Most Exotic Traditional

[R.c.s]

It's RR acrylic Abalone, they do a great copy of the real thing.

Regards

Robin

Thanks pipeman . I wasn't sure as I picked it up at a flea market for a couple of pound GBP :thumbup:

 

[eschwebach]

Good idea for a thread Derrick!

This is my most exotic at the moment. Higonokami style friction folder with textured copper handles and 1084 carbon blade.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Here's the most exotic I have, Davison Drop Point in Box Elder Burl.

Perry

Beautiful, Perry!

Enjoying this thread, lots of really nice ones pictured here. :thumbup: The exotic handle materials were one thing that drew me to traditional knives.
I would have to say this pair clothed in mammoth ivory are my most exotic.

pistonandgears, two more beautiful knives... I love the mammoth ivory on your knives.

Chief, that is simply stunning.

The "Dancers" of the exotic knife world

Great thread.

Best regards
Robin

Those are a delight, Robin! Fantastic collection.

 

[dma1965]

Here are two I just finished. The top one is scaled in very vibrant padauk wood, and the bottom one is scaled in olive wood from my own tree.

 

[singin50]

Wow, beautiful knives, dma! :thumbup:
Perry

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Great thread and some outstanding knives. There were a couple that I had expected to see show up in here, because they just belong here. That Ericson whittlers is by definition exotic, and Jeff keeps taunting me with that north sea mammoth Toole.

great stuff folks. Keep them coming. I am afraid my collection doesn't include anything exotic.

Chris

 

[*Magic*]

Incredible thanks for sharing some of your amazing exotics! Great thread makes me blue with envy!

 

[waynorth]

Erik and Perry, cool knives!
Thanks for the "brick" info John!!
Nice chorus line, Robin!


This is indeed a great threadful of eye candy!!

Here's a pattern that is so exotic, I don't know what it is, for sure . . . .

Of course it is a Harness Jack. Probably made by Utica.
I have only seen matchstrike punch pulls on Utica knives.
You can see it is a sales example by the ink on the blade.
But what would the salesman say????

"Here take a look at this . . .errrr . . . .reverse saddlehorn . . . . . . .yeah that's it!!"

Or maybe:
"Your customers will really like this ummm . . .
Hammerhead Snake pattern! :foot:Yup that's what it is!!"

That celluloid was often called "end of the day" cell, but I think it was more purposeful than that!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my uhhh - - - Porkbelly Slim pattern HJ!!

 

[Bastid]

Don't make too much fun of me . These shall we say are kinda fancy. I could use another term, but it would out of line here.

I just could not help it when I saw this one. Incredible workmanship made by a friend. A knifemaker friend told me about the knife and I managed to snag it.

This one is pretty fancy too. Also made by a friend a while back. (Bailey Bradshaw). We got together with the Shefield Exhibition book and it inspired him to try this. Came out pretty nice. I have not carried it, but it is forged 52100 by Bailey. I think it would cut pretty well. Just have not talked myself into carrying it.

 

[singin50]

Erik and Perry, cool knives!
Thanks for the "brick" info John!!
Nice chorus line, Robin!


This is indeed a great threadful of eye candy!!

Here's a pattern that is so exotic, I don't know what it is, for sure . . . .

Of course it is a Harness Jack. Probably made by Utica.
I have only seen matchstrike punch pulls on Utica knives.
You can see it is a sales example by the ink on the blade.
But what would the salesman say????

"Here take a look at this . . .errrr . . . .reverse saddlehorn . . . . . . .yeah that's it!!"

Or maybe:
"Your customers will really like this ummm . . .
Hammerhead Snake pattern! :foot:Yup that's what it is!!"

That celluloid was often called "end of the day" cell, but I think it was more purposeful than that!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my uhhh - - - Porkbelly Slim pattern HJ!!

Lol, yeah, that's. One of those you see when walking by a guys knives, at a knife show and say to yourself, did I just see that? I'm curious Charlie, is the handle material one of those almost stone like cells? Very dense and almost feels like stone? Beautiful knife and even better being a HJ!:thumbup:
Perry

 

[RobbW]

Gus: I really like that style of corkscrew, and it's neat how the filework of the liners is reflected in the main blade. At first I thought the filework was on the blade itself (when viewed in the closed position).

Charlie:that's an interesting style of life--I've never seen that before. I'm sure it's purpose built for something, I just have no idea what that purpose is. LOL. The handle material is unique in celluloid. More of a pattern that you would typically see with Ebonite than celluloid.

 

[Pipeman]

Erik and Perry, cool knives!
Thanks for the "brick" info John!!
Nice chorus line, Robin!


This is indeed a great threadful of eye candy!!

Here's a pattern that is so exotic, I don't know what it is, for sure . . . .

Of course it is a Harness Jack. Probably made by Utica.
I have only seen matchstrike punch pulls on Utica knives.
You can see it is a sales example by the ink on the blade.
But what would the salesman say????

"Here take a look at this . . .errrr . . . .reverse saddlehorn . . . . . . .yeah that's it!!"

Or maybe:
"Your customers will really like this ummm . . .
Hammerhead Snake pattern! :foot:Yup that's what it is!!"

That celluloid was often called "end of the day" cell, but I think it was more purposeful than that!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my uhhh - - - Porkbelly Slim pattern HJ!!

Wow Charlie, that IS different and neat. I have heard of that frame being called a "dog bone" Have no idea where I read that though.

Best regards

Robin

 

[Pipeman]

Don't make too much fun of me . These shall we say are kinda fancy. I could use another term, but it would out of line here.

I just could not help it when I saw this one. Incredible workmanship made by a friend. A knifemaker friend told me about the knife and I managed to snag it.

This one is pretty fancy too. Also made by a friend a while back. (Bailey Bradshaw). We got together with the Shefield Exhibition book and it inspired him to try this. Came out pretty nice. I have not carried it, but it is forged 52100 by Bailey. I think it would cut pretty well. Just have not talked myself into carrying it.

Gus, those are quite amazing, thanks for sharing them.

Best regards

Robin

 

[okbohn]

Erik and Perry, cool knives!
Thanks for the "brick" info John!!
Nice chorus line, Robin!


This is indeed a great threadful of eye candy!!

Here's a pattern that is so exotic, I don't know what it is, for sure . . . .

Of course it is a Harness Jack. Probably made by Utica.
I have only seen matchstrike punch pulls on Utica knives.
You can see it is a sales example by the ink on the blade.
But what would the salesman say????

"Here take a look at this . . .errrr . . . .reverse saddlehorn . . . . . . .yeah that's it!!"

Or maybe:
"Your customers will really like this ummm . . .
Hammerhead Snake pattern! :foot:Yup that's what it is!!"

That celluloid was often called "end of the day" cell, but I think it was more purposeful than that!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my uhhh - - - Porkbelly Slim pattern HJ!!

It is fossilized unicorn.

 

[waynorth]

A couple of monumental works of art, Gus!!

Nice to see you around here, never mind your gorgeous knives!:thumbup:

 

[liamstrain]

That shape (on charlie's Utica/Iroquois) is not terribly dissimilar from the spanish navaja or a hungarian folder. Very interesting.

Navaja

Hungarian

 

[5K Qs]

That shape (on charlie's Utica/Iroquois) is not terribly dissimilar from the spanish navaja or a hungarian folder. Very interesting.
...

I think that's interesting, too. I don't really know much folding knife history, but just based on looks of knives and a little knowledge of human history, I conjecture that the Spanish navaja may be a descendant of Arabic/Moorish knives that came to the Iberian peninsula with the Islamic Empire (8th or 9th century?), and that the Texas toothpick may be a descendant of the Spanish navaja brought to the American Southwest during the time of the Spanish conquest.

Anyone know if there's any REAL basis for my claims??

- GT

 

[glocktenman]

Randy, I'd probably consider that knife to be exotic, and I'd certainly consider it to be totally, jaw-droppingly beautiful!! :thumbup::thumbup:
For some reason, I've lately become absolutely smitten by teardrop jacks and I'm seeing them everywhere. Your buffalo horn, abalone shield S&M is just another superb example of a pattern that's got me temporarily (I hope ) paralyzed with desire!

- GT

Thanks for the kind words...I feel a little better now!

 

[Augie]

I received this Madison Barlow in Mammoth Ivory this week, beautiful knife.

 

[jackknife]

I think that's interesting, too. I don't really know much folding knife history, but just based on looks of knives and a little knowledge of human history, I conjecture that the Spanish navaja may be a descendant of Arabic/Moorish knives that came to the Iberian peninsula with the Islamic Empire (8th or 9th century?), and that the Texas toothpick may be a descendant of the Spanish navaja brought to the American Southwest during the time of the Spanish conquest.

Anyone know if there's any REAL basis for my claims??

- GT

I don't have any concrete proof for your claims, but I've long thought that the navaja, Texas toothpick, and the French Laguiole are all cousins from way back. A look at any map of western europe and the geography of the Spanish and French settlements in North American, and it's pretty likely there was some drifting and mixing going on. :thumbup: