The "Swan River Fighter"

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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My new location on the Swan River in northern Minnesota needed to be represented further after my initial knife the "Illi-sota" hunter.
I'm just a sucker for Twisted Wrought Iron and African Blackwood (the good kind!)
Here is 14 3/4" of W2 and the rest:

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That's an excellent looking blade and an awesome Hamon!... And the guard...and the handle. Well, I guess it's just great all around! Lol!
 
Great looking fighter! And I am glad to see your name on the line up of makers for the Arkansas Custom Knife Show. I look forward to ogling a few of your knives in February.
 
I like that this is pointier than most of the knives I've seen you post.
A lot of belly is a big turn off for me generally, and I find a lot of your patterns to be very round up toward the point.
From a flow perspective, from what I've seen of your work, this strikes me as the best to date.
It seems less constrained than a lot of what I've seen from Anderson Forge. Kinda 'wild hair'!
 
Lorien said:
I like that this is pointier than most of the knives I've seen you post.
A lot of belly is a big turn off for me generally, and I find a lot of your patterns to be very round up toward the point.
From a flow perspective, from what I've seen of your work, this strikes me as the best to date.
It seems less constrained than a lot of what I've seen from Anderson Forge. Kinda 'wild hair'!
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I agree

Good looking knife
 
I love the combination of simple lines and the sophistication of the hamon and guard & handle combo.
 
Thanks, everybody, for the kind words.
Been gone all day and haven't had a chance to respond.
Glad you like that profile, Lorien.
I don't know if I'd call the other ones "round" but I will admit I want my blade points supported and backed up by meat.
Pointy and lean may look cool, but I've seen knives fail for lack of support behind thin leading points and nothing behind thin cutting edges.
I build every single one of my knives to survive the tasks they're designed to perform.
Won't see many of mine pointier than this.


Lorien said:
I like that this is pointier than most of the knives I've seen you post.
A lot of belly is a big turn off for me generally, and I find a lot of your patterns to be very round up toward the point.
From a flow perspective, from what I've seen of your work, this strikes me as the best to date.
It seems less constrained than a lot of what I've seen from Anderson Forge. Kinda 'wild hair'!
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