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Les Robertson

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Obviously I have been to coy for my own good.

Those of you out there who own LARGE CUSTOM** FIXED BLADES, at least 7" in length.

Tell me who makes your favorite and why.

Yes, this is a search for makers.

** Custom, of course refering to the dreaded and despised Les Robertson definition (AKA US Knifemakers Guild definition).

Gus, don't beat me up to bad. I'm not selling anything! Im looking to buy!



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Les Robertson
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I've been favorably impressed with Bill Siegle's work. I like his designs, all of his knives I've seen are razor sharp, and his pricing is very reasonable. I also have a knife by Bob Hankins that I like very much. Bob is a new maker, and I feel his designs have very clean lines, and good workmanship given his pricing and relatively new status as a knife-maker. Both of these makers make extremely solid knives, which I would definitely trust to stand up to substantial abuse.
 
The Biggest...Badest Custom I own is by Max Burnett of Dgg Custom Knives. Forged from L6 steel and modeled after a Daniel Winkler Bowie. Max put his own touches in it, he also built it to take down a wall. The blade is textured and blued to give it charcter is if the sweeping guard that acts like it's own display stand wasn't enough.

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I'm waiting to see the knives after going to ABS school.
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[This message has been edited by PhilL (edited 05-10-2001).]
 
Hands down my favorite maker for big knives is Ted Frizzell of Mineral Mountain. The reason? Because I sell them! Nah, actually I sell them because I love them. Great looking users at a great price. My next favorite would be Strider- they are so unique looking and built tough. Others I really admire: Trace Rinaldi, Jerry Hossom (yeeha!) and the Japanese-influenced makers (Snody, Corkum, Hayes all rock). There are others, but that's about all I have at the tip of my brain at the moment.



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Bill Herndon makes some of the best. He has a line of customs that are in use by Russian Spec. Forces. Plus Bill is one heck of a nice guy.

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Chubby,

Of course we do. I have owned several.

I will have Jim's Vanguard knife at the Blade Show.

If your there stop by and take a look.

The maker we are talking about is Jim Hammond.

The SEAL-TAC and Cobra Gold aren't bad knives either.



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Les Robertson
www.robertsoncustomcutlery.com
Custom Knife Entrepreneur
 
Les,

Based on my knives owned to date, I have to go with John Fitch. I have quite a bit of experience with a couple of John's bigger blades and they handle and perform wonderfully.

I really like his Ozark Camp knife (10" blade). This knife belies it's size with quick handling and light feel and it just plain CUTS! Have a Trooper bowie coming that I expect to perform great as well. His Ozark Kitchen Carver is a delight in the food prep arena as well
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John knows how to forge big knives (and his smaller Ranger rocks as well)that feel AND work great. I await his MS stamp too, but am glad I didn't wait for it before I bought his knives
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-John-

[This message has been edited by JKS (edited 05-11-2001).]
 
I would agree with the others here, John Fitch makes the best big knives on the planet IMO. Hell i try and bang one out every now and then, here is the latest big one.

9-3/4" blade of Hand forged 5160 (no power hammer here, all elbow grease
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) Handle is walnut, guard/trim are s.s. The blade may show some marks, havent cleaned it up from testing, its a CUTTER>

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Dang, that pic is too big, some one email me how to make the pics from photopoint smaller when i post.

THANKS!! Matt.
 
That pic is just the right size! (but there are tools on Photopoint for re-sizing and croping).

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Thats strange, i come home and it looks fine, but at work it was huge, i had to scroll across to even see the thing... Maybe some one edited it?

Thanks< Matt
 
Your screen resolution at work is different than at home, that is why it looks bigger.

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I second the "Big Fitch".I don't use the word much,but it is "AWSOME" or "AUSOME"
"AWESOME" well you know what I mean.

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[This message has been edited by nifrand (edited 05-11-2001).]
 
For the money, I have found John Fitch to be tops. I also have had great luck with anything from Kevin Cashen. If you want to spend a little more, Roger Massey does work that is as close to perfect as can be done.

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