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A cool, classic knife

JEEP

Practically Family
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704
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Horsens, Denmark
The Puma is imho one of the best knives ever made. I sure wish I had bought one before the prices went skyward.


Regards.

Jakob
 

yobbos1

New in Town
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27
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Too far north
Anyone looking for a classic style knife on the cheap, very well made, check out Rough Rider. These are Asian made but are reissued American designs that are not seen much anymore. I have bought about six different models to try out the patterns and when I decided which one I liked best, purchased a more expensive Case or custom model. Rough Riders can be had for $20 or less each and are very good knives in their own right.
 

Atterbury Dodd

One Too Many
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1,061
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The South
yobbos1 said:
I have bought about six different models to try out the patterns and when I decided which one I liked best, purchased a more expensive Case or custom model.

Why not just buy the Case in the first place? (It's a real knife). Asian= nice way of saying made in CHINA.
 

yobbos1

New in Town
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27
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Too far north
If I want to try a Sunfish pattern (which I have never owned) or a Razor trapper (which I have never owned) I try out a cheaper version to see how I like it. If I like the pattern I then purchase a $200 to $400 version by a custom maker or an older collectable Case. I also do manual labour and don't want to destroy a valuable knife on the jobsite. Don't give me attitude about buying American. I own 30 or so Case knives and I'm not American.
 

Atterbury Dodd

One Too Many
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Ah, I didn't realize you must be Canadian. Attitude aside, who does custom work of the more traditional style? I have been looking for someone that makes some of the extinct styles such as the barehead jack with spear and pen blades.
 

yobbos1

New in Town
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27
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Too far north
Ken Coats and Ken Erikson are two makers who do excellent work. I have seen the type you describe from each of them. Neither one is from China.
 

Atterbury Dodd

One Too Many
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1,061
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The South
I have heard of Ken Ericson and been to his site. Very fine work but I guess he isn't taking orders for a bit because he's filled up with orders. I may try him later. I'll have to check out Ken Coats too--haven't heard of him before.
 

JEEP

Practically Family
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704
Location
Horsens, Denmark
I got another custom knife today, a bowie/fighter with whalebone coffin shaped handle and tooled leather sheath:


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The blade is 22 cm long and the overall lenght of the knife is 35 cm. It's a rather hefty one.

The knife is made by my good friend Jens Jørgen Schiermer.


Regards.

Jakob
 

Naphtali

Practically Family
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767
Location
Seeley Lake, Montana
Mycroft said:
When I was in the U.K. I picked up and Opinel Knife (No. 6), they are very simple and great for everything. Here is a good artilce on them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinel I highly recomend one, and they are well worth the ten bucks for a piece of history, a classic, and utility.
Here is, in my opinion, the Opinel design done to near perfection in the most useful blade shape and configuration.

1. Glass-filled grip.

2. 3.25-inch clip point with a continuous curve blade for unusually large cutting surface for its length.

3. Flat grind blade .125 inches thick.

4. Steel is called Carbon V®, in reality a variation of AISI 0170-6 steel @ HRC 58-59.
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Of course, something this sturdy and useful has been out of production for years.

 

Chasseur

Call Me a Cab
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2,494
Location
Hawaii
Did someone mention Opinel?!!!

I love those knives!

Here are my two.
Top: larger hunting belt knife.

Middle: presentation with mirror finish and horn handel.

Bottom: Laguiole, with corkscrew, everyday pocket knife.

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JEEP

Practically Family
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704
Location
Horsens, Denmark
carebear said:
That's a beautiful knife Jeep.

Did he do the sheathe as well?

He did. It is always nice when a cutler is skilled in leatherworking aswell.

My pics. really doesn't do the knife justice, I will try to take some better ones later today.


Regards.

Jakob
 

The Wolf

Call Me a Cab
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2,153
Location
Santa Rosa, Calif
here are some of the pocket knives I use and a custom knife.



This is a custom knife made for me with a logo I designed.

I bought two repro Lone Ranger knives.


The top is the Camco 60th anniversary edition. the bottom is the one that Novelty Knife Co. of China makes.
The Camco I carried for years. The Novelty one I've only carried for a couple of months and already the design is almost all rubbed off.:(

Sincerely,
The Wolf
 

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