WIP of Sheffield inspired 3 thick Sportsman's knife - Ken Erickson

shaldag said:
Well, I will be giving Ken a call to discuss the knife, its journey, and payment of course.

When we began to discuss this seriously, I kind of had a sketch in my mind, and a picture of how the knife would turn out. I think that I have a pretty good imagination, but it did not do the project justice in this case; Ken's craftmanship ( if that is the right word at 5:30 a.m.) has exeeded anything that I imagined, even with the Sheffield bood as a starting point.

One year, I made it to Blade. I keep planning to go back, a couple of years ago I even bought a ticket and reserved a room, and I had to cancel 2 weeks before the show because of work. Its just too hard for me to get away at thta time. So I usually call up a maker or 2 that I know and order something as a consolation prize. Well, it looks like this year I will manage not to feel too bad that I can't make it to the show. It seems to me that this knife will keep me occupied for a while.

Thanks everyone for your input and kind words. Special thamks to Gus, of course, for helping put things (Ken and myself) together. And thanks to Ken. Not only for the hard work, but for all the converstaions and interactions, for putting up with questions, indecisons, etc etc. Ken made this a lot of fun, and the ability and willingness to show the progess on these forums just made it better.
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If ever I were to go after a custom, it would be in search of an experience like that.
 
This knife is as close as can be to perfection. It reflects the best craftsmanship of Sheffield golden age. Beside deep appreciation to both Ken and Shaldag, the second feeling I have is envy :o
Mike
 
Well Mike, Israel is gonna be itsnew home. maybe you'll get to look 'er over sometime.
 
The level of skill and craftsmenship displayed here leaves me speechless.
 
Not sure what words could add to the pictures of that knife, so I will just say Congrats! To you both!
 
I think everything that has been written about this knife is spot on and i can't anything else, except I love the coined liners.
An absolute superb rendition and worthy of your slogan, "paying homage to the masters", truly suits this piece.

Jeff
 
The coined liners were entirely Ken's idea, and they do make the knife look more "authentic Sheffield", in my opinion. By the way, I was not looking for a Sheffield reproduction here. What I wanted was Ken's interpretation of a Sheffield knife.

I believe I got what I wanted, and more.
 
shaldag said:
By the way, I was not looking for a Sheffield reproduction here. What I wanted was Ken's interpretation of a Sheffield knife.

I believe I got what I wanted, and more.
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I'll say.

(I don't even know what else to say.)

Beautiful job, Ken. Good on you, shaldag, for going for it, and for making all the different (I'm guessing sometimes difficult) decisions along the way.

I trust you men have a plan for getting this knife safely to Israel? No need to reveal it here(!), but I'm sure there will be much rejoicing once this ivory-clad knife is safely in shaldag's hands.

Thanks to both of you for sharing the process of this knife's creation with us.


... Wow.

~ P.
 
Thanks again for all the kind comments!

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Well, I received the knife today. I'm not gonna try to post pics, Ken is a much better photographer than I am, and his pics do not do this knife justice. The ivory is beautiful, the fit and finish is great, the blades are razor-sharp, and all the little implements are very finely done. I can only add that it was a lot of fun to work with Ken on this, and I will treasure this knife--and carry it.
 
Thank you again for allowing us to follow this journey. It was an amazing look into the mind of a great knife maker!
 
shaldag said:
Well, I received the knife today. I'm not gonna try to post pics, Ken is a much better photographer than I am, and his pics do not do this knife justice. The ivory is beautiful, the fit and finish is great, the blades are razor-sharp, and all the little implements are very finely done. I can only add that it was a lot of fun to work with Ken on this, and I will treasure this knife--and carry it.
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I was on the edge of my seat throughout this thread after you mentioned the ivory/customs issue. I was hoping it would all go well!

It's great to have had a sped up view of this process, I'm not sure I have the patience to wait that long! Congrats, and let us know how you end up deciding to carry this beauty.
 
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