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I have a few new ones, but I’ll post my favorite now and get to the other later.
It’s a new John Lloyd 3-3/4” mammoth Barlow in A2, bought from VCM3 (he sells these on his website). It is beautiful with smooth mammoth ivory covers, good feel in the hand, and sharp sharp Sharp! Vince threw in a suede leather slip, but otherwise no box or fancy stuff to go with a fancy knife.
The slipjoint is nice and flush, and pretty tight at the half-open and full-open. It just feels so special to hold, to open, and to close. Someone else wanted this knife first, but they did not appreciate covers that did not have texture on them, such as bone or stag.
This was posted in the Sarah Ladd engraving thread, with joking about having a mammoth engraved on the bolsters, maybe with gold tusks. That would be so cool, and if she ever wanted to take on the job, she already knows how to reach me.







It’s a new John Lloyd 3-3/4” mammoth Barlow in A2, bought from VCM3 (he sells these on his website). It is beautiful with smooth mammoth ivory covers, good feel in the hand, and sharp sharp Sharp! Vince threw in a suede leather slip, but otherwise no box or fancy stuff to go with a fancy knife.
The slipjoint is nice and flush, and pretty tight at the half-open and full-open. It just feels so special to hold, to open, and to close. Someone else wanted this knife first, but they did not appreciate covers that did not have texture on them, such as bone or stag.
This was posted in the Sarah Ladd engraving thread, with joking about having a mammoth engraved on the bolsters, maybe with gold tusks. That would be so cool, and if she ever wanted to take on the job, she already knows how to reach me.






