Which makers would you like to see more often available on retailer sites?

Joss

Joss

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As for me, I have only seen the work of Harumi Hirayama available once (from Nordic, snatched I believe by Dave Ellis within 4.7 sec). As for Jurgen Steinau, I have *never* seen any of his knives available anywhere.

Those would be my entries in this little discussion...

EDITED TO ADD: Hill Knives

Links & pics:
Harumi: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/harumi/knives/
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Hill: http://www.hillknives.com/
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Easy: Darren Chard.

The man makes a folder that is not only beautiful, but functionally perfect. I don't believe I've EVER heard a bad thing about one of his knives, nor have I ever heard about an unhappy customer. He doesn't take orders anymore, though. I'm hoping he'll make me a folder, though.
 
Lee Williams :)

This very talented maker does not take orders, so if a guy wants one of his knives he has to buy one at a show or from a dealer. Unfortunately, I haven't seen one for sale in quite a while.

I suspect that a lot of the names that pop up on this thread are makers who build superb knives but put out very limited production...
 
Yeah, Fuegen is a perfect example, but he's been making knives for so many years now that there are always a few seasoned pieces floating around. Nordic Knives has two right now and I'm pretty sure I recall seeing a few other pieces on other dealers' sites recently as well.
 
JL Williams
Deryk Munroe
Tim Galyean
Wolfgang Loerchner

Work from all of these outstanding makers is exceedingly difficult to find.
 
Tom Mayo: best folders for the $ IMO, not many on dealers sites
Jimmy Fikes: great no-nonsense forged fixed blades, killer hamons
Don Fogg: stunning knives and hamons, rarely available
Jerry Hossom: I love his designs but he slowed his business and they are scarce
 
Tim Hancock - some amazing work, only seen a couple pieces in the last year or so on one dealers site
 
D. Noel Smith, I've never spotted one of his knives
Paul M. Jarvis, the "King of Bling" - I've spotted only one in the last couple of years

Marcel
 
Good post. (Lee Williams' full-time job (refinery) put him on the graveyard shift for 14-hour days since hurricane Katrina. He is only now getting a handle on where he left off.)

My entry: Bob Lum.

Coop
 
Wulf said:
I suspect that a lot of the names that pop up on this thread are makers who build superb knives but put out very limited production...
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Also, foreigners are not very well represented on US sites. All the names I've proposed are foreigners.
 
Joss, I didn't say I liked his work I only mentioned that he is poorly represented for some reason or other ;)
I agree that not all the foreign (European, Australian) makers are well represented, but fortunately there are some exceptions to the rule. Such as the great Swedes (Bergh, Persson and the likes), a few well known Germans and Arpad Bojtos (Don Guild does a fine job promoting him).

Marcel
 
Most of the work we see from overseas makers comes from those who attend shows in the US.

Think about it - there are plenty of knives available from US dealers by European makers, but it's almost exclusively from those makers who market themselves in the US and make their work accessible to Americans. Among Europeans that fall under this category are names like Bergh, Persson, Gustafsson, and Kressler. There are also some Australian makers (McIntyre, Brodziak to name a few), not to mention South African makers like de Villiers, Bernard, the Harveys, and several Brazilian makers as well.

If you want knives from European makers who rarely sell their knives outside of Europe, try some European dealers first ;)

Your comments do bring to mind another European maker - Jim Jackson. One of, if not the only European ABS Mastersmith. His production is also quite limited, but he does some exceptional work and travels to the US for shows once in a while (I've seen him at Blade a number of times)... I don't recall ever having seen one of his knives for sale from a dealer.

Yet another name is Tim Zowada. His production right now is also pretty darn low, but I don't see many of his older knives trading either.
 
I would like to see more Walter Brend's. The full custom and not the collaborations.
 
Russ Andrews, Dan Farr, Nick Wheeler, Mike Connor...
Yeah, considering the sheer volume of knives those guys are producing, it's a wonder you don't see more of them on dealer sites ;)

And I echo your comments.

Let me also add Burt Foster.
 
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