Pics of customized production knives

My Becker BK 2 - Stripped blade, Teak handles, SS hardware :D


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that BK2 looks a hell of a lot better then the black and black, also it doesnt seem to like the tv :p
 
Had the exact same thing done to my full size onslaught by Tom Krein back when he was still doing mods - improves the look immeasurably imho.
 
who is the maker of that knife? and fantastic work, you really get a sense of the japanese culture.

Liong Mah in collaboration with Sal Manaro. That knife is far from customized production since it's not even a production knife to begin with. Liong Mah's knives are very rare since he almost never makes the same design twice. He kind of treats them like art knives. They're mostly one offs.

He's also one of my favorite makers.
 
Liong Mah in collaboration with Sal Manaro. That knife is far from customized production since it's not even a production knife to begin with. Liong Mah's knives are very rare since he almost never makes the same design twice. He kind of treats them like art knives. They're mostly one offs.

He's also one of my favorite makers.

today must be my lucky day, this makes 3 makers whose knives i really enjoy and finally found out their names. thanks Harkamus
 
today must be my lucky day, this makes 3 makers whose knives i really enjoy and finally found out their names. thanks Harkamus

NP. That very knife that is one I actually wanted to buy, but couldn't afford at the time. It was actually for sale on this forum on the second hand market. I actually contacted Liong Mah to see if I could commission him to make another one for me. No luck. That's how rare his stuff is, and they're north of 1k easy. That particular flipper tanto is from 2009 if I recall correctly.

You can find his design studio online by googling his name.
 
BK2 embellished (not by me) by clich. It is been stripped, blued, swedge, jimping, firesteel notch, convexed and micarta pants.

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