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[patrick_b]

Not super recently, but I did get this Folts custom minimalist just a month or so ago:

Alan Folts Minimalist Fixed Blade Knife Wharncliffe Vegas Forge "Rose" Damascus Blade Etched Finish w/ Blue Fatcarbon Handle and Kydex

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This is my favorite fixed blade in forever.

I love a wharncliffe!!

 

[LA Guy]

Happy Father's Day. Just picked this up. Love barlocks, love titanium, love elmax, love Reate, love the brand's story. Personallly also love black and bronze and two texture blades, though other configurations are also available.

Black PVD Goat AXL V2 – Ohlone Knives

ohloneknives.com

 

[LA Guy]

Not really my deal - I don't love the action, but no doubt that these Chris Reeve Purple Heart Sebenza annuals looks great:

 

[Jr Mouse]

@LA Guy

Aros with titanium scales.

 

[LA Guy]

@LA Guy

Aros with titanium scales.

I like it, but I don't really trust plunge button locks.

 

[Jr Mouse]

I like it, but I don't really trust plunge button locks.

I’m sure Anso did it well.

 

[LA Guy]

I’m sure Anso did it well.

It's just not an inherently strong lock type.

 

[LA Guy]

I like the very American clunkiness of this Terzuola design for Tactile:

https://tactileknife.co/products/ma...407_lynch&mc_cid=51434dfb9b&mc_eid=ceeaaffc5c
but at that price, you can get a WE integral bolster lock with beautiful inlays and a whole lot more difficult machining. And the WE or Reate knife will be invariably more reliable. So probably a pass for me.

The mokume gane and zirconium pen that my wife got me for our 19th anniversary is great though:

Mokume Gane Bolt Action Pens

Mokume-gane is a Japanese technique of forge welding metals together to form patterns and translating closely to “wood grain metal.” The maker we bought from this time got us a small piece of three alloy with copper, brass, and nickel silver.

tactileturn.com

 

[Jr Mouse]

Pocket clip blows but otherwise love this.

Brad Zinker Swayfront Trapper - Front Flipper Linerlock (Custom)

Swayfront extraordinaire Brad Zinker is a master of his craft. Renowned for his superbly slim and striking designs, Brad is one of the most highly regarded custom knife makers and is a voting member of the Knifemakers Guild. A culmination of Brad's decades of crucible-forged experience, the...

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[LA Guy]

Pocket clip blows but otherwise love this.

Brad Zinker Swayfront Trapper - Front Flipper Linerlock (Custom)

Swayfront extraordinaire Brad Zinker is a master of his craft. Renowned for his superbly slim and striking designs, Brad is one of the most highly regarded custom knife makers and is a voting member of the Knifemakers Guild. A culmination of Brad's decades of crucible-forged experience, the...

urbanedc.com

I sorta want a Pena custom fron flipper probably in a nice micarta though.

 

[Jr Mouse]

I sorta want a Pena custom fron flipper probably in a nice micarta though.

I get triggered by $900+ pocket knives with lazy pocket clips. Who asks for this? Put some effort into it.

 

[LA Guy]

I get triggered by $900+ pocket knives with lazy pocket clips. Who asks for this? Put some effort into it.

The best functional pocket clips are the Hawk clips for Chris Reeve, which may be the best pocket clips, period. Incidentally, a large Sebenza in S35VN with a custom jimped backspacer is the knife in my bugout kit, I figure that it's the simplest knife, easily to fix, and with minimal but tough hardware, what I'd want if things went completely FUBAR.

 

[patrick_b]

custom jimped backspacer

I recently came across the market for custom backspacers. Not surprised that they exist but is it an aesthetic or functional mod?

I may have mentioned that I needed a resharpen on my old Krein TK2 fixed blade. I checked with Tom and he said to fill out the form and mail it to him. He said not to mail cash but he'd send an invoice for return shipping when complete.

I sent it in Nov 2023 and waited. After about six weeks, I'd send a reminder every other week and sometimes he'd respond, sometimes not. It finally made it back to me in April. I never questioned his trustworthiness but I was terrified he'd lost it in the shuffle as I'm sure he receives countless emails and knives in the mail for refurb. I got it from him in 2005.

 

[LA Guy]

I recently came across the market for custom backspacers. Not surprised that they exist but is it an aesthetic or functional mod?

I may have mentioned that I needed a resharpen on my old Krein TK2 fixed blade. I checked with Tom and he said to fill out the form and mail it to him. He said not to mail cash but he'd send an invoice for return shipping when complete.

I sent it in Nov 2023 and waited. After about six weeks, I'd send a reminder every other week and sometimes he'd respond, sometimes not. It finally made it back to me in April. I never questioned his trustworthiness but I was terrified he'd lost it in the shuffle as I'm sure he receives countless emails and knives in the mail for refurb. I got it from him in 2005.

For the Sebenza it's for functional purposes. The blade seats with the edge so close to the spine that you can either cut yourself fairly easily *or* nick other things. The Sebenza os aesthetically pleasing, and it's super simple to maintain, but it has issues that everyone knows but have never been addressed.

And yes, those old dude's are working on American artisan time, which is just slightly better but typically more reliable than Italian artisan time.

 

[Hombre Secreto]

Any idea why knives end up with so much dust in the pocket? Every couple of days I brush off dust with a brush. My phone case too. Is it the crevasses? Kinda scary how much dust we intake too.