Photos like this one of your knife in its component parts, make it all the better.Thank you!I liked the style the moment I saw it. The only thing that stopped me buying the first one was that I had my heart set on a damascus blade. The cutler (Tom Timbrall of Heritage Blades) forged the blade himself for me, and left it deliberately textured, which I absolutely love and really makes it unique.
The sheath was also custom made around the knife, and came from Hamish Of Pictavia Leather. Knife and sheath just seem to belong together. And I'm pretty sure both will outlive me.
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A few years ago, quite a few actually, I made a knife for a fella, not a custom as such as it was one of my Secare patterns, but unique because of the materials involved, the steel was a limited edition stainless Damasteel, and it had very funky carbon Fibre scales. It was a very nice thing.
Knife made, delivered, all happy.
Another gent saw that first knife sometime after and asked if he could get one the same. I still had some of the steel, so out of respect I suppose, for the first fella, I contacted him and informed him of my recent request. I don't think I had to do that, but I did prefer to do so. Obviously, he had no problem at all with me making another, so I took the commission and cracked on. Sending a few update photos to gent number two, of the second knife.
A short while after, I was contacted by gent number one, with the first knife, he was encountering one of those spells in life that kicks you up the arse when you least expect it, he needed to sell a few knives to raise some cash, knife number one being one of them, he was happy to take a bit of a hit to sweeten the deal, did I know anyone.
Obviously, I was making an identical knife for fella number two, so I dropped him a line, explained that knife number one was available, and buying it would not only save him time in getting his knife but also money.
No thanks came the reply. He had been studying the update photos that I sent to him, and knife number two was already 'his knife'. He wanted that very knife.
I did find a buyer for knife number one, but a few years after that I also managed to place it back with its original owner/commissioner.
You didn't just buy a knife when you commissioned your piece @Quixote, you bought part of a man's life, his love for his craft and his skill, all that is now part of your life for you to enjoy.
Enjoy it mate, because some folk will never understand.
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