One for Mr. Robertson

[Keith_H]

Beauty! i love the guard and the plunge cuts are super clean, Is 1234 a coincidence?

 

[Phillip Patton]

Beauty! i love the guard and the plunge cuts are super clean, Is 1234 a coincidence?

Thanks! Plunge grinds are one thing I manage to do pretty well, and fairly consistently. (crosses fingers, knocks on wood)

Yes, the number is a coincidence. It's the 234th knife I've made.

 

[Bladeandbarrel]

Philip,
the best way to avoid that is by etching or engraving your mark and numbers on.

I think the best way to mark a forged blade is with a pantograph. Check ebay from time to time.

I have owned knives by TOP mastersmiths that had crooked or double-stamps also.
Unacceptable!