Good Evening my fellow knife lovers! Thanks for clicking in; you are now about to enter the fabulous world of CUSTOM KNIVES, featuring the work of one of the KINGS of knifemaking...Mr. JERRY HOSSOM!! I'm sure most of you know of Jerry and his beautiful knives: check out www.hossom.com for more info, or do a search right here. Anyway...
...last week was my birthday, and to celebrate, I spoiled myself and had ordered a Millennium Black from Jerry. After I told my wife what I did, she hit me over the head with a frying pan(yes, there was bacon in it) and gave me the usual 'wife' lecture on how money was too tight right now, and we had to pay the rent, and the bills, and how we needed the money for more important stuff like food and clothes for the kids, etc. (yawn) So then I showed her a pic of one of Jerry's sweet neck knives, and told her how cool she would be with one of them, and how I could order one for her and we would BOTH get new knives at the same time...Well, it worked, cause here I am folks, with the SWEETEST knife in the world. Click on www.hossom.com/gallery/img29.jpg to see my baby, and then click on www.hossom.com/gallery/img30.jpg to see my wifey poo's knife. Or go to www.hossom.com/gallery and then click on page three for info...
Killer knives, huh? Mine's made out of CPM-3V with a dark bronze TiN coating, copper bolsters, and rag micarta for the handle, and my wife's is ATS-34 with imitation pearl handles. All thanks to Jerry...
Now I know some of you are saying, "Yeah right MrG, that's a sweet looking knife, but can it CUT??" And I say to all of you, "Can it cut? HA!!" That's right, HA!!
For the last three days, I've been locked downstairs in the basement, SEVERELY testing the limits of my new knife. (Well, not THAT severely...it IS my new knife ya know!) Thick ass rolls of tightly bundled wet newspapers gave way easily to the sharp angles of Jerry's Millennium Black; all it took was one witik to cleanly sever one of the tubes! Still not satisfied, I wrapped the wet newspapers in one of my kids' jeans, and then took a medium speed #2 slash at my target...it went through the denim and cut a deep gash in the newspaper! (Yes, my wife already yelled at me for ruining my daughter's jeans, and yes we're going to the mall tomorrow to buy her more).
Ahhh, but I still wasn't satisfied! I took one of the chickens out of our freezer when my wife wasn't looking, took a pair of denim shorts that she doesn't wear anymore, wrapped the chicken tightly in the shorts with duct tape, hung it with some paracord, and went a swinging! EVERY slash went through the shorts and cut the chicken, with several going through the bones! I then carefully washed my knife and hands, cause I don't want any salmonella baby!
Of course, I STILL wasn't satisfied! I took all these moving boxes my wife has saved for our big move this summer, and cut them up big time! I went crazy!! The Millennium Black stabbed, slashed, cut, thrust, poked, ripped all the boxes like a whirlwind, until all that was left were scraps.
And yes, the blade still shaved hair.
For me, that was enough. I wanted a blade shape that had a very sharp point, as I tend to be very point oriented in my techniques. Jerry made this point so sharp that it pierces like a hypodermic needle. I wanted a sure grip, with a pinky hook so my draw would be sure. Not only did Jerry give me that, he made the handle out of RAG MICARTA...one of a kind. I also wanted thumb serrations so I could achieve a saber grip, because I LOVE doing snap cuts/witiks, and Jerry did it for me. I wanted a subdued finish for the blade, and Jerry responded with a dark bronze TiN coating...WOO-HOO!! So far, this knife has it all. But for me, I place a LOT of importance on how the knife CARRIES, and how it DRAWS. And how did Jerry respond? Why, with our own Waxy himself, Mr. Matt Draper!!
Matt makes some killer concealex sheaths. For my Millennium Black, he made me a perfect shiny gloss sheath with a static cord. I prefer carrying IWB a la Bob Kasper, and Matt's sheath was absolutely PERFECT. I wore the knife to work, to the grocery store, to pick up my kids from school, to Blockbuster's to rent "Eyes Wide Shut" for the tenth time so I could see Nicole Kidman naked again...everywhere. And it was comfortable. No hot spots, no irritation...like it wasn't even there. I even did 50 Hindu squats while wearing it. And that's great for a 12 and 1/2 inch knife!!
On to the draw...I personally don't believe in quick draw knife fights. This "I can draw and slash in 1/100,000,000's of a second" is too weird for me. I like being able to draw from a variety of positions. Sitting, on the ground, laying down, etc. I like a knife that's smooth on the draw, and sure handled so when I grab for the knife, it's THERE. And here's where the Millennium Black also shines. Talk about a sure grip!! I also sweat a lot(I know, I know...it turns on the chicks) so while training I would wipe my sweat with my hands, and then slash and thrust full power. No slippage baby! Now that's a sticky grip!!
Matt also made a beautiful sheath for my wife's neck knife, which did much in her forgiving me. (See, and you thought my wife would divorce me for cutting up all her boxes and her shorts that I thought she didn't wear anymore...she just kicked me in the buttocks, that's all) Not only that, he also tossed in a horizontal belt sheath too! I highly recommend Matt's sheath work, so much that I'm sending him some of my other knives so he can make me more sheaths!
So, as I sit here in my boxer underwear, I am holding my Hossom Millennium Black, which, BTW, weighs less than my Edges2 Gatorback training knife, mindlessly shaving hair from my arm, thinking that everyone in the whole wide world needs to know how awesome Jerry's knives are, and how they can be in knife niravana as I am, all by simply ordering one of his knives.
It's definitely an experience.
[This message has been edited by MrG (edited 04-16-2000).]
...last week was my birthday, and to celebrate, I spoiled myself and had ordered a Millennium Black from Jerry. After I told my wife what I did, she hit me over the head with a frying pan(yes, there was bacon in it) and gave me the usual 'wife' lecture on how money was too tight right now, and we had to pay the rent, and the bills, and how we needed the money for more important stuff like food and clothes for the kids, etc. (yawn) So then I showed her a pic of one of Jerry's sweet neck knives, and told her how cool she would be with one of them, and how I could order one for her and we would BOTH get new knives at the same time...Well, it worked, cause here I am folks, with the SWEETEST knife in the world. Click on www.hossom.com/gallery/img29.jpg to see my baby, and then click on www.hossom.com/gallery/img30.jpg to see my wifey poo's knife. Or go to www.hossom.com/gallery and then click on page three for info...
Killer knives, huh? Mine's made out of CPM-3V with a dark bronze TiN coating, copper bolsters, and rag micarta for the handle, and my wife's is ATS-34 with imitation pearl handles. All thanks to Jerry...
Now I know some of you are saying, "Yeah right MrG, that's a sweet looking knife, but can it CUT??" And I say to all of you, "Can it cut? HA!!" That's right, HA!!
For the last three days, I've been locked downstairs in the basement, SEVERELY testing the limits of my new knife. (Well, not THAT severely...it IS my new knife ya know!) Thick ass rolls of tightly bundled wet newspapers gave way easily to the sharp angles of Jerry's Millennium Black; all it took was one witik to cleanly sever one of the tubes! Still not satisfied, I wrapped the wet newspapers in one of my kids' jeans, and then took a medium speed #2 slash at my target...it went through the denim and cut a deep gash in the newspaper! (Yes, my wife already yelled at me for ruining my daughter's jeans, and yes we're going to the mall tomorrow to buy her more).
Ahhh, but I still wasn't satisfied! I took one of the chickens out of our freezer when my wife wasn't looking, took a pair of denim shorts that she doesn't wear anymore, wrapped the chicken tightly in the shorts with duct tape, hung it with some paracord, and went a swinging! EVERY slash went through the shorts and cut the chicken, with several going through the bones! I then carefully washed my knife and hands, cause I don't want any salmonella baby!
Of course, I STILL wasn't satisfied! I took all these moving boxes my wife has saved for our big move this summer, and cut them up big time! I went crazy!! The Millennium Black stabbed, slashed, cut, thrust, poked, ripped all the boxes like a whirlwind, until all that was left were scraps.
And yes, the blade still shaved hair.
For me, that was enough. I wanted a blade shape that had a very sharp point, as I tend to be very point oriented in my techniques. Jerry made this point so sharp that it pierces like a hypodermic needle. I wanted a sure grip, with a pinky hook so my draw would be sure. Not only did Jerry give me that, he made the handle out of RAG MICARTA...one of a kind. I also wanted thumb serrations so I could achieve a saber grip, because I LOVE doing snap cuts/witiks, and Jerry did it for me. I wanted a subdued finish for the blade, and Jerry responded with a dark bronze TiN coating...WOO-HOO!! So far, this knife has it all. But for me, I place a LOT of importance on how the knife CARRIES, and how it DRAWS. And how did Jerry respond? Why, with our own Waxy himself, Mr. Matt Draper!!
Matt makes some killer concealex sheaths. For my Millennium Black, he made me a perfect shiny gloss sheath with a static cord. I prefer carrying IWB a la Bob Kasper, and Matt's sheath was absolutely PERFECT. I wore the knife to work, to the grocery store, to pick up my kids from school, to Blockbuster's to rent "Eyes Wide Shut" for the tenth time so I could see Nicole Kidman naked again...everywhere. And it was comfortable. No hot spots, no irritation...like it wasn't even there. I even did 50 Hindu squats while wearing it. And that's great for a 12 and 1/2 inch knife!!
On to the draw...I personally don't believe in quick draw knife fights. This "I can draw and slash in 1/100,000,000's of a second" is too weird for me. I like being able to draw from a variety of positions. Sitting, on the ground, laying down, etc. I like a knife that's smooth on the draw, and sure handled so when I grab for the knife, it's THERE. And here's where the Millennium Black also shines. Talk about a sure grip!! I also sweat a lot(I know, I know...it turns on the chicks) so while training I would wipe my sweat with my hands, and then slash and thrust full power. No slippage baby! Now that's a sticky grip!!
Matt also made a beautiful sheath for my wife's neck knife, which did much in her forgiving me. (See, and you thought my wife would divorce me for cutting up all her boxes and her shorts that I thought she didn't wear anymore...she just kicked me in the buttocks, that's all) Not only that, he also tossed in a horizontal belt sheath too! I highly recommend Matt's sheath work, so much that I'm sending him some of my other knives so he can make me more sheaths!
So, as I sit here in my boxer underwear, I am holding my Hossom Millennium Black, which, BTW, weighs less than my Edges2 Gatorback training knife, mindlessly shaving hair from my arm, thinking that everyone in the whole wide world needs to know how awesome Jerry's knives are, and how they can be in knife niravana as I am, all by simply ordering one of his knives.
It's definitely an experience.
[This message has been edited by MrG (edited 04-16-2000).]
