What was your first custom?

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The first one ordered was the Neil Blackwood Hunter but the first one to arrive was the Raker (Ray Kirk). So I give credit to each guy.
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"I fought the law and the law won".
 
My first custom was a folder by Elishewitz.It was a special order from someone who wanted Alan to make his version of an Emerson CQC6.When the knife was finished the person who ordered it was unable to be contacted and the knife was sold to Les Robertson and then purchased by myself.I wish I would have kept it.I still remember debating whether or not I would ever spend $350 on a knife.Now many of the customs I own are more than $1000 each.And no matter how many times that Fed Ex truck pulls up,I still feel like a kid X-mas morning.
John


 
A Mel Pardue folder.I think in 1973.Sheep horn scales ats34 blade.Stolen last year in a breakin at my home.

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My first was a little fixed drop point, with what I was told was a fox-jaw handle. All the teeth are there, even the small ones in the front. The sheath is pretty simple, but very striking. It has a leather cord, and hangs from my neck. Most people comment on the sheath first. It has a very primitive feel about it. Yes I still have it and carry it with me always, everyday, everywhere.

So, a few months back, I was purchasing one of Audra Draper's first blades, from a gentleman named Larry Golczewski (not an easy name to type), and I proudly produced my favorite blade to show him, and he said, "Hey, I made that!" LOL. I was shocked! And he had the twin, whose handle was the other side of the fox-jaw. Naturally I had to have it. That blade is longer and hints at a scimitar-style. He said he forged them from lawnmover blades. And the fox was chasing, or had killed one of his wife's cats. Bad Fox! Now it rests in peace in my cherished collection.

Apologies to those who may have read this before...
 
I was given an Elishewitz/Viele Focus just a few days ago for a Christmas/Birthday present--my first custom.

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"I'm out there Jerry, and I'm lovin' every minute of it!"--Kramer
 
Jeff Harkins Kracked Tac:
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SINGLE ACTION LEAF SPRUNG
BLADE TYPE = 3.7" SATIN FINISH ATS BLADE
BURNISHED SS HANDLES WITH JEFF'S SIGNATURE "CRACKLE" FINISH
GOLD PLATED SPRING AND HARDWARE
TRAP DOOR RELEASE
INTERFRAME -- No liners or bolsters, just a solid steel frame with a hand fit, inlaid button (a lot of work!) and inlaid locking leaf. The backspacer and kick spring are one solid handground and tapered piece (gold plated). Because of this, some of Jeff’s knives ring like a tuning fork when fired.
 
Y first custom was from Corbet Sigman. It was a #7 dropped point hunter with ivory micarta handle and nickel silber guard. The finish is impeccable and is still an eye catching blade! I beleive it cost around $200 and was two years waiting. Since then there have been many others from Corbet, the most spectacular being a full skinner with nickel silver bolster and ivory micarta handle. It is impossible for anyone to grind this blade by hand but there it is! I noticed that in his latest catalog, it is not offered. I did purchase a Morseth from AG Russell in '72 but this is not considered a custom, but still nice work.
 
My first custom was a Barry Wood swinglocker that I bought in 1973 in Philadelphia while in the Navy there, had a clip point blade with antique ivory micarta inserts, very good knife...

G2


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"The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions!"
Take the time to read your Bible Now, don't be left behind...
 
You know, I don't remember. It was either an Elishewitz Phantom or two Lightfoots, Predator and Predator backup. I still have them.
 
First, and so far only, is a Darrel Ralph small Apogee. Just got it a couple of months ago. Already thinking about what to get next.

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Dave

Let no one ever from henceforth say one word in any way countenancing war. It is dangerous even to speak of how here and there the individual may gain some hardship of soul by it. For war is hell, and those who institute it are criminals. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
 
An amber-stag-handled Bowie, 7-inch O-1 blade with sharpened clip and brass guard, made by Jim Siska in 1996. Ordered it to commemorate a knife my grandfather had owned -- which, in retrospect, was undoubtedly smaller and much less nice. I still have it.



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Russell Kay
Computerworld Reviews
Framingham, Mass.
NCCA life member
 
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