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The great thing about the Traditional Forum is you will always have the technical and mental support you will require to build your slipjoints from the vast number of fine craftsman that rank among us in here ..

And then of coarse you always have the using crowd like myself and many others to test your wears should the need ever arise.. :eek: :( :rolleyes: :yawn: :) :D :thumbup:..

But in all seriousness, need any hillbilly testers here abouts?? :confused: :) :thumbup:


Anthony
 
That's a good post Anthony - :thumbup::D

Mark,
Hang in there, I've made over 600 of these slip joint knives now, with out a pattern. Each one from scratch, one of a kind.
There is big learning curve to make them that way, but it can be done. Thanks to guys like Anthony taking a chance and buying a makers early work.
You should keep your very first one, and we all know you will get better, just takes time. -

Don't give up. - :thumbup:

Todd



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Mark,

Not that you need my encouragement, you have it in this thread from quite a few folks who I highly admire. Like anything worthwhile it takes time and dogged determination. I still consider slipjoints and daggers the most difficult styles a maker can challenge themselves with. Hang in there.

Gus
 
bigal2me said:
That's a good post Anthony - :thumbup::D

Mark,
Hang in there, I've made over 600 of these slip joint knives now, with out a pattern. Each one from scratch, one of a kind.
There is big learning curve to make them that way, but it can be done. Thanks to guys like Anthony taking a chance and buying a makers early work.
You should keep your very first one, and we all know you will get better, just takes time. -

Don't give up. - :thumbup:

Todd
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Todd,

Thanks for the post here! I seriously did not know you made these from scratch until now,, and often wondered why you did not list the perspective pattern you had for sale(?)

This explains much that I was wondering about..

.. I must say, being a veteran of your early hand made slipjoints and beyond, I am pleased to report using several of them hard in the field, you Sir, have the right stuff! :thumbup:.. There is one very nice Bearhead Trapper with a single blade in particular that I recall, with smooth natural bone scales that held up rather well under my use/abuse at the time when I was employed as a Zoo Exhibit Builder in the Palm Beach County, Florida area ..

Great knife as I recall!

Let's see if I have any older photo's of her in action..

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This is her and she was very :cool: when she took on the fine Copper patina on the liner's.


Anthony
 
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Well....sigh... still no slipjoint, but I have on loan a pattern from Mastersmith Mike Vagnino. I took a second short "class" from him today. I have commited to taking a full class from him on building slipjoints. The one good thing about this is search for perfection is spilling over into my fixed blades. I am measuring everything! and things are turning out straight! LOL

I would like to thank all of you for your encouragement. I will try to get some more photos posted tomorrow

Mark
 
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