Your Dream Knife..?

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sat May 19, 2007 2:22 am

If you had one chance to get the knife you have watched forever but cannot afford or is not available which would it be..???

Here is my dream knife..

Eugene Shadley Exhibition Grade Pearl, fileworking on the liner area, Engraved by Dan Wilkerson with 14kt Arrowheads. BL is 23/8" OAL 51/4" Price $1,795.00

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:16 am

You can afford that knife, burstman!! Just sell 20 good knives, and it's yours!!

Sure is a beauty!

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:51 am

Closer to 17 of his will work. OOPS I forgot about shipping..,

Yup pers your right. It wood take 20 of Tangerines knives to buy that one.

Super want knife Sunburst. I like the arrow head in it too. A touch of Class...

For me it would have to be one of Alton D'Holders Knife.

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:22 pm

OH, the list is long...and my wants are many.

The right knife by Richard Rogers or Tony Bose.
Or, I recently came across this very interesting and stunning piece, which could belong to one of us for $3K...hope I hit that exacta at Pimlico.

Bill

richied · Post by **richied** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:57 pm

I could live with this

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:26 pm

Wanna drool, for hours no less. Here are a couple links with all kinds of pocket candy and eye candy.

Get ready for sticker shock.

http://www.knifenetwork.com/classifieds ... t=pres_fld

And then there is Lynn Olson, who is a member of the knife club I belong to. I haven't been in several months, first Wednesday seems to always conflict with my scedule for some reason. Also I have been taking medications hat I do not want to drive with, just learned it's called Oxycontin, aka hilbilly heroin, I guess that's a name that fits me, I'm way more hillbilly than civilized at times, just blame my roots.

http://www.myknifedealer.com/cgi-bin/we ... ries=01001

Here is a design that I really like by John W. Smith. Yeah, Chanpagne tastes and near beer budget.

Twenty-four pieces of Mother of Pearl—each separated by a thin Gold spacer—paint the interframed Sun with rainbow colors. Profuse engraving with 24K Gold inlays surround the rising sun as light fills the day to reveal the morning foliage. John has also carried the foliage onto the blade. Blade, backspine, and liners are fileworked. Gold thumb bob. Only John’s top-of-the-line knives have the “Smith” signature of 24K Gold inlayed on the blade. $5900.00

Heck, they are all dream knives.

tank · Post by **tank** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:25 pm

Here's mine, it isn't too bad high either. It's by Mel Fassio.

Knife Specifications: Engraved Wooly Mammoth Bark Back Lock Folder
Blade Length: 3"
Overall Length: 6.75"
Blade Type: Drop Point
Blade Composition: Engraved ATS-34
Bolster Composition: Engraved 416
Handle Material: Wooly Mammoth Bark Ivory
Opening: Nail Nick
Other Features: This beautiful piece by Mel Fassio has his own deep relief engraving. It has very nice brown, beige and green mammoth ivory. It also has his own filework on the backspacer. Nice knife, decent price.
Price:595.00

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:34 pm

Very nice tank.

I can't afford it right now (read maybe never, my wife is a great lady but she would not approve), but $595 seems to be a reasonale price for what you are getting. Some expert engravers will charge more than that for the engraving alone.

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:06 pm

Hukk; Those John W. Smith Sure do turn me on...

OOPS !!!!..Rats i thought it was drool on my key board again.

That Colorful Grace 3350 by Robert Merz looks Fantastic too.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:23 am

Maple Burl Hunter by Bill Buxton...not crazy expensive, just love it and it costs 300 bucks I just don't have...its a cruel temptress...so near...yet so far!

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:05 am

marcinek wrote:Maple Burl Hunter by Bill Buxton...not crazy expensive, just love it and it costs 300 bucks I just don't have...its a cruel temptress...so near...yet so far!

That's a real nice knife for the price. You can see it was differentially heat treated. The line on the blade is a hamon where they quenched the cutting edge and tip before putting the whole knife into the quenchant. The result is that the spine remains relatively "soft" while the cutting edge is hard, 56 to 59 Rc is a good guess with the spine in the low 50, + 0r -. That's a winner in my book, I would like to start makng these next year, hopefully.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:27 pm

I'm nuts over the guy's work, Hukk. Hope I'm not inappropriately plugging him, but his knives get my drool going. Here' what he says about the pic below...

"The blade is W-2 steel forged from 2" square stock ,W-2 is another really good high carbon knife steel and it shows a fantastic hamon line. Over all length - 13 1/4" with a 8" blade. Blade width from spine to cutting edge is 1 9/16" and blade thick at the ricasso is a little over 3/16". The oval guard is Nickel/silver and the handle is professionally stabilized and dyed Water Buck leg bone. This knife, like all my knives, was hand forged and then heat treated using a carefully temperature controlled furnace to obtain the best performance of the steel. Blade was clay coated during heat treatment to produce this amazing hamon. This bowie comes with a hand sewn leather sheath. Price $525 +shipping"

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:40 pm

marcinek wrote:I'm nuts over the guy's work, Hukk. Hope I'm not inappropriately plugging him, but his knives get my drool going. Here' what he says about the pic below...

"The blade is W-2 steel forged from 2" square stock ,W-2 is another really good high carbon knife steel and it shows a fantastic hamon line. Over all length - 13 1/4" with a 8" blade. Blade width from spine to cutting edge is 1 9/16" and blade thick at the ricasso is a little over 3/16". The oval guard is Nickel/silver and the handle is professionally stabilized and dyed Water Buck leg bone. This knife, like all my knives, was hand forged and then heat treated using a carefully temperature controlled furnace to obtain the best performance of the steel. Blade was clay coated during heat treatment to produce this amazing hamon. This bowie comes with a hand sewn leather sheath. Price $525 +shipping"

I wonder if it was diffenially heat treated. I thouht it was due to the shape of the hamon. Same effect can be created by using clay, though most have a more random look when done with clay. If clay was used to create a hamon, it may be the same hardnes all over. Nice knife though.

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:12 pm

You guys are showin some fine wants, I'm ashamed of what I want. Lots of pearl too. And custom to boot.

Singin46