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I was talking with Jason Knight yesterday and we realized that we had never made an announcement here about the Sporting Classics Knives for 2010.
For those who don't know, Sporting Classics Magazine is sort of the premiere high-end hunting, shooting and outdoor magazine. For several years now, they have selected a knifemaker to build their knife of the year. It's always a limited run that is sold exclusively through the magazine.
Since this is their 30th anniversary, the decided to do something special that they'd never done. They selected three ABS mastersmiths to each build a knife for their knife of the year in 2010. Knife Purveyor Ron Stepp helps the magazine coordinate the project, and he contacted Jason Knight, Jim Rodebaugh, and me earlier in the year to begin the process. Each maker built a prototype for the publication photo, and then we all went on to begin building the 50 knives they will offer for each.
The magazine wanted three knives that would compliment each other, in roughly three sizes. The knives are available individually, but are intended as a matched set. The magazine was also kind enough to let me shoot the photograph of the three knives, because I really wanted them to be portrayed in a certain way, especially since these are all forged blades.
The details of each knife are as follows:
The Jason Knight camp knife. Jason's knife has a 6" full-tang blade of 5160 with forge texture left on the spine. The handle is stabilized curly maple, and the custom sheath is by Lance Parrish.
The Burt Foster hunter. My knife is made from a 4" full-tang laminated blade of 416 stainless with a 1095 core in a random ladder pattern. The scales are stabilized English walnut and includes a leather pouch sheath.
The Jim Rodebaugh bird and trout. The 3.5" hidden tang blade is forged O-1 with a bronze ferrule and a stabilized super-curly koa handle. Jim also made the tooled pouch sheath for his knife.
Even though these knives are being marketed and sold to a non-knife crowd, they are really a great price for the knives being offered especially considering our typical price for a similar knife if it were made as a one-off item. Jason's knife is $475, mine is $450, and Jim's is $425, or the set can be had for $1275, which saves you $75.
The knives are only available through Sporting Classics, and anyone interested can contact them at (800) 849-1004, or you can order online by visiting their website.
Oh yeah, and the best part is that there's no wait. I think they still have all three knives in stock.
For those who don't know, Sporting Classics Magazine is sort of the premiere high-end hunting, shooting and outdoor magazine. For several years now, they have selected a knifemaker to build their knife of the year. It's always a limited run that is sold exclusively through the magazine.
Since this is their 30th anniversary, the decided to do something special that they'd never done. They selected three ABS mastersmiths to each build a knife for their knife of the year in 2010. Knife Purveyor Ron Stepp helps the magazine coordinate the project, and he contacted Jason Knight, Jim Rodebaugh, and me earlier in the year to begin the process. Each maker built a prototype for the publication photo, and then we all went on to begin building the 50 knives they will offer for each.
The magazine wanted three knives that would compliment each other, in roughly three sizes. The knives are available individually, but are intended as a matched set. The magazine was also kind enough to let me shoot the photograph of the three knives, because I really wanted them to be portrayed in a certain way, especially since these are all forged blades.
The details of each knife are as follows:
The Jason Knight camp knife. Jason's knife has a 6" full-tang blade of 5160 with forge texture left on the spine. The handle is stabilized curly maple, and the custom sheath is by Lance Parrish.
The Burt Foster hunter. My knife is made from a 4" full-tang laminated blade of 416 stainless with a 1095 core in a random ladder pattern. The scales are stabilized English walnut and includes a leather pouch sheath.
The Jim Rodebaugh bird and trout. The 3.5" hidden tang blade is forged O-1 with a bronze ferrule and a stabilized super-curly koa handle. Jim also made the tooled pouch sheath for his knife.
Even though these knives are being marketed and sold to a non-knife crowd, they are really a great price for the knives being offered especially considering our typical price for a similar knife if it were made as a one-off item. Jason's knife is $475, mine is $450, and Jim's is $425, or the set can be had for $1275, which saves you $75.
The knives are only available through Sporting Classics, and anyone interested can contact them at (800) 849-1004, or you can order online by visiting their website.
Oh yeah, and the best part is that there's no wait. I think they still have all three knives in stock.
