Some Sarge Creations - Pics

Svashtar

Svashtar

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It's pushing 3 a.m. here so I won't take a lot of time, but have been intending to post pics of these for some time. (Finally got my roundtoit tonight. ;))

First is a puukko that I got from the first sale Steve put on for Ram. It is beautifully made. I have several Jarvenpaa puukkos and a few other misc. ones, and this compares with the best of them. Amazingly it is 7.5" (the exact same length as a standard HI Sarge knife) and only 1.8 oz. compared to the Sarge's hefty 3 oz. So it is amazingly light and wonderfully sharp, which is a cool combination I have never experienced before. Sweet little dangler sheath. Gin got a very pretty one very similar to this on the last sale:

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The second is a great little camp knife I got as an afterthought in the last sale. Frankly I missed the one I was going for, but wanted to do more for Ram, and this had a pleasing shape and was one of the last still available. The pictures do not do it justice at all. It balances perfectly, is 10" long exactly and weighs 5.7 oz. The pics don't show it that well, but the handle is a smooth nice looking brazilian rosewood with 3 brass pins. The sheath is plain and sturdy and extremely well made and fitted to the knife. This thing is sharp as hell and cuts like a fiend. This is one of those you don't want to let go of once you pick it up:

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The best for last. This is a wonderful 13.75" 6.4 oz. Ballock dagger. Again the pics barely show the almost burnished look of the reddish highlights of the handle, which is its best feature. Everyone I show it to mentions the wood. (Steve's original pics were much better and I tried to grab them but went over on the size allowance.) What a great knife. I can't believe how fortunate I was to snag this one:

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Here are all three together. The sheaths are very nicely made and fit the knives like gloves. Each time I resheath one I expect to hear a click.


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All of these were made by hand by Sarge from old files. I have to say I have more than a few knives around here, but there are none I value more than these, or that give me such satisfaction. I know several of you also have picked up several of Sarge's creations and know what I'm talking about. Mike has several really fine ones that I missed a chance at by dawdling on the first sale. (I did a bit better the second time around. :D)

Many thanks to Sarge for these beauties, and all the (extremely time consuming I'm sure, and detailed obviously) work that went into them for Ram, and to Steve for doing the considerable work of coordinating the sale. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Norm
 

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Svashtar said:
Mike has several really fine ones that I missed a chance at by dawdling on the first sale. (I did a bit better the second time around. :D)

Many thanks to Sarge for these beauties, and all the (extremely time consuming I'm sure, and detailed obviously) work that went into them for Ram, and to Steve for doing the considerable work of coordinating the sale. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Norm
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Super photos and words, Norm. I know exactly what you mean. I kind of hesitate to mention these particular knives, 'cause Sarge is pretty modest about them. But if you're completely objective about them, they are outstanding in a few unusual ways.

I snagged the skean dhu and a Brazillian rosewood one that looks just like yours from the first sale. For those who missed out, they're a little smaller than you think (visually- Steve listed the specs exactly). Think steak knife, not bear killer. Which means they are fixed blades which fit in my pocket, something I used to carry in that was a paring knife in a custom sheath, but these are way sturdier.

So, small enough for pocket carry. Strong spine- strong enough to really cut, thin enough for slicing food. Sharp as hell. Hardened properly. Beautiful woods used. Leatherwork as nice as the knives.

The skean dhu is just permanently in my pocket. When it wears out I'll consider change. It's the office knife and gets borrowed a lot. Cuts loaves of bread, slices apples, opens boxes. People know how I feel and clean it when they give it back.

So, when the second batch came around, I was really liking these. Saw what Steve put up and didn't know what was still there, so emailed for a beauty- didn't get it- but did get that fantastic curly maple one and the mini-seax. The maple one is stunning, period. Best of the 4. I have a few Finnish M39s with arctic curly birch wood- I'm a fiend for that look in wood. The seax will also last forever but is a 'lil bit too big for pocket carry... it'll find a use.

Medical school ain't cheap. What must Ram think of us? But then he knew UB. The whole effort is a great story. Just wanted to comment on the knives outside the goodwill context in an objective way. "Small enough for pocket carry. Strong spine- strong enough to really cut, thin enough for slicing food. Sharp as hell. Hardened properly. Beautiful woods used. Leatherwork as nice as the knives" sums it up. Holding an edge well too.

Hey, Norm- though you have three- I didn't one-up you. :D There's still no way the weight of my khuks are causing structural damage to my house like yours are. :foot: And I still don't have even one Albion sword. Thinking about it, I have a few swords- that don't get used. These little knives though, they get used every single day.

Mike
 
It makes me proud when I hear folks say they like my knives, but it makes me truly happy when I hear that the knives are giving them good service, that's what I made 'em for. Y'all just remember, ain't nobody ever bought one of my knives, they were just a way of saying thanks for generously donating to a very worthy cause. As a doctor in Nepal, Ram will help a lot of people, and will no doubt always remember that a lot of people helped him. There's a symmetry in that, that makes the heart smile, karma in action.
It doesn't get pointed out often enough that you guys here in the Cantina are some of the best of the good guys, and I'm damned proud, not only to be associated with you, but to call you my friends. :thumbup:

Sarge
 
It's good to have you back, Sarge.
The friend I 'went in on' the forge with, showed up at a get together with a blade he'd forged by propane torch earlier; his first knife. It wasn't the most perfect line, but it was the kind of blade that would get the work done, and he was on his way. Not pretty yet, but he'll get there. I thought about you and HI forum when I saw his work.



munk
 
Can you imagine opening a box and seeing 20 or more of Sarge's knives, all different, all special. I almost absconded with them to an unknown location, never to be heard from again>>> Steve Ferguson


I'm not used to those kind of thoughts, coming from you!
I imagine any of us, or Dan when Yangdu shipped him the HI stuff during her absence, would get pretty dizzy opening up a shipment from Nepal.
Bill had a collection, but his own modest needs were covered by a garden worn khuk that hung around the house. I don't know how he did it.
My hands would tremble.

munk
 
I love em. I've got three of Our esteememd Sarge's creations, and they are favorites for sure. The newest from Steves first sale is that little Nessmucky thing from the plow bit. It amazes me. Small enough to carry all the time, sharp as sin, and perty too.
 
Very cool! Like that Ballock dagger:thumbup:


heck you were up during the same time as me...maybe we should do 2am sharp gathering sometime:eek:
 
I can't comment further. I'm damn near a Sarge-stalker as it is. One more compliment and I get enjoined.:mad:
 
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Super photos and words, Norm. I know exactly what you mean. I kind of hesitate to mention these particular knives, 'cause Sarge is pretty modest about them. But if you're completely objective about them, they are outstanding in a few unusual ways.

I snagged the skean dhu and a Brazillian rosewood one that looks just like yours from the first sale. For those who missed out, they're a little smaller than you think (visually- Steve listed the specs exactly). Think steak knife, not bear killer. Which means they are fixed blades which fit in my pocket, something I used to carry in that was a paring knife in a custom sheath, but these are way sturdier.

So, small enough for pocket carry. Strong spine- strong enough to really cut, thin enough for slicing food. Sharp as hell. Hardened properly. Beautiful woods used. Leatherwork as nice as the knives.

The skean dhu is just permanently in my pocket. When it wears out I'll consider change. It's the office knife and gets borrowed a lot. Cuts loaves of bread, slices apples, opens boxes. People know how I feel and clean it when they give it back.

So, when the second batch came around, I was really liking these. Saw what Steve put up and didn't know what was still there, so emailed for a beauty- didn't get it- but did get that fantastic curly maple one and the mini-seax. The maple one is stunning, period. Best of the 4. I have a few Finnish M39s with arctic curly birch wood- I'm a fiend for that look in wood. The seax will also last forever but is a 'lil bit too big for pocket carry... it'll find a use.

Medical school ain't cheap. What must Ram think of us? But then he knew UB. The whole effort is a great story. Just wanted to comment on the knives outside the goodwill context in an objective way. "Small enough for pocket carry. Strong spine- strong enough to really cut, thin enough for slicing food. Sharp as hell. Hardened properly. Beautiful woods used. Leatherwork as nice as the knives" sums it up. Holding an edge well too.

Hey, Norm- though you have three- I didn't one-up you. :D There's still no way the weight of my khuks are causing structural damage to my house like yours are. :foot: And I still don't have even one Albion sword. Thinking about it, I have a few swords- that don't get used. These little knives though, they get used every single day.

Mike
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Mike, well said! I missed every one of the antler handled beauties as they went so fast, and I believe that all of yours or most are antler. That mini-seax was stunning and I went for it as hard as I could but it was long gone. The other I missed was that _incredible_ bone handled #9 that Steve confirmed fror me was so beautiful it made your heart ache. I know who got it but won't mention it here, but hope he will post on it. I consider myself super lucky to get any of them, but that dagger was just the topper, and one I will never part with.

Steve, you have willpower unheard of IMO. I would have been sorely tempted to take 6 or 7 of these right off the top and just say "Sorry! already sold!" but you did a nice thing letting us all have a shot at them.

I hope Sarge sticks around a _long_ time, and Ram will need another 20 years or so of schooling, as I will be trolling along waiting for _any_ antler handled knives from him. :D.

Norm
 
ferguson said:
Can you imagine opening a box and seeing 20 or more of Sarge's knives, all different, all special. I almost absconded with them to an unknown location, never to be heard from again.;)
For those that might have missed the pics the first go round, you can still see them here http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v163/sferguson53/Public/Sarge/

Steve
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Should have just referenced Steve's pics as they are so much better. These three knives correspond to #1 (the Ballock dagger), #16 (camp knife) and #9 (the puukko) from the original offering at the bottom. You can get a better idea of the wood on #1 in Steve's pic, but even as good as that picture is it doesn't quite do it justice.

Norm
 
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