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Will we ever see a Sal Glesser custom knife?

I'll buy it :spyder:

The Police 4 might be that knife.

:spyder:

We see a lot of Sal Glesser "customs" as production knives

How about the upcoming Respect Bowie?

Lots of different meanings floating around of "custom knife". Do you mean hand made by the man himself? :D

abbazaba wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:55 am

Lots of different meanings floating around of "custom knife". Do you mean hand made by the man himself?

That's right

Fantastic knife; it resembles a Buck 110 :D

I forged for a while, but not too many knives made. Most of my designs that I feel are "good enough", I will usually make a production run, like the Respect.

sal

sal wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:53 pm

I forged for a while, but not too many knives made. Most of my designs that I feel are "good enough", I will usually make a production run, like the Respect.

sal

It'd be interesting see some of your knives :)

abbazaba wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:55 am

Lots of different meanings floating around of "custom knife". Do you mean hand made by the man himself? :D

I always thought it would be cool if they did a production model as close to that as possible while improving the obvious stuff and make it a mid lock but make the dimensions and general shape Exactly the same.

That modified knife is a Basic Tools with a 440C blade, and unknown stainless scales.
I had a few in different sizes, and I still have later versions with guards and rosewood scales.

There are a few in evilbay, but here is a video...
https://youtu.be/zFmzP8eSexQ

I modified an existing knife to test proof of concept. I welded a piece of drill rod to the blade, reground with a hard wheel grinder and drilled the hole with a hand drill. Did it about 10:00 pm at the office. Took a break from paying bills. Worked long days back then. (1979). Gail was pregnant with Eric.

sal

You should do a collab and make them for real :)

sal wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:19 pm

I modified an existing knife to test proof of concept. I welded a piece of drill rod to the blade, reground with a hard wheel grinder and drilled the hole with a hand drill. Did it about 10:00 pm at the office. Took a break from paying bills. Worked long days back then. (1979). Gail was pregnant with Eric.

sal

I really hope you write a book! :)

I cant wait for the Respect. I hope we get to see a photo of Sal's hand forged piece to compare to the production specimen.

sal wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:53 pm

I forged for a while, but not too many knives made. Most of my designs that I feel are "good enough", I will usually make a production run, like the Respect.

sal

Speaking of, are we any closer to a release date?
Or next year maybe?

KnickKnackCity wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:42 am

I cant wait for the Respect. I hope we get to see a photo of Sal's hand forged piece to compare to the production specimen.

Most are forged just blades / tangs. The project was to learn to/and understand the forging process.

sal

sal wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:19 pm

I modified an existing knife to test proof of concept. I welded a piece of drill rod to the blade, reground with a hard wheel grinder and drilled the hole with a hand drill. Did it about 10:00 pm at the office. Took a break from paying bills. Worked long days back then. (1979). Gail was pregnant with Eric.

sal

Instead of a custom what about a flash batch XL Dragonfly (2.75 inch blade) with your signature etched on the handle Sal ? That would be awesome and feasible :)

P.S I said it before : you were visited by gods when you designed the Dragonfly :spyder:

Hi Marius,

That's pretty close to the Chaparral in size. When I designed the D'Fly, it was in response to customers asking for something between the Ladybug and the Delica. It was a challenging concept because of the shorter knives having insufficient handle length for good purchase. (To me, a safety issue). I decided to employ an idea that I learned from Moki Sakurai, the finger choil. Old man Moki designed a knife for Kershaw, back in the early 80's, that was a small knife, with a finger choil.

Purchase is always an issue for me as, in my opinion, a secure grip is much safer for handling a very sharp blade (which ours are).

sal

sal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:24 am

Purchase is always an issue for me as, in my opinion, a secure grip is much safer for handling a very sharp blade (which ours are).

sal

Yes. My feelings too. There is much more discussion of blades — steels, shape, Length — than handles. Although blade shape and length are important factors for me I am more concerned with the handle. My current favorites, which get constantly used, are the Rhino, Para Military 2 and Lil’ Native. They stand out because of the handle components and ergonomics. I have ordered a Lil’ Lum G10 after selling my Nishijin model solely because of the handle. I like the knife, the blade, the ergonomics and the Lum design but the Nishijin did not have the purchase security I wanted.