Serious Steel, DesRosiers, Farr, Knight, Lamey content

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Dangerous Beauties.

This photo has been shamelessly stolen from Matt Lamey, sorry but with turkeys needing carving, I just could not resist.;)

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Holy ceremonial sacrifice Batman! What an array of fantastic blades ... I can spot a couple for sure, Dans works stands out and I recognise one of Adams, but I demand a fully roll call ...... especially the 3rd from bottom!

Cheers,

Stephen
 
Where do you live, do you keep your door unlocked, and are you going away for Thanksgiving?
:D

Seriously, those are seriously beautiful knives, and I second the request for a complete description.
 
Stephen,

Ahh # 6 That is one wicked beast from Matt Lamey. ;)

Here is the full list.

1. DesR
2. DesR
3. DesR
4. Farr
5. Knight
6. Lamey
7. DesR
8. DesR
 
I can hear the 2 by 4's begging for mercy and the rope crying shamelessly. Cool knives! I'd count myself fortunate to own any one of that fine bunch.

Roger
 
That pictures from Matt and there is no Fikes! I'm shocked. Very nice selection, though.

I've been known to carve a turkey or two with a Lamey I've got.

Win
 
Eight gorgeous examples of among the finest in knifemaking.What an amazing place this is!Thanks for posting pics!Happy Thanksgiving to all. :)
 
I had the honor of taking that pic last weekend, outside my shop. You cant see it as Jason just had a scotchbrite belt finish on his cutter, but that knife has one of the best hamons ive seen. The perfect balance of activity, depth, and hardened steel. Im hoping to talk him out of it someday. All of Adams knives look good, but they are even more impressive in person. Massive steel, yet very comfortable in the hand, this weekend although very short, has made me rethink a few things that will net in a difference in my blades.

Win, I didnt have a Fikes in the house ;-( However, that its going to change very soon ;-)
 
A truly lovely bunch.

I could recognise the bolo shape blade as Farr's and the wicked recurved ones as DesRoziers'. Jason Knight's, I usually recognise by the guard-handle setup, but I've never seen one of MattLamey's like that on the forums before.

Thats a mean, mean selection of heavy duty bush-whackers. Jason.
 
Here's My favorite Cutter by Matt, & In my opinion,the Best Looking one (Cutter) he's made.The blade is just under 10 inches but it handles like it was an 7-8 incher:cool:
 
Hey, Win...

Matt's been trying to get me off my fat arse and out into the shop. Despite complaints from me that I'm old, worn out and don't know flip about knives, he keeps pestering me. Now he's threatening another visit up here. I'd better get some work done or he'll punch me in the face like he did last visit. He's doing some astounding work for a young sprout... or even for an old sprout ;0) Now... if he'd only let me sit here and brood.

Howz about sending me your mailing address in an email, if you'd be so kind... and while yer at it, Gary Graley's address, if you have it. I may be sending the two of you something in the mail in the next month or so. A little surprise... hehehe

Merry Christmas, one and all.

Old man Fikes
 
I would be interested to hear from some other makers on what makes a good meat slicing knife. My comp knives are too thick. While they chop and cut heavy stuff well they don't seem to slice meat well. I cut up 600 ribeye steaks the other day and the thicker blade didn't do well.Yes it was 600 and then we cooked them.I ended up useing a thin knife I had made and it did well slicing.
Reggie
 
Okay, I've really looked those over and the Farr is the one that's jumping out at me more than the others. Have you had any those photographed professionally? I'd love to get a more detailed look.

In line with Reggie's question, if you made a knife that size with the main intent of cutting meat, would it still be able to withstand a heavy impact against bone? It wouldn't have to have the heft to chop through but just not damage the blade. Or is there no way of getting around giving up some cutting efficiency in order to make it strong enough?

Old Man Fikes, I cast my vote in favor of you getting your arse back in the shop. I know I speak for more than just myself when I say I'd like to see you making knives until the very end! :D
 
Jose,

I don't have a pic of that particular Farr knife, and this is far from a professional photo, but it is Dan's current model competition cutter:

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Roger
 
Roger, I like that cutter you have in the photo above better than the one I handled. The blade looks a bit wider, I like the hint of recurve, and the fuller is just seeexxxxxxyyyyy.

Yep Fikes... im getting ready to get in the truck tommorow and head your way.. this time im stayin a while (as long as you dont let Jessie break another of my ribs!).
 
Yeah, I remember seeing that one before. Just gorgeous! I'm going to be trying to put a handle on a blade in the near future and was inspired by that one to try to put some stippling on it, if all goes well and I feel confident enough when the time comes. The inlay really adds to the "class" of the piece but I wouldn't even know where to begin doing that. Just out of HS I worked in a jewelry factory and used a dremel like tool to shape the gold just after casting, if you're out there Dan, is that how you do the stippling, or do you use some other tool? Thanks, Roger!
 
Hey, Reggie...

Cutting 600 ribeye steaks? After seeing you go at a 2 X 4 at Batson's shindig last year, the steak work should have been finished in about... oh, say, point 000007 seconds. ;)

I'm about to knock out a kitchen knife for my wife, Maggie for Christmas and will try to post some pics when I get it fumbled together. It's been a long, long time since I made any kitchen cutlery. Maybe I'll come up with something that will cut this time. If not, she can make her own. She's got a lot more energy than I do and dearly loves forging a good blade. As a matter of fact I'm working on getting Maggie her own power hammer as an anniversary gift so she'll leave mine alone. I can't tolerate the smell of the baby powder she sprinkles on the hammer pulley so the drive belt will have enough slip.:barf:

http://www.fototime.com/users/OleyFermo@aol.com/Maggie at the forge
http://www.fototime.com/users/OleyFermo@aol.com/Maggie polishes a blade
http://www.fototime.com/users/OleyFermo@aol.com/Maggie's finished Bowie

Jose...

Vote for 'more work' smilingly noted. :p Guys like you and Matt are gonna be the end of me...

Old man Fikes
 
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