Purdiest Traditional

This Zulu by Johnny Stout is purdy in my eyes, Johnny is one of the finest makers alive.

ABS Master Smith Jon Christensen mosaic feather damascus blade, Mike Tyre feather damascus bolsters, Sambar stag. Nice file work, the stippling on the spring with a border is top shelf.

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That Stout is exceptional in every way, Kris! Top notch materials and a beautiful result.
 
Barrett Thanks a lot, a massive favourite of mine for sure.

Kris Another fine aspect of that knife is in fact a practical one: the handle slabs flair out to the butt of the knife, this makes for a fine grip.

Regards, Will
 
Thanks Gary!

Will, the stag is well shaped, fits the hand just right.


This is one of the purdiest knives I have ever seen, this is out of the Antique Bowie book, which is skyrocketing in price. The book is a dream of some of the finest vintage bowie's ever made. Sorry for the poor pics,

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btb01 said:
Beautiful knife, Will! GEC did a great job with the jigging on those, and I really like the bar shield!
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They sure did. That knife with the bar shield and that jigging certainly has an old style pre-WW2 feel to it. I really like it.

Here is 1 more I wanted to post. The red/orange/brown mammoth ivory is really eye-catching to me.
 
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They sure did. That knife with the bar shield and that jigging certainly has an old style pre-WW2 feel to it. I really like it.

Here is 1 more I wanted to post. The red/orange/brown mammoth ivory is really eye-catching to me.
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That's really a nice looking knife. Bark Mammoth Ivory? The color is wonderful and the engraving on the bolsters pushes it over the top in my eye.
 
Peregrin said:
That's really a nice looking knife. Bark Mammoth Ivory? The color is wonderful and the engraving on the bolsters pushes it over the top in my eye.
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Yes, bark ivory, with fluted ends. I like the mammoth ivory used on the Tuna Valley knives, they always seem to be very appealing to the eye.
 
GEV Most kind! That 73 has really deep grooved stag, is an early one of theirs from 08 (looks like 1908 :D ). The sides don't match but I don't mind as they are both attractive and the same thickness, that's what I look for in stag.

Regards, Will
 
Some of these knives are more ruggedly good-looking than purdy IMO, but they're all easy on the eyes.
 
kamagong said:
Some of these knives are more ruggedly good-looking than purdy IMO, but they're all easy on the eyes.
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Probably true, but, Purdy is in the Hand of the Holder...:D:thumbup:

My cat's extremely purdy, but she can be very rugged too when the rage mood grips her..:eek::eek::D
 
Will Power said:
GEV Most kind! That 73 has really deep grooved stag, is an early one of theirs from 08 (looks like 1908 :D ). The sides don't match but I don't mind as they are both attractive and the same thickness, that's what I look for in stag.

Regards, Will
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YEP !!!!!!!!!


Harry
 
My bias say's this coin pocket by Rick Nowland.

My first traditional and a knife I just had to have because I still think it's got something aesthetic about it that just hit's that nerve like very few knives have.

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I have saw some beautiful knives over the years and there are a lot of real beauties in this thread. I don't know why but this Saddlehorn in bone to my eye is just gorgeous. I was at that massive knife store in TN an got to hand pick it but the first one I looked at was perfect so I didn't have to look farther. Now I know everybody is different and some of you may not like it but again to me it's the"purdiest" production knife I've ever saw.

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