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Tough choice since I have been collection for around 30 years (actually more than that, but I mean seriously collecting).
Even with quite a few knives this one seems to be one I come back to:
Here is the story:
Mark Williams May 2007
This is is pretty special to me also. I met Mark through the forums and went to a hammer in in North Georgia that he and Carl Rex were organizing. He helped me hammer out and grind my butt ugly first knife. (Gave that to Sava - an ABS Master Smith).
Any way, Mark had a few pieces for sale up there and I picked up a nice hawk from him in curly maple with a touch of wire inlay.
Shorty after the hammer in and spending a little time at Blade, my mom had some major surgery on her back. I asked Mark if he would make her a cane. The end result is very cool and creative. There are pictures of the cane in my photo albums of my profile here at BFC.
A little later I gave Mark a call and asked him if he was interested in making a "duded up" pipe hawk and this was the result. It really is a beautiful piece of work made by a brother of mine.
Here is the picture:
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Sooo.... does that pull-out dagger's hole work as a carb?
My favorite is still this Korth Amazonas.
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Right now I would have to go with my William Henry "Black Beauty". It is a limited edition commisioned by the guy that owns a shop here in town. Every year he works with WH to design a 25 piece LE for his shop. This is 2010s LE: