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Thank you my friend, had a very pleasant afternoon
A. Wright, Sheffield, Lambfoot Knife was with me today - a nice compagnion from a great guy...
I had mine in pocket today too Andi! You'd have enjoyed this afternoon over here. Be great when you visit
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And just like that my carry for the day changes with the arrival of a belated birthday present
REALLY sorry for the lousy cell pics inside but I wanted to share it anyhow.
These Scagel brand knives are hard to beat. Nice stag, all steel, 1095, convex grinds that EASILY match customs, perfect walk and talk, great finishing all around, no gaps anywhere etc, etc.
Already in my pocket. A great one for sure.
Kevin
REALLY sorry for the lousy cell pics inside but I wanted to share it anyhow.
These Scagel brand knives are hard to beat. Nice stag, all steel, 1095, convex grinds that EASILY match customs, perfect walk and talk, great finishing all around, no gaps anywhere etc, etc.
Already in my pocket. A great one for sure.
Kevin
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Here we go again. I carried the boy's knife and Camillus EO jack until noon. When the mailman came with this mini copperhead, I had to put it in my pocket.
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Sarah's penchant for blue bone and nice pictures pushed me over the edge. I must say that I like the blue bone quite a bit myself now that I have one in hand to see how nice it is.
Ed J
Sarah's penchant for blue bone and nice pictures pushed me over the edge. I must say that I like the blue bone quite a bit myself now that I have one in hand to see how nice it is.
Ed J
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The blue rocks! (But so does the deep canyon bone.)
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Nice fruitport Kevin! Is that one easy to pluck open?
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Ed, that blue bone is beautiful! I really like the red shield against the blue bone as well.
Very nice knife.
Paul
Very nice knife.
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Thanks! Yes sir, I forgot to mention that. These are easy to pinch open and one feature that puts them right there with my favorite 85EO
Thanks again, Vic.
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This John Lloyd gunstock was my first custom knife; I got it from Vince about 2 years ago when the going rate for John's knives was less than 1/2 of what it is now. I distinctly remember being on one of this interminable charter buses from Boston to D.C. and I posted on my phone that I would take the knife.
John Lloyd is the master of sweet handle material, even going so far as to provide premium materials to other custom makers who have been in the game for longer, and this one is no exception: beautiful, tapered, amber stag.
The knife has the thinnest ground blade in a big single-blade I have ever seen; a crazy recurve swedged clip ground so thin that has a slightly perceivable amount of flex in the blade. I envisioned this thing burning through a whole pile of fresh caught trout without skipping a beat.
The half stop and pull when I received it were ferocious and probably an 8-9/10 overall; when I got it I near tore off a thumbnail. I let it rest for a bit with the spring extended and that eased it up a tad. I also had to learn not to let the blade slam shut, as that strong of a spring would smack the edge against the inside of the back spring and flatten 5mm or so of the edge. But all that said, this was just such an awesome knife to have. I had one of the soft Case belt sheaths for it too.
Unfortunately I was compelled to sell it one day as finances decreed, and it went to another appreciator of fine cutlery, PocketEdge (Grant.) From there, Grant sent it in to the maker to have the pull lightened, after which he sold it to another user, woodysone.
It was woodysone who I contacted a few days ago, in a fit of nostalgia, to see if he would sell me back my Lloyd knife as I had been eying pictures of it and kicking myself for letting it go. He had it in storage and said he'd look for it for me. Upon finding the knife that same day he told me to give him my address and he'd send the knife back to its original home, for a trade to be worked out later! What a class act of kindness for a total stranger! He even gifted me the beautiful Schrade liner lock also pictured, my first Schrade knife, and they were packed in one of those fancy fuzzy zip cases. So, I have these two great singe-blade knives out today, and want to send a big thanks to woodysone for helping me out!
John Lloyd is the master of sweet handle material, even going so far as to provide premium materials to other custom makers who have been in the game for longer, and this one is no exception: beautiful, tapered, amber stag.
The knife has the thinnest ground blade in a big single-blade I have ever seen; a crazy recurve swedged clip ground so thin that has a slightly perceivable amount of flex in the blade. I envisioned this thing burning through a whole pile of fresh caught trout without skipping a beat.
The half stop and pull when I received it were ferocious and probably an 8-9/10 overall; when I got it I near tore off a thumbnail. I let it rest for a bit with the spring extended and that eased it up a tad. I also had to learn not to let the blade slam shut, as that strong of a spring would smack the edge against the inside of the back spring and flatten 5mm or so of the edge. But all that said, this was just such an awesome knife to have. I had one of the soft Case belt sheaths for it too.
Unfortunately I was compelled to sell it one day as finances decreed, and it went to another appreciator of fine cutlery, PocketEdge (Grant.) From there, Grant sent it in to the maker to have the pull lightened, after which he sold it to another user, woodysone.
It was woodysone who I contacted a few days ago, in a fit of nostalgia, to see if he would sell me back my Lloyd knife as I had been eying pictures of it and kicking myself for letting it go. He had it in storage and said he'd look for it for me. Upon finding the knife that same day he told me to give him my address and he'd send the knife back to its original home, for a trade to be worked out later! What a class act of kindness for a total stranger! He even gifted me the beautiful Schrade liner lock also pictured, my first Schrade knife, and they were packed in one of those fancy fuzzy zip cases. So, I have these two great singe-blade knives out today, and want to send a big thanks to woodysone for helping me out!
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Indeed Jeff. Beautiful Ed! I had one of each before (get ready for it Ed, cover your eyes) I sold them both -- second and third from the top.
Also departed from this Case family photo is the slimline trapper at the bottom, which I used to consider my poor man's substitute for the Frutiport. One of these days I would love to get a Fruitport in smooth bone. Lovely Scagel Kevin!
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This one has been catching my eye every time I walk past... It has gotten the semi-totin' today...
Kevin
Wow! the RD damascus on that jack is magnificent!!! Looks better than that on my sowbelly for sure.
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Thanks Doug! I wanted the smooth bone for my user. My Ivory version is strictly a dress knife carried in the slip. I could not find any smooth bone so I went for the stag. It is less elegant than the smooth bone/ivory but I like it very much. It has a more rugged feel and look that made it EASY for me to put in directly into my pocket for daily carry and use. I have warmed up the the 76 gunstock and that secondary pen blade a lot though, so what will be will be
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
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Thank you, Ed. I took a LOT of care for that photo and made it accurate to how it looks. The damascus is a work of art and it blew me away when I first held it in person. Thanks
I had no idea they were using stag this nice! Sometime belated gifts are the best
Yes sir, I had MANY doubts from the photos listing them for sale. It showed up today and WOW am I glad I took a chance. Its gorgeous in person.
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Why would anybody sell a perfectly good mini copperhead?
Much less two perfectly good mini copperheads? Well, now I have a deep canyon bone and a blue bone myself.
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Here we go again. I carried the boy's knife and Camillus EO jack until noon. When the mailman came with this mini copperhead, I had to put it in my pocket.
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Sarah's penchant for blue bone and nice pictures pushed me over the edge. I must say that I like the blue bone quite a bit myself now that I have one in hand to see how nice it is.
Ed J
Some of the best looking translucent blue bone I have seen to date, if not ever. Wonderful photo and knife.
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Have my boys knife in the pocket today. Made a custom pocket slip for it a couple weeks ago. Been a fantastic knife for my uses
Fantastic job on that pocket slip, Mark! :thumbup:
This li'l feller is in my pocket right now...
GEC Tidioute #25 Strawberry Jack
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Yeah, I gotta agree, you definitely have a winner there!
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Good score on the Copperhead, Ed! Very nice! 
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This John Lloyd gunstock was my first custom knife; I got it from Vince about 2 years ago when the going rate for John's knives was less than 1/2 of what it is now. I distinctly remember being on one of this interminable charter buses from Boston to D.C. and I posted on my phone that I would take the knife.
John Lloyd is the master of sweet handle material, even going so far as to provide premium materials to other custom makers who have been in the game for longer, and this one is no exception: beautiful, tapered, amber stag.
The knife has the thinnest ground blade in a big single-blade I have ever seen; a crazy recurve swedged clip ground so thin that has a slightly perceivable amount of flex in the blade. I envisioned this thing burning through a whole pile of fresh caught trout without skipping a beat.
The half stop and pull when I received it were ferocious and probably an 8-9/10 overall; when I got it I near tore off a thumbnail. I let it rest for a bit with the spring extended and that eased it up a tad. I also had to learn not to let the blade slam shut, as that strong of a spring would smack the edge against the inside of the back spring and flatten 5mm or so of the edge. But all that said, this was just such an awesome knife to have. I had one of the soft Case belt sheaths for it too.
Unfortunately I was compelled to sell it one day as finances decreed, and it went to another appreciator of fine cutlery, PocketEdge (Grant.) From there, Grant sent it in to the maker to have the pull lightened, after which he sold it to another user, woodysone.
It was woodysone who I contacted a few days ago, in a fit of nostalgia, to see if he would sell me back my Lloyd knife as I had been eying pictures of it and kicking myself for letting it go. He had it in storage and said he'd look for it for me. Upon finding the knife that same day he told me to give him my address and he'd send the knife back to its original home, for a trade to be worked out later! What a class act of kindness for a total stranger! He even gifted me the beautiful Schrade liner lock also pictured, my first Schrade knife, and they were packed in one of those fancy fuzzy zip cases. So, I have these two great singe-blade knives out today, and want to send a big thanks to woodysone for helping me out!
Very cool story, Steve! I'm glad you got your baby back.