A couple of days ago I received my first custom, hand-made knife after a rather agonizing 4-month wait. I am one happy camper (no pun intended)!!
The knife was made by Abe Elias of Diving Sparrow Knife Works, currently based in Ontario Canada, and the model is called "The Steel".
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The above pic was taken by the maker before he etched his logo on the blade. The steel is good ol' 1095 carbon steel in a full convex grind, over 5" long and 3/16" thick. Handles are black paper micarta.
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The Steel in it's leather sheath, which Abe also makes.
I'd recommend anyone, especially Canadians looking to get their hands on a custom knife, take a look at Abe's site: http://www.dskw.ca/
My first custom knife.
My first custom knife.
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Dr. Snubnose
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Nice work....Great Looking Knife, Nice Micarta!......but once you have custom you get spoiled real fast lol....as says the man who has had 6 Customs knives made in the last 6 months....Enjoy!!!!....Doc :)
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LOL, I got 3 more arriving in the next couple of months... I definitely have the bug.Dr. Snubnose wrote:Nice work....Great Looking Knife, Nice Micarta!......but once you have custom you get spoiled real fast lol....as says the man who has had 6 Customs knives made in the last 6 months....Enjoy!!!!....Doc :)
I'm gonna stick to customs for my fixed blades from now on, with the exception of a couple of production knives on my radar; for my folders, nothing beats the Spyders!
Thanks! There's a certain heft and sheer density to 1095 that simply isn't there in stainless steels that draws me to it... and the edge :eek:SQSAR wrote:Congratulations! I'm sure those four months were absolute ****. I love 1095. There's a reason it's been around for so long, and is still going strong.