Howdy:
Over the last 10-15 years or so, I have been steadily drawn to the collecting of handmade functional art such as fountain pens, mechanical watches, and more recently, knives. I have found these activities to be a welcome relief to my normal day-to-day activities as a high-technology management consultant.
I have been lurking on this forum for the last 6 months or so and have found the information here to be an invaluable aid for a beginning knife collector/addict. To date, my knife collection is small and without much focus: I guess I am in the "one of everything" stage at the moment. Here is the current line-up:
Production Knives: Spyderco Navigator 2 with SpyderEdge (great example IMHO of the Spyderco emphasis on ergonomics and getting big results out of a little blade)
Benchmade MiniGrip 555 (Pardue modified sheepsfoot): nice example of a mid-sized Axis lock model.
Kershaw MiniMojo (Nice example of Onion design and assisted opening)
Possible future purchases: Spyderco Kiwi; Spyderco Dodo; Kershaw Offset, CRKT Van Hoy SnapLock; Kershaw ET
Custom Pieces: Elishewitz Python Button Lock in SS with Carbon Fiber Inlay; Obenauf Model 2 with Ivory Micarta Scales; Zscherny Wharncliffe Stainless Damascus with Mammoth Ivory Scales and anodized Damascus bolsters; Ruple three-blade Whittler with Mamoth Ivory scales; Theuns Prinsloo folder with Damascus blade, Mokume bolsters and Cocobolo Scales
Possible Future Customs: Koji Hara Pearl folder; Chamblin multi-blade; Shadley multi-blade; Doc Hagen triple-action folder. I also like the work of Greg Lightfoot, Kirby Lambert, and Ken Steigerwalt.
Best,
Mitch
Over the last 10-15 years or so, I have been steadily drawn to the collecting of handmade functional art such as fountain pens, mechanical watches, and more recently, knives. I have found these activities to be a welcome relief to my normal day-to-day activities as a high-technology management consultant.
I have been lurking on this forum for the last 6 months or so and have found the information here to be an invaluable aid for a beginning knife collector/addict. To date, my knife collection is small and without much focus: I guess I am in the "one of everything" stage at the moment. Here is the current line-up:
Production Knives: Spyderco Navigator 2 with SpyderEdge (great example IMHO of the Spyderco emphasis on ergonomics and getting big results out of a little blade)
Benchmade MiniGrip 555 (Pardue modified sheepsfoot): nice example of a mid-sized Axis lock model.
Kershaw MiniMojo (Nice example of Onion design and assisted opening)
Possible future purchases: Spyderco Kiwi; Spyderco Dodo; Kershaw Offset, CRKT Van Hoy SnapLock; Kershaw ET
Custom Pieces: Elishewitz Python Button Lock in SS with Carbon Fiber Inlay; Obenauf Model 2 with Ivory Micarta Scales; Zscherny Wharncliffe Stainless Damascus with Mammoth Ivory Scales and anodized Damascus bolsters; Ruple three-blade Whittler with Mamoth Ivory scales; Theuns Prinsloo folder with Damascus blade, Mokume bolsters and Cocobolo Scales
Possible Future Customs: Koji Hara Pearl folder; Chamblin multi-blade; Shadley multi-blade; Doc Hagen triple-action folder. I also like the work of Greg Lightfoot, Kirby Lambert, and Ken Steigerwalt.
Best,
Mitch
And anything ya' might wanna' know about things sharp. I'm pretty sure you'll like it here. Doug. 