Sunday Drops: Siegle, American Kami, MMHW, Tinker Pearce, Vitale (JS), Ivan Campos

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Here's a bunch for sale as I'm trimming my herd to help defray costs of selling our house and buying another one...a process that I hope never to repeat!:eek: Terms are paypal or USPS MO, shipping is via USPS Priority that's included in the price and foreign shipping can be worked out. If you would like other less then "fabulous" pics or have any questions, let me know via email or PM. Yeah, photography isn't one of my strong points!:D First "I'll take it" gets it. I might be cajoled into a trade, especially for Hartsfield, Fogg, Goo, Maringer (or Branton) Scalpels, Fairly knives or prybars, integrals, or anything along those lines.

As always, thanks for considering any of them!



Bill Siegle one of a kind Two Handed Barongesque: Designed by me, made by Bill back around 1999 if memory serves correctly and an absolute one of a kind. .200 5160 with a blade length of 12.75" and a G-10 handle length of 7" for a combined length of 19.75". It's a chopping beast that's surprisingly light for it's size. Choked up on the handle it moves gracefully or you can slide to the back of the handle for even more power. Or, it has enough handle length for a two handed grip for a ridiculous amount of swinging power. It has been used (how can you not?) and shows some horizontal scratches from the kydex. Bill give it a very coarse belt finish to help hide usage and it works admirably. This has been a grail of mine for 15 years.
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American Kami Mini Dashi: One of DJ's customs. OAL of 7.25" and a blade length of 2.25". 1/4" 1095 for steel with a taper from ricasso to tip. Handle was wrapped by previous owner in a ridiculously comfortable braided paracord wrap. Used with scratchs, and still ridiculously sharp but no signs of corrosion with maker's excellent kydex. A GREAT user with DJ's crazy grinding skills.

Mineral Mountain Hatchet Works (MMHW) All Purpose Cleaver: Earlier version made by Ted himself from 5/16" 5160 steel and a more complex ground bevel/edge. They now use 1/4" steel for this model and a more standard bevel and edge grind. Used, in good condition. Overall length of 12.75" and a cutting edge length of 5". Blade flats are parkerized, with spine polished. It does show freckling in the polished areas with markings in the parkerized flats of the blade. Kydex blade cover from maker. Balance point is right where the choil meets the micarta handle scales. A superb cleaver!
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Tinker Pearce One of a Kind Barong: One of a kind from Tinker, who no longer does custom orders but is back to making swords. And excellent seaxes!:D I gave him some ideas, and he ran with it, extremely well! Made from 3/8" 5160 and an overall length of 13" and a cutting edge length of 8". Flat ground with a very comfortable black paracord wrap by maker. Despite the size and spine thickness it's not as heavy as you would imagine and moves with a definite grace. Light use, original edge and in excellent condition. Comes with one of Tinker's heavy duty cross-draw sheaths, right handed.

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Mace Vitale (JS) Fighter: 11" OAL with a 6&3/4" cutting edge. Spine thickness is a solid .280 at the ricasso, and made from W2 with a great hamon with a subtle taper to a sturdy tip. Unsharpened false edge. Handle is green and black cord wrapped over red underwrap with the red being very subtle and the whole handle epoxy impregnated. Bought from the maker in 2008 and it's been unused and carried by me and in excellent condition. Great sheath from a great maker, as well.
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Three from Ivan Campos: Here's two heavy duty kiridashis and a heavy duty neck knife. The kiris are chisel ground from 1/4" K-100 steel which is Bohler's version of D3 basically. Ivan has made quite a few knives from it, and it's an excellent tool steel. These kiris were the last knives made by him from that steel, IIRC. Overall length of both of them is 5.25" and a cutting edge length of around 1.75". Flats of the blades have a type of parkerization while the spines and around the handle have really cool random texturing. One has pink and black G-10 layered with a worm eaten effect while the other has a textured gray G-10. Heavy leather pouch sheaths with a belt loop. Unused, excellent condition.

The neck knife is again 1/4" K-100, with an overall length of 5" and a cutting edge length of about 2" and chisel ground. Black silk cord wrap over a rust colored rayskin underlay that's all been epoxied into place. It's unused, although for some reason the blade has attained a rather odd circle pattern on it, from what I'm still stumped after all these years of owning it. Otherwise perfect however. Nice and snug kydex sheath from maker.
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Unknown maker bag axe: Unknown maker, but a really cool Revolutionary War period bag axe. Total length is 10.75" with a head length of 3.75". Cutting edge length is 1.75" tip to tip and looks to be around 3/8" thick through the head. Head has a kind of browned and blued appearance. Handle looks to be osage orange, possibly. Shoulder carry sheath from canvas strap and soft deerskin. Both axe and carrier have pretty good workmanship, but not a maker's mark to be found. Definitely a cool little axe/hatchet for period use, or for a kids first axe to learn how to use. Price is SOLD and shipped.

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