All About Pocket Knives

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:33 pm**

I picked up my first true custom slipjoint this week. A Bill Ruple Copperhead ATS-34 Blades, 3 3/8" , dovetailed stainless steel bolsters, amber stag bone scales with half stops.

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:54 pm**

some of the most beautiful filework i've seen. i'm jealous.

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:59 pm**

Wow!!! That is beautiful.

James

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:39 pm**

Great.. I suppose I gotta go get more money now.

That slipjoint is outstanding and quite the feature huh. A gorgeous
knife my friend, well done!

Perry

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:41 pm**

WOW! That is some great looking file work on that Lady.

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:07 am**

thats a beauty! Love that intricate filework, very clean.

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:11 am**

Great looking copperhead!!

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:34 am**

Thanks guys, I have wanted a Ruple for some time now...Ya''ll take care...

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:33 am**

That is one awesome slippie, sunburst.

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:33 am**

Your first custom, is a great choice my friend! Welcome to the poorhouse- - -I mean welcome to the club!!
Bill's knives are definitely worth it!

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:48 am**

Man! That is a beauty Sunburst

I love the contoured design, the Warncliff blade & that Filework!!!
You must'a been a good boy!

Dave

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:30 am**

Beautiful knife, did you specify how he did it or buy the finished product?

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:13 pm**

Looks to me like we all just upped our level a notch and our goals to have a UNIQUE knife like this MAGNIFICENT LADY.

What will you call her?

...

... Priness Diana

I can't find a photo of an out house for this one.

Posted: **Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:01 pm**

knowtracks wrote:Man! That is a beauty Sunburst I love the contoured design, the Warncliff blade & that Filework!!!
You must'a been a good boy!

Dave

Hi Dave,

The truth is I have been naughty but haven't got caught yet...

thank you for the nice compliments, I have wanted a Ruple for sometime but funds have not allowed me. I may have to enjoy this one for sometime...

Tank,

I bought this as an already finished product, I hear that the waiting list for his stuff is like 3-5 years. I am much too impatient to wait that long..

Ken,

You are correct it does look like taste are changing,maturing and moving up a notch for folks. I wonder if that is the natural movement among longtime knife collectors..? I just think it's a love for all these great looking knives old & new, customized & factory that keep us aquiring..Thanks..