Show Us Your Knife (And Pipe)
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Today I have another slip joint. This time is from knife maker Phil Tham using translucent G10 for scales.
This is in my pocket more than any other knife. Elishewitz and Les George integral. M390 black DLC finish and brass hardware. 4 3/4 inch blade.
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A Klein that I found after moving into a house I’d just bought. It’s either the cheapest or most expensive knife I’ve ever owned. The pipe is an Abdulla Dribaccy Shark Skin.
I love looking at custom slippies but they aren't my favorite type of carry. Maybe one day I'll get super in to collecting them.
I considered picking one of these up when they dropped. I go hot and cold on daggers though.
I just picked this one up in a trade deal. It's a Caelum Ari.
Full Ti, aluminum carbon fiber, S90V. Excellent front flipping action, excellent middle finger flicker.. but a regular thumb flick is tough. It's got a healthy size to it too.. just over 9" oal.
Nice classic lines of a penknife. Really like the G10 grip. Is there a link to his knives you can post?
Boker Kalashnikov in CTS-XHP. This spends the most time in my pocket only because it's my work knife. As a cabinetmaker I totally abuse it by scraping metal and plastic, digging with the point, prying and all manner of ill conceived ideas. Sometimes I even cut with it ! I used to buy Spyderco Byrds because they were cheap, but I'd have to regrind them weekly. The XHP is much harder and touches up quickly.
Phil retired a few years ago. I think he is not making knives anymore. His old web site (Web Server's Default Page - http://ptartistry.com/) is not active. I don't know how to get in touch with him, but his knives show up here and there occasionally. You may have to search the net to find one.
Cool piece, this Caelum, but I'm going to sell it off to fund another I'm hunting for.
I have a Yellow Bole like that one I inherited from my granddad along with a few others, I haven’t smoked it reason being I still can remember being a kind and walking around with it clenched in my teeth and the taste of stale tobacco which it still hasYello Bole and a Tops FDX.45 for fixed blade Friday. I don’t normally carry a fixed blade of this size. This one stays attached to my grab and go bag. Unless I’ve got some work for it to do, then this is the one I usually grab. Surprisingly…my wife picked this out for me one year for Christmas! She’s the real edge in my life.
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Spyderco Para 2 in carbon fiber and CPM S90V. This version was a limited run produced when the Para 2 was first released, way back when...
It's not just a pocket knife, but I got my Leatherman Wave Plus I carry around damn near everywhere. Pipe is an Erin Go Bragh Lisburn.
Got my Rafa Trentin Puukko yesterday! Celeron micarta feels tremendous with that palm swell, and the 14c28n steel is going to be a workhorse.
That Knife looks like it will be a beast with utilitarian and fine use.
Awesomeness!
Here's a fixie for fine work....or a fine fixed for beast work. I'm surprised how well it manages to keep an edge.
What steel? Great traditional blade shape- almost a Smatchet Lite.
Loving the Trentin.
Got a new toy yesterday that I've been wanting to try since I first saw one. The Sandrin Monza w/ Zirconium scales. I'm a sucker for Zirc, so this is like a dream.
Sandrin doesn't use steel for their blades. Their specialty is tungsten. This blade is a majority Cobalt matrix with tungsten carbides (which are huge and hard- 71hrc!) The edge should last 10-15x longer than similarly ground steels. Speaking of grinds- this thing is THIN.
Got a new toy yesterday that I've been wanting to try since I first saw one. The Sandrin Monza w/ Zirconium scales. I'm a sucker for Zirc, so this is like a dream.
Sandrin doesn't use steel for their blades. Their specialty is tungsten. This blade is a majority Cobalt matrix with tungsten carbides (which are huge and hard- 71hrc!) The edge should last 10-15x longer than similarly ground steels. Speaking of grinds- this thing is THIN.
As some may have noticed, I like slip joints, especially if they are swaybacks. This particular one, from knife maker Bret Dowell, is starting to show some pocket wear.
