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Greetings all
Heres a recent arrival from Dave Kelly that I finally had a chance to photograph.
Ive been fortunate to have picked up a few pieces from Dave over the years. Health issues have significantly limited his output, but when hes able to complete a knife, I know from experience that it will be VERY well executed with tremendous attention to detail.
This hunter is no exception.
The specs are as follows:
* 5 clay quenched blade of 1084, overall length a shade over 10
* Red Mallee burl hande
* Blued mild steel guard with textured copper spacers
The handle is beautifully contoured and the wood is rich in both figure and colour.
The attention to detail is found in repeating aesthetic elements throughout the knife. The texture of the copper spacers is repeated on the face of the guard. The warm copper of those spacers is repeated in the copper thong tube. And even the mild steel pins have been blued to match the guard.
Daves pic captures something I forgot to shoot: the nice little thumb ramp which is the ONLY type of filework I want on the spine of a knife:
Dave is not just the only maker I would say can turn out a Paul Long quality sheath he is the only person in respect of whom I would make that comment. The first person to tell me this was Paul himself. Its definitely a big bonus to be able to have a sheath of that quality accompany every knife at no extra charge. Though as it happens, this particular sheath IS by Paul Long.
This knife has a stout and solid feel that belies its slender lines. It would make a terrific do everything knife to have on your for hunt, hike, camp or whatever the occasion might be.
Great knife, solid value, happy customer thanks for everything Dave.
Roger
Heres a recent arrival from Dave Kelly that I finally had a chance to photograph.
Ive been fortunate to have picked up a few pieces from Dave over the years. Health issues have significantly limited his output, but when hes able to complete a knife, I know from experience that it will be VERY well executed with tremendous attention to detail.
This hunter is no exception.
The specs are as follows:
* 5 clay quenched blade of 1084, overall length a shade over 10
* Red Mallee burl hande
* Blued mild steel guard with textured copper spacers
The handle is beautifully contoured and the wood is rich in both figure and colour.
The attention to detail is found in repeating aesthetic elements throughout the knife. The texture of the copper spacers is repeated on the face of the guard. The warm copper of those spacers is repeated in the copper thong tube. And even the mild steel pins have been blued to match the guard.
Daves pic captures something I forgot to shoot: the nice little thumb ramp which is the ONLY type of filework I want on the spine of a knife:
Dave is not just the only maker I would say can turn out a Paul Long quality sheath he is the only person in respect of whom I would make that comment. The first person to tell me this was Paul himself. Its definitely a big bonus to be able to have a sheath of that quality accompany every knife at no extra charge. Though as it happens, this particular sheath IS by Paul Long.
This knife has a stout and solid feel that belies its slender lines. It would make a terrific do everything knife to have on your for hunt, hike, camp or whatever the occasion might be.
Great knife, solid value, happy customer thanks for everything Dave.
Roger
