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There's a new knife maker in town! His name is Zach Whitson, of "Iron Mountain Knives" out of Butler, TN. This knife was handmade by Zach for me, and should arrive by the end of next week (I hope).
Here is a brief excerpt of the e-mail Zach sent me, describing the knife :
"Kenny,
Your knife is finished. It came out quite nicely if I do say so myself. I haven't stained the sheath yet, do you want it black? I used Corby screws for the handle which are less fancy but much more reliable than the custom pins. I also added a red and black liner to the handle assembly. In the photo with the knife and sheath notice the mirror image of the sheath in the blade. The black canvas micarta handle was bead blasted to give some texture. So, you have an ATS-34, four inch tactical knife made for ice pick grip with blade in, nickel silver hand guard soldered and pinned with an eighth inch nickel silver pin, bead blasted black canvas micarta handle epoxyed and corby screwed to a full tapered and hollowed tang, it has a thong hole and an additional nickel silver pin in the handle with other custom touches such as the red liner and file work on the tang."
I can't wait to get my hands on it. I'm going to try and write a review of it and post more pics when I get the knife. Any comments are encouraged as this is Zach's first knife (made for someone else) as a custom maker, and he would like feedback.
Here is a brief excerpt of the e-mail Zach sent me, describing the knife :
"Kenny,
Your knife is finished. It came out quite nicely if I do say so myself. I haven't stained the sheath yet, do you want it black? I used Corby screws for the handle which are less fancy but much more reliable than the custom pins. I also added a red and black liner to the handle assembly. In the photo with the knife and sheath notice the mirror image of the sheath in the blade. The black canvas micarta handle was bead blasted to give some texture. So, you have an ATS-34, four inch tactical knife made for ice pick grip with blade in, nickel silver hand guard soldered and pinned with an eighth inch nickel silver pin, bead blasted black canvas micarta handle epoxyed and corby screwed to a full tapered and hollowed tang, it has a thong hole and an additional nickel silver pin in the handle with other custom touches such as the red liner and file work on the tang."
I can't wait to get my hands on it. I'm going to try and write a review of it and post more pics when I get the knife. Any comments are encouraged as this is Zach's first knife (made for someone else) as a custom maker, and he would like feedback.
