Hey guys. Thank you for the nice things written. Sorry I haven't been on the forums in a while but I've been covered up with knifemaking. I can tell you where I've been the last two months. Buried up under this Orange Blossum lobster pattern. I will never build another one. This has been the most difficult folder I've ever tackled. Even more difficult than many of my multifunction swithblades. Ask Gary Crowder....he has had to hear me complain and whine for the last two months about this knife. I may have even cried on his shoulder the day I called him after 6 springs had broken. I broke 8 springs making this knife. Dan Burke said a maker is insane to want to make this knife. I know why he said that now. He broke 26 springs building one. I finally went with carbon steel springs to get the knife to work properly. The springs are shaped like a Y. The two short legs are only 3/4" long and are very easy to get the temper incorrect. If too hard they break and if too soft they collapse. The long leg of the Y was no issue in breaking or collapsing.
I was asked to give some specs on the knife so hear goes: The most colorful black lip pearl scales I ever purchased with 14kt gold bolsters, oval escutcheon inlays and pins. Heat treated 410 stainless coin edged liners. ATS34 blades, Engraved D2 file with rounded edge file and flat file. Gold plated high carbon steel springs. The black lip was so colorful that Coop had to use his magic to tone it down some. Thanks for a great photo Coop and for posting for everyone.
Newton
