Shadow toothpicks?

Jason Fry · Nov 22, 2011

I've got a set of stabilized blue dyed giraffe bone that's long and skinny. I've settled on a shadow pattern toothpick, stainless liners. Anyone got some shadow toothpick pictures for me to look at?

dannyp · Nov 22, 2011

I know that Ken Coats has made some shadow Toothpicks. A quick search will turn up a bunch of his old for sale threads in the exchange that still have pics in them.

Jason Fry · Nov 23, 2011

Thanks, saw some great pieces by Mr. Coats. His are noted as having a "sunk joint." What is that?

Any other examples?

comoha · Nov 23, 2011

John Lloyd has made quite a few toothpicks/rib ticklers. There are lots of photos on this forum of his work.

kc custom · Nov 23, 2011

A sunk joint means the run up does not stick up above the frame of the knife,
Not all of them I make are this way but a fair amount of them are.
Ken.

Railsplitter · Nov 23, 2011

jkf96a, the knives in the attached photos below are not Toothpicks but they show the difference between a knife with sunken joints and a knife without sunken joints.

The knife in the photo on the left (click to enlarge) does not have sunken joints. The square part of the tang sticks way up above the handle.

The knife in the photo on the right has sunken joints. Tangs are flush with or below the handle.

Rick · Nov 24, 2011

Here's a Coats 4.3" shadow toothpick with a sunken joint in stabilized buckeye burl. I love this thing.

goodeyesniper · Nov 24, 2011

WOW that thing is amazing in every way!

Gevonovich · Nov 24, 2011

I agree....wow is right. That is one sweet Coats

Knife Crazied · Nov 24, 2011

That is a nice comparision Rick and wow that Coats is a beauty.

jujigatame · Nov 25, 2011

That Coats is a real looker. Very sleek.

Jason Fry · Oct 9, 2012

So I started this idea back in November. Finally finished the knife this week. You can tell I wasn't in a hurry

The swedged blade and spring are CM154 stainless steel. This knife also has 410 stainless liners and 416 pins. It's got a smooth, medium pull with a crisp half stop and good "walk and talk." The handles are blue dyed giraffe bone, buffed to a high shine. I chose this design primarily to take full advantage of the size of this set of bone. Closed length is 5", open length is 8 3/8".

waynorth · Oct 9, 2012

Nice work!! It has great lines!! I'd be mighty proud if I could do that!!

confucius37 · Oct 9, 2012

No kidding! That looks awesome! I've always wanted a knife with blue bone just like that for some reason. Great job!