Who are the custom slip joint knife makers here?

[Don Hanson III]

My first choice is Tony Bose.

 

[T.A.DAVISON]

My first choice is Tony Bose.

That's probably a lot of folks first choice....:thumbup:


Here is a list of Custom / Hand Made Slip Joint Makers
And there are more...... but this should give you a good start?

Tony Bose
Reese Bose
Bill Ruple
Joel Chamblin
P.J. Tomes
Kerry Hampton
Rick Menefee
Brett Dowell
Todd Davison
Ken Erickson
Jerry Halfrich
Ray Cover Sr.
Hiroaki Ohta
Mike Alsdorf
Bill Vining
Ken Coats
Don Hanson III
Clifton Polk
Wes Davis
Joe Allen
J.B. Moore (James)
John Howser
Eugene Shadley
J. Normen
Tony Huffman
John Fraps
Tim Balda
Ryuichi Kawamura
C. Gray Taylor
Terry Davis
Jack Davenport
Joel Norfork
Rusty Preston
Dan Burke
Bailey
Don Marrow
Mike Zscherny
Rick Browne
Tim Britton
Keith Johnson
Richard Rogers
Johnny Stout
Jeff Claiborne
Bruce Bump
Tommy Gann
Enrique Pinea
Ray Smith
Ian VanReneen
Edie T. Elsmore
John Smith
Murray Sterling
W.B. "Bill" Stoddart
David Taylor
C. Tenny
L.J. Thompson
Arthur Washburn
Billy Watson
Wally Watts
Pat West
Ken Woosley
Michael F. Zima
Lin Rhea
Harvey Dean
Steve Dunn
Ryan Mythew - ? spelling?
A.C. Warren
Gary Crowder
Gene Wiseman
Claude Montjoy
Jeremy Steely
Jeff Mutz
Jim Dunlap
Jerald Nickels
T.R. Overeynder
Joe Kious
Jess Horn
Don Robinson
Jim Serven
Warren Osborne
Lowell Royster
H. K. Parker
Richard Plunkett
Paul Reynolds
Lynn Sampson
Ernie Self
Stan Shew
Toshiaki Shikayama
Bob Sims
Bill Simons
Michael J. Skellern
Jack Barrett
Lothar Berg
Larry Berely II
Robert Blasingame
Philip W. Booth
Dennis Bradley
Jerry D. Collett
George Copeland
Jim Corrado
Don Corwin
Chris Crawford
Al Crenshaw
Barry Davis
Dwayne Dushane
R.O. "Russ" Easler
R. Van Elkins
Kaj Embresten
Billy Foster
Tomonari Hamada
Yoshiaki Hattori
Harumi Hirayama
Steve Hoel
J. B. Hodge
John H. Holland
Roy Humenick
Bob jones
R.C. Knipstein
Ed Kramp
Yasushi Kabota
Paul Lebatard
James Lott
Mike Mann
Ty Montell
Ted Moore
Jack Mosher
Paul Myers
Hidetoshi Nakayama
Dan Nedved
Rick Nowland
Rod Olson
Doc Hagen
John Loyd
Craig Brewer
Beryl Driskill
Brent Cramer

 

[Todd Isa 53]

I like many of these guys who have been mentioned and I have considered buying from like 10 of them… but after looking at a lot I chose Jared Oeser. You should give him a serious look. Really its all preference. I often choose a custom knife by the person and the blade not just the blade alone. The guy who put together this last list has some of the coolest looking mammoth stuff I have ever seen. Never have spoken to Davison personally but wow on the knives and the fact that he put together such a comprehensive list of other guys says something.
Happy Looking.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

That's probably a lot of folks first choice....:thumbup:


Here is a list of Custom / Hand Made Slip Joint Makers
And there are more...... but this should give you a good start?

Tony Bose
Reese Bose
Bill Ruple
Joel Chamblin
P.J. Tomes
Kerry Hampton
Rick Menefee
Brett Dowell
Todd Davison
Ken Erickson
Jerry Halfrich
Ray Cover Sr.
Hiroaki Ohta
Mike Alsdorf
Bill Vining
Ken Coats
Don Hanson III
Clifton Polk
Wes Davis
Joe Allen
J.B. Moore (James)
John Howser
Eugene Shadley
J. Normen
Tony Huffman
John Fraps
Tim Balda
Ryuichi Kawamura
C. Gray Taylor
Terry Davis
Jack Davenport
Joel Norfork
Rusty Preston
Dan Burke
Bailey
Don Marrow
Mike Zscherny
Rick Browne
Tim Britton
Keith Johnson
Richard Rogers
Johnny Stout
Jeff Claiborne
Bruce Bump
Tommy Gann
Enrique Pinea
Ray Smith
Ian VanReneen
Edie T. Elsmore
John Smith
Murray Sterling
W.B. "Bill" Stoddart
David Taylor
C. Tenny
L.J. Thompson
Arthur Washburn
Billy Watson
Wally Watts
Pat West
Ken Woosley
Michael F. Zima
Lin Rhea
Harvey Dean
Steve Dunn
Ryan Mythew - ? spelling?
A.C. Warren
Gary Crowder
Gene Wiseman
Claude Montjoy
Jeremy Steely
Jeff Mutz
Jim Dunlap
Jerald Nickels
T.R. Overeynder
Joe Kious
Jess Horn
Don Robinson
Jim Serven
Warren Osborne
Lowell Royster
H. K. Parker
Richard Plunkett
Paul Reynolds
Lynn Sampson
Ernie Self
Stan Shew
Toshiaki Shikayama
Bob Sims
Bill Simons
Michael J. Skellern
Jack Barrett
Lothar Berg
Larry Berely II
Robert Blasingame
Philip W. Booth
Dennis Bradley
Jerry D. Collett
George Copeland
Jim Corrado
Don Corwin
Chris Crawford
Al Crenshaw
Barry Davis
Dwayne Dushane
R.O. "Russ" Easler
R. Van Elkins
Kaj Embresten
Billy Foster
Tomonari Hamada
Yoshiaki Hattori
Harumi Hirayama
Steve Hoel
J. B. Hodge
John H. Holland
Roy Humenick
Bob jones
R.C. Knipstein
Ed Kramp
Yasushi Kabota
Paul Lebatard
James Lott
Mike Mann
Ty Montell
Ted Moore
Jack Mosher
Paul Myers
Hidetoshi Nakayama
Dan Nedved
Rick Nowland
Rod Olson
Doc Hagen
John Loyd
Craig Brewer
Beryl Driskill
Brent Cramer

excellent list

Mods, I apologize for the thread necromancy, I just looked at the date.