Which Bladeforums knifemaker's knives are the most sought after?

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golok

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With absolutely no intention to ignite a rivalry, I wish to know which Bladeforums knife maker's blades are the most sought after among members of the forums.

Mentally, I think there are about 20 knife makers who post participate regularly or irregularly here. Many of them are pretty good. Some are in fact marvellously talented. A few are probably destined to have their pictures hung in the Bladeforums Hall of Fame.

By the way, are we not going to have a Gallery of these blade heroes?

Thus, my question. Sometimes talent has nothing to do with a person's commercial success but that's the way life is.

Anybody knows the answer to this question.

:D
 
...because I'd have to nominate Gary Graley's beautiful custom folder sheaths as among some of the most sought-after accessories.
 
Tough call. We have so many sought after knife makers here. I think top dog honors belongs to Kit Carson with DDR a close second.
 
These are the guys that are at the top of my wish I had a knife by list:

Jerry Hossom
Darrel Ralph
Tom Mayo
Kit Carson
Rob Simonich
Neil Blackwood
Matt Lamey
Bruce Evans
Trace Rinaldi

Lots of other great maker-members though.
 
Is "sought after" the same as popular?
I think that Darrel Ralph's knives seem to be the most popular, while Kit Carson and Rob Simonich's stuff is harder to find, and possibly more "sought after"-if that makes sense.

I like Steve Harvey's wish list, those are the exact guys I would have listed. I'd call it my "lust" list, though (the knives, not the guys-don't get excited, anybody:p).
 
Some of the handmade knives that I have are made by:
Kit Carson
Darrel Ralph
Pat Crawford
Rob Simonich

Some of the handmade knives that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE are made by:
Kit Carson
Darrel Ralph
Pat Crawford
Rob Simonich

;)
 
Rob Simonich definitely. His wait times have skyrocketed! Great for Rob, sad for me! :(
 
Great list so far. Tim Herman would be a good addition.
 
Darrel Ralph
Tom Mayo

These guys jump in and participate on the forums on a regular basis. This makes them very accessible to us mere "mortals". This, plus the obvious quality of their pieces, would probably account for their popularity.
 
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