Szczegot Handmade- Some knives from Poland.

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I'm new here on the forum so at the beginning I would like to say hello. My name is Michael. Here are some knives made by me. All are made of carbon steel. If you like it, will post more;)

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Very good looking work! I'm partial to the last one with a Sheepsfoot/Coping blade, that would make a great everyday user. Good luck.
 
Welcome to the forum Michael, a next door neighbor, my family comes from Hungary and almost all are still there except for a handful who came over in 56.

Great looking work, you have a definite style, I really like the bowie in the beginning of the second batch of pics, I think that's a good example of your skills overall. The rustic look, rough and soft bevels works fine with the cleaver style knives but on the bigger knives with more complex grinds muddy, not crisp grind lines are needed to showcase the different angles.

The one cleaver has a concave profile which makes it difficult to function as a cleaver. You have some skills for certain, your leatherwork is stunning. I think you have some really great ideas that just need some fine tuning, some input from end users. For example some of your handles look like they would become uncomfortable after any extended use.

All that said, you didn't mention your equipment used or the materials. No specs, what kind of steel, heat treat, was it forged or stock removal? Where were the materials sourced? Are they meant to be used or hung on a wall?

Michael, I'm looking forward to seeing what the future brings for you and look forward to more information on you and your methods used to make what you posted. Keep up the good work, don't ever take criticism/critique personally. A good friend who's a well known knife maker said he got his best feedback and learned his most by getting his blades into the hands of the guys who use them, then getting some real time active dialog going back and forth to make changes on the fly. He was able to dial in his pattern and tweak the finer details like hot spots in the handles, blade balance, profile and edge geometry.

When you're a one off/custom made to order style maker the faster you dial in your patter the faster you can start making consistently high quality versions of a pattern.

Michael, please take what I say as only the humble opinion of collector user who's been putting knives of all shapes and sizes to the test for 40+ years. Good luck, good work, from what I see you'll be one to watch. :)
 
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Welcome to the forum Michael, a next door neighbor, my family comes from Hungary and almost all are still there except for a handful who came over in 56.

Great looking work, you have a definite style, I really like the bowie in the beginning of the second batch of pics, I think that's a good example of your skills overall. The rustic look, rough and soft bevels works fine with the cleaver style knives but on the bigger knives with more complex grinds muddy, not crisp grind lines are needed to showcase the different angles.

The one cleaver has a concave profile which makes it difficult to function as a cleaver. You have some skills for certain, your leatherwork is stunning. I think you have some really great ideas that just need some fine tuning, some input from end users. For example some of your handles look like they would become uncomfortable after any extended use.

All that said, you didn't mention your equipment used or the materials. No specs, what kind of steel, heat treat, was it forged or stock removal? Where were the materials sourced? Are they meant to be used or hung on a wall?

Michael, I'm looking forward to seeing what the future brings for you and look forward to more information on you and your methods used to make what you posted. Keep up the good work, don't ever take criticism/critique personally. A good friend who's a well known knife maker said he got his best feedback and learned his most by getting his blades into the hands of the guys who use them, then getting some real time active dialog going back and forth to make changes on the fly. He was able to dial in his pattern and tweak the finer details like hot spots in the handles, blade balance, profile and edge geometry.

When you're a one off/custom made to order style maker the faster you dial in your patter the faster you can start making consistently high quality versions of a pattern.

Michael, please take what I say as only the humble opinion of collector user who's been putting knives of all shapes and sizes to the test for 40+ years. Good luck, good work, from what I see you'll be one to watch. :)
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You know, I've been watching this maker for a bit and am disappointed he never replied because I was interested at one point in buying a knife from him. But with zero information (his FB/IG dont't list much either) I could never pull the trigger.

Shame...
 
it's especially bad form to necromance a thread with a disparaging post about the OP
there is a place to complain about a knife maker's business practices, and it ain't here
 
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