Who are the custom slip joint knife makers here?

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Hi,
Beside T.A Davison, who are some other quality traditional slip joint custom builders? I am seriously considering my first custom traditional slip joint and want to see all my options.
Thanks!
 
Keith Johnson, Brett Dowell, Rick Menefee, Joe Allen, Jared Oeser, and Don Hanson. In no particular order.
 
and Tommy Gann who does excellent work on a whole variety of knives. Love the four totally different knives I own from Tommy.
 
The gents, Reese and Tony Bose, at Wilfred Works. Can't forget Enrique Peńa. I love his hand jigged bone. Bobby Toole is another to look at. The Traditionals forum here is a great place to hang out in to see some great slip joints also.

Chris
 
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Joel Chamblin, Tom Ploppert, Jerry Halfrich, Rusty Preston, Keith Johnson, DHIII, Mike Zscherny, Harvey Dean, Ken Coats(not Coates), Doc Hagen, Tom Overeynder, Bill Ruple, just a few off the top of my head. They might not all hang out here but fine makers none the less.

Kris
 
There are tons of makers who make great slip joint knives - for a lot of those names mentioned be prepared to wait a long time (months to years) if you're looking to build a knife from the ground up..

R.L. Smith MS makes a hell'uva knife, he turned one out for me in -5 weeks.. it doesn't get any quicker than that :thumbup:



I would suggest you buy a publication like Knives 2014 look thru it and check the listings in the back
 
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Thanks guys, for the list of all these custom builders. However, with the exception of T.A. Davison, very few if any of these fore-mentioned have websites! How does someone learn and see their offerings??
 
If you browse the traditional subforum, there's a dedicated thread for each maker (or most of them), which can be even more useful than a website. Also, most of these makers are members here, so it's easy to contact them.
As a sidenote, I'm absolutely surprised that no one has mentioned Ken Erickson yet :)

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not really a US maker , but this gentleman's work is exceptional , JD Ellis he is a South African (PM me and I can send contact details) :
P.S if not appropriate to post his work please move or delete mods

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Fortunately, there is a tremendous amount of talent in this particular arena...

...Tony & Reese Bose, Ken Erickson, Jerry Halfrich, Kerry Hampton, Bill Ruple, Enrique Pena, Joel Chamblin, Ryu Kawamura, Don Hanson, Richard Rogers, Ken Coats, Bret Dowell, Brent Cramer, Joe Allen, Mike Zscherny, Jared Oeser, Don Morrow, Rusty Preston, John Lloyd, to name several (but not all) whom I have had personal experience with over the years.
 
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