Thank you. I draw a lot of inspiration from the Tony Bose, not so much his knives, but his philosophy. In one of the videos I watched on YouTube he was working on a single blade folder, and the interviewer asked him how long he takes to make a knife. Tony said three days. "Whoa" I thought. That's slow! Then I really started searching for his work, and found some high res photos. That slowed me right down as well!
Current makers: Tony and Reese Bose, Eugene Shadley, Terry Davis, Tom Ploppert, Ken Erickson...
But my real inspiration are the old master cutlers from Sheffield; I found some photos of exhibition knives made by Joseph Rodgers and Sons, and Wostenholm. Mind blowing stuff!

 

[meako]

Welcome aboard Tiaan...stunning work...thanks for showing.