Rick Menefee Knives...

[Don Hanson III]

Good looking stuff, Rick! Great speaking with ya yesterday...

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Outstanding work and great talking to you!

 

[rickmenefee]

Aircraft Aluminum Fish knife

 

[Markesharp]

Very nice Fish Knife Rick. Beautiful grind on the blade and the Brass? shield and pins are a nice touch with the Aluminum handles.

Speaking of Fish knives, here is a Fish Bone Barlow that I am making. The bolster stamp should be done in 2 weeks and the blades, back springs and liners should be done by then too. I just hope I can put a decent grind on the blades, that is tough to do.

 

[rickmenefee]

Looks nice

 

[rickmenefee]

Old Lanny had it figured.

 

[Markesharp]

Rick - Those LC's are perfection! Is the white handled LC micarta or Ivory?

 

[Leading Edge Fab]

It's a Lanny Trifecta!!
Nice looking work Rick

 

[tleav61]

Love those Lannys, fish knife is super cool too.

 

[rickmenefee]

Rick - Those LC's are perfection! Is the white handled LC micarta or Ivory?

African goat horn

 

[Markesharp]

African goat horn

Thanks Rick. Nice looking material.

 

[Peregrin]

Nice trio of Lanny's, Rick! That Mammoth handled beauty really pushes my buttons.

 

[rickmenefee]

Pre-ban Female - Killed in the 30's by a woman.

Thanks Rick. Nice looking material.

 

[SharpNJ]

Beautiful group of Lanny's!

 

[Markesharp]

A couple weeks ago Rick posted a couple knives that he had made using a "new" metal that was workable like Micarta. I have always admired Rick's craftsmanship and when you see a knife made by him, without knowing Rick made it, it is easy to spot with his signature grinds and the materials he uses....top notch. Though I'm not a knife maker, I appreciate the work and skills that go into a custom made knife and I commented that the "new" metal handles didn't "do it" for me. The knives are awesome as they were made by Rick.
I got a PM from him saying he appreciated my honesty and he told me that while he normally doesn't take orders, he would make a knife for me. I was elated and thanked him for reaching out to me. I picked out a Curved Gunstock single blade knife that has vintage like brown Micarta and an acid washed blade.

He sent me some WIP pictures that I would like to share with you guys.

First a little info on this pattern in Rick's word's on how this knife and pattern came about.

"The Bent gun stock is a pattern Tony (Bose) came up with 30 years ago. It was not based on a vintage knife. This pattern is right off his, other than that, I have changed the blade just a little." - Rick

Scratching out the pattern:

Profiled:

Grinding the choil:

Cutting the nail nick:

Stamping the tang:

Ready to go to heat treat:

Out of heat treat and heading for liquid nitrogen:

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I am and will post more WIP as I receive them from Rick.

Thank you Rick, this is just awesome!

 

[Peregrin]

Very cool, Mark. I can't wait to see more.

 

[paulhilborn]

Love it!!! The knife, the WIP pictures, Ricks work certainly has his "Look" to it. Patience is a virtue Mark but a hard one to come by

I'd be like a kid when I ordered things out of the back of comics books---checkin the mailbox everyday

Look forward to the progression

 

[Primble]

Nice trio of Lanny's, Rick! That Mammoth handled beauty really pushes my buttons.

+ 1 - awesome trio of Lannys Clips !!! :thumbup::thumbup:

Thanks for the work in progress pics Mark. Looking forward to more.

 

[Gevonovich]

This is going to be a treat, Mark! Looking forward to watching it progress

 

[clutchcarter]

Cool Mark. Drool worthy for sure.