Tim Hancock Hunter

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brightred

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in general i don't care too much for straight handles. usually i try hard not to be an impulsive buyer. and mostly i follow the "piece - maker - price" rule.

well, there are exceptions...

specs: 5 1/4'' blade of 52100, 9 7/8'' oal, black ash burl handle, nickel silver hilt and collar, leather sheath with shark skin overlay. as you would expect, decent f&f.

all comments are welcome.

regards,
hans

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Nice piece. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Only decent fit & finish? :eek: Tim usually demostrates more than that.

Which of the covenanted Piece; Maker; Price rule did you break in buying this piece?
 
Kevin Jones said:
Nice piece. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Only decent fit & finish? :eek: Tim usually demostrates more than that.

Which of the covenanted Piece; Maker; Price rule did you break in buying this piece?
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maybe i should add a ;) to "decent". of course, the finish is on a par with the finish of a dean/andrews/neely knife (as you would expect...)!

i admire tim hancock's work very much, but his knives are scarce and mostly rather expensive. so when this piece showed up i "rearranged" the rule to maker - piece - price and acted at once. however, i don't regret it this time!

oh, and there's a 20m.s.07 stamp on the blade. i like that :D

hans
 
Did you mean exceptional instead of exception?! Certainly the piece and the maker are.
Sometimes intelligence works so FAST it just seems to be impluse. :D

Talk about doing the simple things exceedingly well!

Great piece, Mr. Hancock. Great purchase, Hans.

So, what does the sheath look like?

Thanks for showing it,
Bob
 
brightred said:
maybe i should add a ;) to "decent". of course, the finish is on a par with the finish of a dean/andrews/neely knife (as you would expect...)!

i admire tim hancock's work very much, but his knives are scarce and mostly rather expensive. so when this piece showed up i "rearranged" the rule to maker - piece - price and acted at once. however, i don't regret it this time!

oh, and there's a 20m.s.07 stamp on the blade. i like that :D

hans
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There you go, the "maker" can slide quite well into the top position at times. ;)

Tim dates all of his knives made since 2000 I believe. I like that too.

Where did you find it, if you don't mind my asking?
 
rnrossi said:
Did you mean exceptional instead of exception?! Certainly the piece and the maker are.
Sometimes intelligence works so FAST it just seems to be impluse. :D

Talk about doing the simple things exceedingly well!

Great piece, Mr. Hancock. Great purchase, Hans.

So, what does the sheath look like?

Thanks for showing it,
Bob
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thanks, bob! and here you go:

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hans
 
Kevin,

You are slowing down. The knife was on Tim's table at Blade. Dave Harvey from Nordic bought it and it sold through his website.

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brightred,

Gorgeous knife, great get! :thumbup:

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sorry kevin, i wrote while you posted. yes, peter is right. i had been on nordic's website a quarter of an hour before they sent out their e-mail about new knives. and pulled the trigger :)

regards,
hans
 
Yes Peter, I missed that. I was too busy examining Stephen F's big Bowie I guess.

Now that I'm 50, I can't keep up. :eek: ;)

Remember that Chuck K. since you are 50 today. :thumbup:

I have a nice Hunter coming from Tim. Can't wait...

Tim is quite a sheathmaker.

Nice pick-up Hans.
 
Kevin Jones said:
Yes Peter, I missed that. I was too busy examining Stephen F's big Bowie I guess.
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Wake up Bush! We need to get our borders under control now!

Between Foster, Guido, and brightred all the good stuff is headed to Europe! :grumpy:

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Can't think of a Hancock knife that I haven't liked. A lot. This is a beautiful piece.

Roger
 
ptgdvc said:
Wake up Bush! We need to get our borders under control now!

Between Foster, Guido, and brightred all the good stuff is headed to Europe! :grumpy:

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hey, we just do everything in our power to support your balance of trade. it's not enough yet, but we are working on it. :)

thank you all for your kind comments!

hans
 
Tim has a knack for making even the seemingly simple stuff just POP and make you take notice.

"Stunning" is hard to accomplish with a hunter... Unless you're Tim Hancock :) :thumbup:
 
This piece would pretty much fall into my rule, it is such a handsome hunter, and I don't collect those, maybe have 3 or 4 out of 100+ customs.

I would certainly buy it and keep it, except for a few points(these matter to me, and it is good for the discussion, so take it for that)

1. I can't stand nickel silver, and it has no place in Tim's repetoire, he should sell all his nickel silver to Burt Foster.:D

2. The handle is a scosh too long, and some shaping (like a smooth bird's beak, maybe) would have been nice.

3. I like a thong hole on most knives.

The price was fair, and the blade is really nice.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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