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David Sharp

David Sharp

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Bob Loveless and Bob Lum did a collaboration?

I was musing over my sketch pad messing with a couple of designs and the 5" Fighter I won Best New Maker for was in front of me and so I started doodling. I have never touched a real Lum knife only looked at pictures. I have handled many Loveless knives in my short tenure as a knife maker and find the 5"Fighter handle is of a very nice size and is pretty rare.

So what I made is a mortise tang handle with guard to the exact outline of the Loveless 5" Fighter and then designed a blade that Bob Lum might have approved. (bear in mind I never met either Bob and this knife was made with a deep respect for what they gave to the knife culture) I used Black Linen simply because it seemed that Bob Lum either used Black Micarta or Stag on the majority of his fixed blades and of course there is the prerequisite red stripe.


So here we have it as photographed by Jim Cooper (this will be at the CA Cust Knife Show next weekend):


 
to my eye, the primary edge grind doesn't go quite high enough, just a titch higher up would make a big difference imo. The forward flat grind out at the tip also looks too shallow, and I think it would jive better if it about the same width as the primary grind. Blending the flat grind line in at the point would make for a nice, rounded transition between both grinds and that signature Lum tip. I also think that the upper swedge is too short, I'd draw it almost all the way to the maker's mark. Personally, I'd nix the lanyard hole and the upper quillion.

Very cool project, I hope to see more explorations of this variety:thumbup::cool:
 
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More like Phill Hartsfield and R.W. Loveless....I need to school you on Japanese aesthetics.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Hello!

I like it as well! Has a fresh and interesting look to it!

Best regards,
Alex
 
Thanks guys; I had fun and it turned out better than the paper version so I'm happy.

Steven until you mentioned it I never once had the thought "I'm going to make an Asian influenced/styled blade". I know nothing about them. I did think "What if..." and had fun doing it; no apologies.

BTW anytime you want to hold class I'm listening :thumbup:

Kohai999 said:
More like Phill Hartsfield and R.W. Loveless....I need to school you on Japanese aesthetics.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I think it comes pretty close to Bob Lum's mark, even if it falls short of the Asian bullseye.

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A solid knife, still, by all measures.

Coop
 
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