Most respected in knife world

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What is your short list of the most respected
persons in knifedom? For example, I'm sure Sal Glesser would be on most lists.
 
Sal Glesser

Mike Payne

Fred Whitlock

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I can only speak for the few that I have dealt with. But I think

Mike Payne

should be on everyone's list.
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Loveless and Lile? Moran? Hard to say who the "most" respected may be. So many to choose from. Walker? The list is endless...

There`s plenty of folks I don`t respect! That would be a much easier list to compile!
 
Ed Fowler
Larry Brahms
Bob Terzuola
Greg Mete
Seth Rosen
Barry Jones
Gary Graley
Kit Carson
Darrell Ralph
Joe Mangiaracina
David Broadwell
Charles Ochs
Les Robertson
Newt Livesay
I'm sure there are some I forgot, but this is the top of my list. You didn't ask for justthe best makers but respected people in knifedom.



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Ron Lake
Bob Terzoula
Lile
Darrell Ralph
Johnny Stout
Kit Carson
Tim Herman

Er there's not that much room! I can go on all day. Those are my short list, and knives from any of those makers would make me exceedingly happy!


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AG Russell
J. Bruce Voyles
Bernard Levine

And no list would be complete without Tom O'Dell and Shaun Lempler of "The Knife Collectors Show"
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Bob Loveless
Bill Moran
Buster Warenski
Michael Walker
Bill Pease
Don Fogg
JW Smith
PJ Tomes
Jim Crowell
and I have only just got started
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Ed Fowler
Bernard Levine
Wayne Goddard
Jerry Fisk
Bill Moran
Bob Loveless

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If I were to limit it to folks with a forum presence it would be Gus Kalanzis. You may never meet a finer gentleman.
 
Let's see the long list might cover a thousand or more so Ill try a short list.
James Weyer, James Batson, A.G. Russel, Mel Pardue, Roger Massey, John Fitch, Mat Lamey,
Vince & Grace Evans, Randall Gilbreath, Jim Hammond, Larry Sandlin, Dave Ellis, Don Lozier, Kit Carson, Van Barnett, Dellana, J.D. Smith, J.W. Smith, Rick Dunkerly, Howard Clark, Ron Newton, David Broadwell, Sava Damlovac, George Tichbourne, Thomas Haslinger, Larry Fuegen, Jay Hendrickson, Richard Rogers, Joel Chamblin, Steve Jernigan.

Ed Caffrey, V.J. Macrackin, John Etzler, Bob Terzula, Jim Ferguson, Michael Manabe, Tim Hancock, Darrel Ralph, Audra and Mike Draper, Ray and Ron Appleton, Alex Daniels, Hugh Bartrug, Diane and Doug Casteel, Frank Centofante.

Howard Clark, Ken Onion, George Herron, George Dailey, Jim Siska, Pete Peterson. Bill and Margaret Moran, Joe Cordova, B. R. Hughes, Don Fogg, Jerry Fisk, Larry Chew, Michael Vagnino, Fred Perin, Rick Eaton, Gene Osborne, Eugen Shadley, Bub Worrell, A. T. Barr.

Steve Schwarzer, Dick Atkinson, Tom Mayo, Neil Blackwood, Rick Hinderer, Tim Lively, R. J. Martin, Pat Crawford, Bob Dozier, Paul Jarvis, Earnest Emmerson, Jim Ray, Tim Herman, Allen Elishewitz, Brad Embry, Warren Osborne, Ed Fowler, Johnny Stout, Richard Sunderland, Max Burnett, Tom Williamson, Blues, Dexter Ewing, Houston Price, Mark Zalesky, Wayne Goddard, Craig Matthews, Ken Warner, Bill Adams, Vern Taylor, Bill Dietzel, Patrick York, Michael Fong, John Jenson, Jerry Corbit, Buck Wodard.

Laurent Dossot, John Greco, Jerry Busse, Gil Hibben, Tom Stratton, Ed Halligan, Will Fennell, Kevin Kimsey, Joe Culpepper, Zaza Revishvili Wayne Hensley, Barry Gallagher, Don Broughton, Jim Fister, Keith Kilby, Bert Gaston, Jim Ragsdale, Jack Bussfield.

I am not close to finished
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This could take all night and I agree with all the others that have been posted.

The greatest thing about knives are the people involved.

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[This message has been edited by Gus Kalanzis (edited 02-23-2001).]
 
I've only dealt with a few makers. In no particular order here are my picks:

Newt Livesay
Sal Glesser
Rob Simonich
Bill Seigle
Allen Blade (even though I haven't bought anything yet)
Jerry Hossom and Tom Mayo for all the free advice back when I made a couple of Ti knives. (And for ruthlessly picking on each other and making me laugh.)
 
Here are some of the guy's that invented our hobby:

AG Russell
J. Bruce Voyles
Bernard Levine
Ken Warner
Harold Peterson

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