All About Pocket Knives

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:40 pm Does a birthday gift from a (non-knifer) friend count as a "Bomb"? If so, this Spyderco Endura 4 with individually hand-painted "Zome" glow in the dark covers is a doozy. The gifter said he had ordered a Delica since he knows that is the model I prefer, but this Endura is what I got and I am perfectly happy with it (I already have enough Delicas and I've been wanting another Endura since giving away my last two). I admit it's a bigger knife than I prefer to EDC, but it's also such a cool knife I am glad to have one. And, the glow in the dark feature is pretty cool too.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:57 am One of the greatest benefit of being a member of AAPK is the friendships you forge. I’ve been so fortunate to have made some great friends in Canada, Roland Procter, Mark-Madmarco and Ali of Eight Knives. Ali sent me this beautiful Persian knife as a gift. The handles are purple marble resin that is simply beautiful. The blade has some very well done file work that has been nicely smoothed. Ali description: "Custom Made Bird's Head Bolster Knife which is 100% handmade.
Nice filework on the blade,
Steel Liners and Nickle Silver bolsters.
Beautiful chip and crack free resin handles,
The material of the blade is a Hammer Forged high Carbon Steel (SAE 5160) with very high tensile strength which make the knife much strong to cut hard woods like Bamboo.
This handmade knife was made by master "Ali Alikhani" one of the famous knife masters in Iran."

This is such a nice gift. Thank you Ali.

Madmarco wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:17 am Looks better each time I view it Mark. Congratulations on the knife, as well as the company you keep. You can even tell folks that the fella who gifted it to you stamped his name on the tang for you to remember him by, no one needs to know it's the builder's name too! lol!

Madmarco wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:47 pm Thank you Ali! That was a wonderful gesture you made by sending that beautiful knife to Mark, I'm sure he appreciates it very much. Most kind of you my friend!

TPK wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:28 am Congrats Mark! That's an awesome knife!

Good deal Ali! Very kind of you!

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:08 pm Congratulations, Mark, and a great gesture from Ali!

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:30 am I received these two from Madmarco the other day. The brass handled one was for me and the black handled Columbia was for my wife. Mark is so thoughtful to include my wife in this. The brass handled one has a Damascus blade with all brass components. I like the way they fish scaled or peacock feathered the brass bolsters, not sure if that is a correct term for this. It’s a nice touch along with the file work on the liners. Mark said the handle is camel bone and I really like the coloration of this. I like the way this knife just flows into the point on the dagger blade. The black one is already in use, my wife pocketed it the second she heard it was for her, she uses a knife shipping our knives to customers way more than I use a knife on a daily basis.
Thank you Mark for your generosity.

Jeffinn wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:58 pm I just got home from a 2 week vacation in sunny Florida and discovered a large package from JamieinWV. He sent me this very large selection of new Schrade factory blades. I'm sure I'll be able to use a lot of these in upcoming projects.
Thanks Jamie!
Jeff
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