Question for those who know Mike Irie and his knives.

Brian_T

Brian_T

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I have stockpiled a tidy sum of money that was going to go to Mike for a new custom project that I have been thinking about for some time and now he closes his shop. (Talk about bad timing on my part
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I would like to know which other custom makers out there you would compare to Mike. I'm only curious about quality, choice of material, etc. I don't need to know about personal habits
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Also, if you are aware of delivery times from those makers please post that here as well. As always, if you don't want to post here feel free to e-mail me at brianthornburg@home.com.

Thanks in advance,

Brian_T
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If you tell us more about what this knife project is I think you could narrow it down to some specific makers.
ex.is it a folder,fixed,user,ect.
 
The project consists of two fixed blade camping knives--a large chopper and a smaller utility/food prep. knife.

I envision the larger blade with a spear point a la the MFK (but bigger) and the smaller one the size of the Nimravus Cub (give or take.)

Any further information I can provide let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Brian_T
brianthornburg@home.com
 
dont think you could go wrong with Ron Gaston or Russell Easler

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Might want to check out George Tichbourne's site in the links. His gallery has alot of camping/hunting/utility type knives.

sing

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Brian_T,

If I were you first I would call Mike and see if he wanted to do it, 719-578-9226.
He may not but its worth a try, sometimes closing a business takes a little time. If he does you may have one of his last knives.
You never know.

John Yeackley

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Thanks for the responses everybody. Keep up the good work.

In the meantime, thanks John for the idea. I'm going to give Mike a call today.

By the way, I've been doing some searching on the forums and I like the looks of the Greco and Jones Bros. knives. Would either of those makers fall into the same category as Mike?

Thanks in advance,

Brian_T
brianthornburg@home.com
 
Update:

I JUST spoke with Mike on the phone and he told me NO NEW WORK--his backlog is already too long. Ah well, it was certainly worth a try.

And now, back to the drawing board.

Brian_T
brianthornburg@home.com
 
One more time to the top.

Thanks in advance,

Brian_T
brianthornburg@home.com
 
I talked to Ricky Folwer today at the Art Knife Show in Orlando. He is a very nice guy and makes great users at a reasonable price. Here is his link: http://www.homestead.com/customknives/homepage.html

Also, send Matt Lamey an e-mail. He makes just what you are looking for: rmlamey@ametro.net




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It is hard to find someone like Mike Irie. I guess that Neil Blackwood or Lynn Griffith would be good choice.

David

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I don't know Mike Irie, so I don't know how this guy compares with him. However, I have Steve45 doing a custom that I designed, small Nimravus Cub sized, out of A2. Mine is nothing fancy, just the full tang blade, and micarta scales. I have heard good things about his work from a couple of other people. You might try dropping him an e-mail at izzyknife@aol.com. He's a good guy to talk to.

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