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Which is the one for you? and Why?

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ZAZA REVISHVILI. Sterling Sleek Liner Lock. 3 3/4" Devin Thomas Stainless Raindrop Damascus Blade. Superior TURKISH WALNUT Scales with Sterling Silver Design Inlays. Devin Thomas Polished Stainless raindrop Damascus Bolsters. Blued & Jeweled Anodized Titanium Liners. Stainless Thumbstud with Black Onyx Inlay. Stainless backspacer~ fileworked. Overall length 8 1/2". Closed 4 3/4". Premium Padded Bill's Case
Blade Length: 3 3/4"
Overall Length: 8 1/2"
Closed Length: 4 3/4"
Blade Steel: Devin Thomas Stainless Raindrop Damascus
Handle Material: Turkish Walnut w/ Sterling Silver Inlays
Bolster/Guard: Devin Thomas Polished Stainless Damascus
Sheath Description: Premium Padded Zipper Case
Weight: 3.6 ounces / 102 grams

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AL DIPPOLD. Gold Lip Pearl. Liner Lock folder. 2 3/4" Wave Mosaic Damascus forged by Al Dippold. Bolsters are Mosaic Damascus forged by Dippold. Anodized Titanium liners with Fileworked notch. Premium Gold Lip Mother of Pearl scales. Fileworked Anodized Thumb-bob with a Tiger Eye Inlay. Dippold Forged Damascus Backstrap fileworked. Heat Coloured fileworked screws and Pivot.
Overall length 6 1/2". Closed 3 3/4". Zipper pouch.
Blade Length: 2 3/4"
Overall Length: 6 1/2"
Closed Length: 3 3/4"
Blade Steel: Wave Mosaic Damascus forged by Dippold
Handle Material: Premium Gold Lip Mother of Pearl
Bolster/Guard: Mosaic Damascus by Dippold
Sheath Description: Zipper Pouch
Weight: 3.2 ounces / 92 grams

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LOYD McCONNELL. LARGE RED CORAL TWO BLADE TRAPPER. Two 3 1/4" CPM S30V Stainless Polished Blades. 416 Stainless Bolsters Engraved by GIL RUDOLPH, with 18 Carat Gold Pivot.
Anodized Titanium Center Liner with 410 Stainless Liners. Stunning RED CORAL Scales.
Nail Nicks on both Blades. Gold Pins. Overall length 7 7/8". Closed 4 5/8".
Blade Length: 3 1/4" & 3 1/4"
Overall Length: 7 3/8"
Closed Length: 4 3/8"
Blade Steel: CPM S30V Stainless Polished
Handle Material: Premium RED CORAL
Bolster/Guard: 416 Stainless Engraved by GIL RUDOLPH
with 18 Carat Gold
Sheath Description: Zipper Pouch
Weight: 6.4 ounces / 175 grams

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JOHNNY STOUT. Dress Protégé. 3 3/8" Jerry Rados Ladder Pattern "Hot Blue" Damascus Recurve Blade and Random Pattern "Fire Blue" Bolsters. Cobalt Blue Anodized Titanium Liners. Presentation Grade Stabilized Bark Mammoth Ivory Scales. Dual Stainless Thumbstuds with IVORY Inserts. Fileworked Damascus Backspacer. Overall length 7 3/4". Closed 4 1/2". Zipper pouch. Outstanding Craftsmanship. Serial number 841.

Blade Length: 3 3/8"
Overall Length: 7 3/4"
Closed Length: 4 1/2"
Blade Steel: Jerry Rados Ladder Pattern Hot Blue Damascus
Handle Material: Presentation Stabilized Bark Mammoth Ivory
Bolster/Guard: Jerry Rados Ladder Pattern Fire Blue Damascus
Sheath Description: Zipper Pouch
Weight: 4.4 ounces / 124 grams

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MELVIN NISHIUCHI. PERSIAN DINOSAUR. Liner Lock Folder. s/n 276. 3 1/4" Devin Thomas Stainless (AEBL/304) Persian Twist Damascus FLAT GROUND Blade- Heat Treated by Paul Bos. RC 59/60. Overall Length: 7 3/8". Closed length is 4 1/4 ". Scales are Extraordinary UTAH DINOSAUR BONE. Bolsters are Devin Thomas "BIRDSEYE" Mokume consisting of; Copper/Brass/Nickel Silver. Anodized Titanium Liners. Anodized Titanium backstrap. Stainless Disc Thumbstud. Premium Bill's Custom Case™
Blade Length: 3 1/4 "
Overall Length: 7 3/8 "
Closed Length: 4 1/4 "
Blade Steel: Devin Thomas Stainless Damascus
Handle Material: UTAH DINOSAUR BONE
Bolster/Guard: Devin Thomas Mokume
Sheath Description: Premium Bill's Custom Case™
Weight: 3.6 ounces / 100 grams
 
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DUSTY MOULTON ~ NIGHT HAWK. Dovetailed Bolsters and a Tapered Tang. Steel is Devin Thomas Stainless Damascus. The Handle is PREMIUM MOTHER OF PEARL. The overall length is 8" and the Blade length is 3 3/4". Stainless Bolsters are Engraved by Dusty Moulton.
Premium Quality Handmade Leather Sheath by Dusty Moulton.
Blade Length: 3 3/4"
Overall Length: 8"
Blade Steel: Devin Thomas Stainless Damascus
Handle Material: PREMIUM MOTHER OF PEARL
Sheath Description: Leather Sheath by Dusty Moulton
Weight (Knife only): 4.7 ounces / 132 grams
Weight (Including Sheath): 6.5 ounces / 182 grams

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SIDNEY "PETE" MOON. ENGRAVED GIRAFFE. 2 7/8" CPM-T-440V (S60V) Hand Rubbed Stainless Steel Blade.
Bolsters are 416 Stainless engraved by Jess Broussard. The Handle is Premium Stabilized GIraffe Shin Bone.
Anodized Titanium Liners throughout- Fileworked on the back. Anodized Titanium Fileworked Backstrap.
Stainless Thumbstud. Overall length 6 7/16". Closed 3 3/4". Zipper Pouch.
Mr. Moon is a Knifemakers Guild member.
Blade Length: 2 7/8"
Overall Length: 6 7/16"
Closed Length: 3 3/4"
Blade Steel: CPM-T-440V (S60V) Hand Rubbed Stainless
Handle Material: Stabilized GIraffe Shin Bone
Bolster/Guard: 416 Stainless Engraved by Jess Broussard
Sheath Description: Zipper Pouch
Weight: 2.2 ounces / 61 grams

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W. E. (Bill) Ankrom. Model C27-M Folder. 3 1/4" Devin Thomas Stainless Damascus (SPIROGRAPH) Blade.
416 Stainless Bolsters Engraved by Bruce Shaw. Premium Desert Ironwood Burl Scales.
Anodized Titanium Liners and Solid Damascus Backstrap. Stainless Filed Thumbstud. Stainless screws.
Overall length 7 5/8". Closed 4 3/8". Premium Velcro Pouch (Bill's Case).

Blade Length: 3 1/4"
Overall Length: 7 5/8"
Closed Length: 4 3/8"
Blade Steel: Devin Thomas Stainless Damascus
Handle Material: Premium Desert Ironwood Burl
Bolster/Guard: 416 Stainless Engraved by Bruce Shaw
Sheath Description: Velcro Pouch (Bill's Case)
Weight: 3.9 ounces / 109 grams

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T. R. OVEREYNDER. Mod 12 Interframe Lock Back folder. 2 3/4" Mike Norris Stainless SNAKESKIN Damascus blade. RC 59/60. Stainless Polished 416 Handle (RC 24/26 ~ suitable for Engraving).
Extraordinary BURMESE JADE Inlays. Nail Nick. Overall length 6 1/4". Closed 3 1/2". Leather pouch.
Solid lock up. Impeccable fit and finish.

Blade Length: 2 3/4"
Overall Length: 6 1/4"
Closed Length: 3 1/2"
Blade Steel: Mike Norris Stainless SNAKESKIN Damascus
Handle Material: Stainless Polished 416
BURMESE JADE Inlays
Weight: 2.5 ounces / 73 grams
 
None of the above. I like wood on a sebbie, but I don't care for art knives.
 
i prefer a BM710 over all of those.

they're pretty to look at, but I don't like knives that are too nice to use. Makes me feel like I wasted my money.
 
The fancy engravings don't do much for me, nor do the colored metal parts. But I do love damascus and exotic natural materials. The coral and mammoth are incredible!

Thanks for the pics!
-Bob
 
The fixed blade....but I wouldn't buy it unless I had more money than God. It's the lesser of the evils presented. I fully appreciate the time and patience necessary to create art pieces......they just don't float my boat when it comes to the "I wanna" factor!:D
 
I like the red coral and the jade inlay. They are all very nice dress knives. The Sidney Moon seems the most practical, but I really like that first one with the wire inlay.
 
If $1000+ for a knife was well within my budget and wouldn't be missed, I'd probably be in situations where a dress knife would be appropriate and the purchase would be justified anyway.

In such a case as I could justify one of these, I would have to go with Zaza Revishvili's. It's more attractive to me than the others because its elegance is subtle, modest, and dignified. Flashy and bright doesn't do it for me, but that one is a bullseye.
 
If I had to pick one it would be the second. I wouldn't want any of them though. Too foo foo for me. No offense.
 
For me it would have to be the one by ZaZa. I've admired his work for some time and have known him since 2001. The knife is sleek and tasteful, but the real thing that attracts me to that knife is the wire inlay. I've seen ZaZa's wire work on 1911 handle scales and it is just amazing.
 
Wow... they're all truly works of art. If I had the $$$, I'd take them all. But I'd never use one in the field unless I had no choice. Art is art and belongs in a collection and/or museum. Were I wealthy enough, I'd have knife art collections AND collections of production peices that I wouldn't be afraid to carry and use daily. For my eyes (and wallet), Kershaw knives are works of art that are great (and inexpensive) tools.

BTW... thanks for sharing those pics. And the Johnny Stout is probably my favorite. I dream of being wealthy enough that I could have two of each made... one for the collection and one for carrying. Heck, I wish I could afford to buy a second Rainbow Leek and Chive so I could carry them daily. They just look too nice for me to want to carry them and scratch them all up. I get stainless Kershaws for carrying.
 
Wow, thanks so much for the most detailed and beautiful post!:) I must confess that my budget does not permit me to consider collecting or carrying such specimens. However, I do believe that I could get used to doing so. The trouble is in picking only one so I'll pick 3 in order of preference:
1. Bill Ankrom: artistic, but bold and not too busy. The maple burl compliments the engraved bolsters most handsomely. The Damascus blade and backspacer are unusually crafted. The spirograph Damascus speaks loudly but let's be daring here! The gold liners add a nice touch. All that said though the size and breadth of the handle just looks like my hand would like to carry it.;)
2. Johnny Stout: a close 2nd. The Mammoth ivory is just so fine and the bronze/gold pins and stud touch off the accents in the ivory. "Hot blue" blade contrasted with "Fire blue" bolsters is both subtle and striking and look at the shaping of that bolster! Gotta love the recurve blade also. ;)
3. Zaza Revishvili: It's big! and I love the blade shape. The sterling floral design inlay adds a touch of delicacy to an otherwise yeoman walnut handle. Once again, the marriage of the differing Damascus textures and designs on the bolsters and blade is superb.;)

Thanks again Seb, for the patrician menu! BTW, I love my BM710 also, but if anybody wants to consider trading one of the above for one of my 710's I would be most happy to consider it :D . Just to show how nice I am I'd throw in a little cash (and a Kershaw) too!!
 
Wow, some beautiful knives, thanks for the post. If I wuz rich, I would buy all of them and use them :eek:
 
If I was wealthy enough to afford those custom beauties I would feel no remorse in using them. Any knife can be replaced by a custom specialist if you've got the bread.

I admit that I have several "drawer queens" that are pampered in my sock drawer but only because I fear that if I abused them too much it would be too expensive to replace them.

I pull them out occasionally just to admire their beauty and play around with flikking them open just for the fun of it. But they rest esconced comfortably the rest of the time next to my soft cushiony socks.

Most of my others I edc on a rotating basis and are used as necessary.

I really like your Bill Akrom model with the absoutely perfect damascus blade complemented by the very beautiful burlwood scales - when I saw it it was love at fisrt sight. :cool:
 
I'm with Phil.

I like ZaZa's the best with the Stout and Moulton a very close tie for second.
All three show a lot of care in design and flow from end to end. I would hate to have to actually decide between those three.
 
LOYD McCONNELL. LARGE RED CORAL TWO BLADE TRAPPER all the way man! I am sick of one handed openers, and liner and frame locks. I have renewed my passion for slipjoints, and that one would be the cream of the crop in my collection.
 
All of them are beautiful in their own right , but Johnny Stout is my fave.
Even if I had the cash though I doubt I would buy them , well maybe... who knows... hehe :p
 
I would take the one from ZaZa!! Love that blade shape. Oh yeah, and I would use it!

Tom
 
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