What’s Your Favorite Style of Custom?

[mmmotorcycle]

At my young age I tend to be gravitated towards tacticals more. I suspect my views and preferences will change over time.

 

[Peregrin]

I find myself gravitating towards forged hunters and custom slip joints.

I don't carry them all, but for some reason, I prefer purchasing something that I would and could carry if I wanted to.

 

[Michael Lovett]

It Gray's even further when one realizes that the American bowie is by definition of purpose a Tactical Knife. Especially in the thicker heavier styles. The slender styles are for all intents and purposes, Fighters. I never saw any special category for them until all this Forged vs Stock Removal silliness got started. This is what happens when one organization focuses so much on one style and technique in anything. There must be a big tu-du make over it at every given opportunity to justify what is being produced for consumption to the public. Titles, labeling, and perception is everything!!! And apparently, misguided or not. Misinformed or not. It is Working!!! It just gets deeper and deeper. I can very well remember just a short few years ago that a Bowie Knife was the mark of the raw armature outdoors-man. The Green Horn. Heck, you couldn't hardly give one away. Once again the tide has turned. For a while, it was Tanto's (American style). Before that it was boot knives. After, liner locks. Then Tactical Straight Knives. Then Tactical Folders. Later, anything with a lot of flash, and color. The gaudier the better. If it turns again, and it will, a lot of makers are going to have to learn how to grind fit and finish again. Hint! Clean and simple elegance. With purity of design. Form following function. With impeccable fit and finish is on the way back in in a big way. . I love beautiful engraving. Well executed file art. Nicely patterned Damascus. But it is also being used for a lot of camouflage. Many are looking past the embellishments, to see what the maker is up to. Regardless of style, or technique.

Mike

 

[thombrogan]

Do you think the results would differ much if this poll was conducted across the entire customs community?

If so how?

Some of us are into custom-made kitchen cutlery.

 

[brightred]

Some of us are into custom-made kitchen cutlery.

heck, thombrogan, you are right. i am so very used to the custom kitchen knives, i completely forgot them. we have four goos in the kitchen, a collaboration by boye and conable, one by sfreddo and one by the swiss bladesmith hansjuerg kilchenmann. and one i forged myself...

best regards,
hans