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it's been a long time!

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Hello everyone,
it's been a few years since i last posted anything and i felt like i owe you guys an update since this place was a home for me for many years, and spyderco is what started my knife addiction.

so it's been years since i bought my last knife and i did sell a big part of my collection, but it's all for a good cause, i'm now officially a full time knife maker, some of you might remember me posting my designs here whan i was a teenager, it was my dream then and it's reality now.

here are some of my works


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Hey, lerman. Welcome back, bud. :D

Glad to see you have been busy in your absence. Those are some very good-looking knives. Do you have a website?
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Very nice!
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Very nice!!! welcome back buddy :D
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Welcome back, Lerman. Very nice knives, by the way! Beautiful hammon lines in pics 2 and 7. Do you use W2 steel by chance?
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Those are some beautiful edged tools. Please share your website or just post more about what evolutions your skill has gone through. I love the carbon fiber handled model in the trio photo and the Wharncliffe / hawk at the bottom of your post is causing my radar to go off like crazy!
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I think you have a very bright future and the liquidation of your collection is certainly paying dividends. Exceptional work!!!
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Good to see what you have been up to. Don't be a stranger, we would love to see what else you are making in the future.
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Welcome back! I love looks of the knife in the last pic!
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Amazing blades :) . Hope you can spend more time around here friend.
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Great stuff, Lerman! Make sure to continue posting your work!
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thanks everyone for the knid words and warm welcome
SpyderNut wrote:Welcome back, Lerman. Very nice knives, by the way! Beautiful hammon lines in pics 2 and 7. Do you use W2 steel by chance?
on the second pic it's not a hamon, it's a stainless and CPM D2 san-mai, and on the seventh pic it's a hamon on F3 silversteel
D1omedes wrote:Hey, lerman. Welcome back, bud. :D

Glad to see you have been busy in your absence. Those are some very good-looking knives. Do you have a website?
i have a commercial facebook page, but i'm not sure if the mods would be ok with me posting a link.

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Welcome back. Awesome looking knife designs, I like your style.
They all have a certain "excellence look" in quality, very nice.
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Lerman,

Welcome back. I am glad to see the level of skills, which you achieved. It is very impressive, especially considering your age.
Do you have any plans to make locking folders?
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hi Roman, how are you?
i have alot of folder designs waiting to be made, i started with fixed blades because thats what you do when you start making knives, but folders is the dream, and my next goal is making liner locks.
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Lerman,

What steels to do prefer to work in. I saw you mentioned CPM-D2 above and my ears perked!
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yes, 99% of my knives a CPM D2, but i also use O1, regular D2
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lerman wrote:yes, 99% of my knives a CPM D2, but i also use O1, regular D2
That is excellent news.

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Those are incredibly good looking knives..... They are just beautiful....
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