I've had a lotta knives, and seen that-many-more, over several decades; back in the day,
5 Brend's in the desk drawer at a given time, a Blade Mag cover piece, along with much other edged virtue...annual Guild Shows, etc. That said, even among the loftiness of fine work, exotic materials, etc. & etc....there are just those pieces where everything came together.....right, and rightly.
This is one of those; I saw it online, and knew that I needed it, period. Then....quite unexpectedly, at the end of the day at our regional cutlery collectors assn. show, I....
saw it. I immediately knew it was....it. Traded a meaningful piece, plus some cash, for it.
Do not wish to let it go. The hands are being pulled-back, as I type, by that force....that
enables one to identify, from the ethereal place, one of those pieces. Yet, one is called to tribulation in this world...so, I'll just say, prior to listing info. from the maker, that:
Holding it out, at arm's length, with the desk lamp off to the left-front...and, rotating it, slowly,
I savor the highlighting of each grind realm...the hollow hallowed business area; the flat, the
suweet upper feathered plunge/equally-feathered exit, which could have not been included at
all....the top, revealing the profile effected by that grind...and, a slight angulation, revealing the business point. Then, back through the sequence....
well; I just had-urge to pick her up, and run through said sequence,
again....and, yet, must fight it .......
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Info. from the maker, Mr. Philip Patton -
Steel: O1, forged from round bar. Hollow ground edge, flat ground tip.
Hardness: 60 Rc
Blade length: 9-3/4"
Total length: 14-7/8"
Blade thickness: 5/16" at guard
Handle material: resin soaked black wrap over burgundy stingray
Fittings: The guard is stainless/carbon laminate. The middle carbon layer showing on the edge will darken over time.
Sheath is black Boltaron. The mounting plate has extra holes, so you can rotate the belt loop to many different angles.
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I'll let the photos speak....even though they fail-to-convey....
{I believe it is permitted to link to the original listing:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/tanto.1683915/ }
{Maker's price $550.} $495. $475. $450. $439. $425. $399.
$375. shipped to the CONUS
5 Brend's in the desk drawer at a given time, a Blade Mag cover piece, along with much other edged virtue...annual Guild Shows, etc. That said, even among the loftiness of fine work, exotic materials, etc. & etc....there are just those pieces where everything came together.....right, and rightly.
This is one of those; I saw it online, and knew that I needed it, period. Then....quite unexpectedly, at the end of the day at our regional cutlery collectors assn. show, I....
saw it. I immediately knew it was....it. Traded a meaningful piece, plus some cash, for it.
Do not wish to let it go. The hands are being pulled-back, as I type, by that force....that
enables one to identify, from the ethereal place, one of those pieces. Yet, one is called to tribulation in this world...so, I'll just say, prior to listing info. from the maker, that:
Holding it out, at arm's length, with the desk lamp off to the left-front...and, rotating it, slowly,
I savor the highlighting of each grind realm...the hollow hallowed business area; the flat, the
suweet upper feathered plunge/equally-feathered exit, which could have not been included at
all....the top, revealing the profile effected by that grind...and, a slight angulation, revealing the business point. Then, back through the sequence....
well; I just had-urge to pick her up, and run through said sequence,
again....and, yet, must fight it .......
-----------------------------------------
Info. from the maker, Mr. Philip Patton -
Steel: O1, forged from round bar. Hollow ground edge, flat ground tip.
Hardness: 60 Rc
Blade length: 9-3/4"
Total length: 14-7/8"
Blade thickness: 5/16" at guard
Handle material: resin soaked black wrap over burgundy stingray
Fittings: The guard is stainless/carbon laminate. The middle carbon layer showing on the edge will darken over time.
Sheath is black Boltaron. The mounting plate has extra holes, so you can rotate the belt loop to many different angles.
-----------------------------------------------
I'll let the photos speak....even though they fail-to-convey....
{I believe it is permitted to link to the original listing:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/tanto.1683915/ }
{Maker's price $550.} $495. $475. $450. $439. $425. $399.
$375. shipped to the CONUS
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