Production Fellhoelter guide knife

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Remyrw

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I was shown a knife by a co-worker today that needs sharpening, he's a knife neophyte and wanted some advice on sharpening it since it's butter knife dull from tons of use. I offered to restore the edge and then show him how to maintain it, since trying to fix the current situation on a stone or with sharpening sticks would be a several hour long process.

What caught my attention was one word on the blade. It was kind of a funky knife, not something I'd seen before and I was looking for model info and saw Fellhoelter on the side of the blade right under what I'm guessing is the model number from Timberline. I was a bit surprised, since I didn't know Brian had anything like that out there, but figured it had to be him given the uncommon name. It also had an innovative design and that "I'm a machinist AND a knifemaker" look to it. That made me 99% certain. A quick google search when I get home and there it was along with a writeup about why he designed it.

Anyway, just couldn't resist posting about this. It was the first time I've encountered a knife from anyone here "in the wild" so to speak, production or otherwise. Obviously the Ken Onion designs being produced by Kershaw and possibly a few other situations like that are exceptions.
 
First one I've ever seen, and I'd never heard of it. I'd been to your site but I guess I didn't click the link at the time. lol
Pretty neat, he handed it to me without the sheath and it took me a second to figure out what was what. At first it kind of looks like an odd folder or something since it's about that size and overall shape. Then about the same time I figured out it wasn't a folder I realized what that bar and pin must be for. We're talking a dimly lit garage, so that took a good five or ten seconds. heheh.

He really likes it. The reason it was so dull is that they use it in a maint. garage for the company trucks and it's never been sharpened.

It still looked pretty good though, the finish wasn't too badly worn and no real damage to the blade, just dull from use. I'm not sure how long they've been using it, I didn't ask, but they obviously didn't stop until it was only good for spreading condiments :D and pointing. I'm going to have to take off a fair bit of metal to put an edge on it again, poor thing.
 
Man, I have spent a remarkable amount of time at my table watching guys try and figure out how to fold one of those knives.

Good times.
 
http://www.knifewerks.com/MB_Pages/ECS1.htm
http://www.knifeworks.com/timberlinetacticalmodelecs818overallspearpointbladeblackzytelhandlescomboedge.aspx

Brian, your link to the vendor is broken it seems. They must have moved the page.
The one I handled is the spear point, so the second link is for one of those.
Have you thought about making something like this as a saltwater knife? Maybe make it out of N680. I'm not sure if there's enough of a market to get them to produce it, and most of the divers and boaters I know prefer to not carry really expensive knives because the odds of losing them are pretty high.
 
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