Tom Barminski

[ICEMAN]

I just bought a knife at the gun show here in Phoenix today made by Tom Barminski of Loveland, Colorado. Is anyone familiar with this maker and his work? The knife is a mirror polished, hollow ground, 4 1/2 inch drop point hunter of D2 with stabilized curly maple scales. The paperwork that came with the knife says it was hardened to Rc61. Any info on Tom Barminski would be greatly appreciated.

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John

 

[tbark]

Barminski has been around a long time but I dont know much more than that I have met him and he is an OK Guy ,He has a card that is labled A-Cut-Above ,nice slogan but a little uppity in attitude when I talked to him

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[Marion David Poff]

As I understand it, he does most of his business making knives for others, like shops that want to carry their own brand of custom knife, that sort of thing.

His skills look good, but his shapes are a bit out there.

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Thank you,
Marion David Poff aka Eye, Cd'A ID, USA mdpoff@hotmail.com

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[ICEMAN]

Thanks for the info. Marion, you are right about the designs being way out there. The blade is a typical drop point but the handle is a little unordinary. It feels good in the hand though. The craftmanship is as good as I've seen though. It cuts real good. I had some 3/4 inch rope out in the garage. After 100 push cuts (I about ran out of rope.) the edge still shaved cleanly. I guess D2 at Rc61 will hold an edge pretty good. I hope it's not too brittle.

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John