Matt Bailey Lil Dudes - includes early rare version

[tedwca]

For sale today are a couple of Lil Dudes from Matt Bailey. US shipping only and I prefer Paypal and will only ship to a verified address. Sorry, No trades at this time.


The first one is one of the first ones he made and was calling it a ring knife then. I really like the grip on it.

The first one is 1075 steel, with a clay quench and there is a distinct hamon but hard to see in this pic. Blade length is 2.6", OAL is 6.75" Natural canvas macerate handle. Asking $160



The second one is 1095, clay quenched with a nice hamon. The spine is fileworked around until right before the belly.

The handle is homemade micarta. It is about 30 layers or so of white and black cotton fabric. The sheath is Kydex and has a belt loop that rotates 90 degrees for horizontal carry.

Dimensions -Blade - 3 1/4" tip to front of hole OAL - just a tick over 6 1/2" Price - $160 shipped.

 

[tedwca]

A few extra pics I couldn't fit in the first post. Both come with the kydex sheath Matt made for them.

Picture of when I first received this one.


The opposite side of both knives.

 

[Funkenstein]

Very nice! As a Bailey myself I will buy something of his someday. How's the quality?

 

[tedwca]

All his knives are great

 

[Crow-Bar]

I'm interested in that first one. Could you tell me roughly how thing it is? Any chance of a picture of it in hand? look cool but cant quite imagine it.

 

[tedwca]

Hi Crow-Bar, they are both about the same size. Here's a quick cell phone shot of it in hand. OAL is 6.75"