Todd Begg knives engraved series

Lorien said:
there is a world renowned maker who uses 440A almost exclusively, and his pieces don't go for less than $20K, not to mention a great number of bladesmiths who use simple and inexpensive carbon steels whose work commands top dollar, fyi

getting hung up on the steel used for knives of this type means you're kind of missing the point, imo
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I made an incorrect statement, the steel I meant was 440B;

check here if you feel that the rest of my statement was incorrect. Hopefully those who would use the term 'poppycock' with impunity might give their posts a second look.



there is much more to an art knife than edge holding. If you don't understand that, fine. Use your knives with aplomb. If you don't understand that, and still have absolutist comments to make about the maker's chosen materials, then you need an education
 
A knife, art knife or not, is worth its weight in the best possible steel/material for the blade! Setting good-enough minimum-standards is nonsense no matter the maker's reputation. The days of 440?, AUS-?, 154CM, etc. are over! As a consumer and buyer of knives accept better in your non-kitchen knives for premium folders!
 
RamZar said:
A knife, art knife or not, is worth its weight in the best possible steel/material for the blade! Setting good-enough minimum-standards is nonsense no matter the maker's reputation. The days of 440?, AUS-?, 154CM, etc. are over! As a consumer and buyer of knives accept better in your non-kitchen knives for premium folders!
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I suppose the days of sculpting marble & soap stone are also over. Fibreglass moulding is where it is at.
I think the point is, these knives are useable, but are not expected to be used.
$3000 knives don't use N690. Everybody knows that. $3000 pieces of visual art use whatever the artist wants.
 
mtangent said:
I think the point is, these knives are useable, but are not expected to be used.
$3000 knives don't use N690. Everybody knows that. $3000 pieces of visual art use whatever the artist wants.
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Some will get used and carried as knives. They're functional but at such prices why not use premium steel for the blade. It's a knife after all.
 
I just like the fact that someone used the word poppycock in this thread. Instantly made it more respectable by 5 points. 10 points if you typed it with a British accent.

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This is the first hand satin finish frame we have done. We will be doing more of these with carbon fiber inlays.

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RamZar said:
Respectfully, that's poppycock! I'm not accepting the minimum standards price factors included or not!

Not missing the point but to keep accentuating that blade steels don't matter is missing the point.

At such price levels, the minimum acceptable level is super premium steel! Nothing less!
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Ram You should know by now I love Poppycock! Just remember these are just knives we are talking about here:highly_amused:

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mtangent said:
I suppose the days of sculpting marble & soap stone are also over. Fibreglass moulding is where it is at.
I think the point is, these knives are useable, but are not expected to be used.
$3000 knives don't use N690. Everybody knows that. $3000 pieces of visual art use whatever the artist wants.
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Kind of don't agree on the point here.
Marble and soap stone are used because they have a particular look and feel because they're natural, which you can't reproduce just like that. There is very different reasoning behind that as opposed to picking a knife steel.

Here the artist probably didn't choose this particular steel because it's so beautiful, he probably chose it because he likes to work with it.
And I really hope he didn't choose it because it isn't going to be used anyway, but it needs a steel, so might as well pick one that is easy to handle and maximizes profit as well.
 
Blues Bender said:
I found my answer.

Nephilim, why don't you post this where it belongs with the proper membership???
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That would be more honest, but this doesn't seem to be an art knife forum. reading the posts in this thread, it seems like wasted promotion.
 
Chopper88 said:
Kind of don't agree on the point here.
Marble and soap stone are used because they have a particular look and feel because they're natural, which you can't reproduce just like that. There is very different reasoning behind that as opposed to picking a knife steel.

Here the artist probably didn't choose this particular steel because it's so beautiful, he probably chose it because he likes to work with it.
And I really hope he didn't choose it because it isn't going to be used anyway, but it needs a steel, so might as well pick one that is easy to handle and maximizes profit as well.
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The artist is an engraver, not a cutler. The knife wasn't made by the artist, as far as I can tell.
 
mtangent said:
The artist is an engraver, not a cutler. The knife wasn't made by the artist, as far as I can tell.
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But it is marketed and sold by a cutler with his name under every photo. He chooses to build a knife, have it engraved and sold under his name.
I get what you're saying, and understand it from the engravers point of view, but not from the cutlers point of view.

I would create a knife with the best materials I can get within a specific budget, do the best job I can on it, and then to top it off have it engraved. So that the knife would be an awesome knife in its own already, but it's even 'better' because of the engraving. Now the engraving kind of 'makes' the knife.
No one is going to complain about a little premium on the price if they're as far in as this costs already.
 
Blues Bender said:
Personally, I think the same thing. It's like beautiful pinstripes on a Honda Civic.
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Just driving around, I get an offer on my 1992 Honda Civic Si about once every 6 months. Half the people want to pimp my ride and the other half want to race it :)
 
RamZar said:
There's a Todd Begg Knives forum here on BF and the very first thread from August 2015 is by Nephilim Killer where he introduces himself as Mark who's Todd Begg's brother.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1317125-Thanks-for-having-us!!!

There should be an official user account / moderator associated with the Todd Begg Knives forum and perhaps it should be Nephilim Killer.
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Perhaps he could have introduced himself as such here, instead of leaving us to put the pieces together. There was no evidence that he was a maker showing his product.
 
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