Sharp colours!

Today, while the sun was shining, I took out my Chris Reeve Knives folders, and made some pictures!

As always: click on the pictures to make them bigger!

Kind regards,

Jos

Fountain pens

Sometimes I take a break from knives... and buy a fountain pen!

This is my collection so far. Top to bottom:
Pelikan Souverän M800 Grand Place
Pelikan Souverän M600
William Henry F8-5 Cabernet
Montblanc Meisterstück 145 Classique (90th anniversary edition)
CONID Regular Ebonite Bulkfiller Streamline

Gudy Van Poppel "series folder" sextet!

Posted these before, thought it was time for a family picture!

As always: click on the pics to see them bigger!
Have a nice day!

Dirk de Wit knives

The atlas in the background is a reproduction of a 1698 atlas by a fellow named Frederick De Wit. He might be a very distant forefather of Dirk de Wit, who, you guessed it, made the 2 knives. The top one he calls his "revalidation" knife, and is part of a series which was made after Dirk got struck by disease. Damasteel blade, brass handle, micarta scales. The bottom one is a knife that Dirk built on my request. Damasteel blade, mammoth ivory inlays. Fit and finish on both knives are second to none. Dirk is one of the greatest folding knife makers in my opinion.

 (as always: click on the pic enlarge!)

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If you see a post on "Messenforum.nl" made under the name "Blastmaster1972" with a date later than April 2015, that post was NOT made by me.
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Be advised.

Heinz Kocher

Here's a picture of my 3 Heinz Kocher knives. I don't know much about this maker, but I do know that they are some of the most nicely fitted and finished knives I've seen. All 3 have some kind of "assisted opening" mechanism, that makes the blade open a little bit. All 3 mechanism are different. This man is a technical genius! Handle material on the top one is Desert Ironwood, on the bottom one Mother of Pearl, on the middle one "Katec".

As always: click on the picture to enlarge!

I haven't posted here in a long time. But I decided to re-start this blog, and also made a facebook "bloggers" page.

Last knives I posted here were from 2012, so I have a lot of catching up to do!

Here's a "teaser" pic with my latest knives, purchased on the DKE knifeshow.

Top to bottom:

- big "frontflipper" by Martin Annegarn (MaKnives)
- a little brass "Bolt-Action" pen, made by Jan Pap
- a small kitchen knife made by Alessio Salsi
- an assisted-opening folder made by Heinz Kocher

Kind regards,

Jos.

Bill Buxton is a Master Smith. I saw pictures of his first 4 piece "Maple" set, and I fell in love. But, at the time, I didn't have the cash. Then he made a 2nd and a 3rd one, and I HAD to have one myself.

Contacted Bill, made the order, waited.

This is the result: (picture by Bill Buxton):

I will make more pictures later.

Needless to say, I am EXTREMELY happy with this set. The deal with Bill went supersmooth, nice fella to do buisiness with.

Alfred Dobner "Fullturn" folder

Alfred lives in Sweden. He makes beautiful, special folders, and very nice fixed blades.

This one he calls the "Fullturn" folder. It is based on a very old design. Fit, finish & craftmanship are outstanding!

Box Elder handle slabs, damasteel blade, titanium liners.

Gudy Van Poppel - another "series" folder

This is the sixt "series" folder in my collection. Stag handle.

Gudy Van Poppel - Scagel inspired integral axe

Gudy made this beautiful axe as a kind of prototype for in his "tactical" line.

Check out the details! (click on the pics to see 'em bigger!)

T.A. Davison Part 3

Two more of these beauties arrived.

Group shot:

T. A. Davison part 2

My second Davison slipjoint. Etched ATS34 steel, micarta handles. Fit & Finish TOP NOTCH, as usual.

I'm very happy with these 2 slipjoints.

T. A. Davison

One of my recent purchases, a very nice slipjoint made by Todd Davison. Desert Ironwood and ATS34 steel.

Gudy Van Poppel folders part 4

Recently I added another "series" folder to my collection. Wild damascus steel, and Walnut burl wood for the handle.

Here's a pic showing all 5 of them together:

And I think more will follow... As long as Gudy keeps making them, I will keep buying them!

Reiner Grosche

Reiner Grosche is a German knifemaker. He makes beautiful little folders. Damascus and Mammoth Ivory, most of them.

A group shot of my Reiner Grosche folders (minus two, those are on the next pic!):

Deviant Blades

A group picture of my "Deviant Blades" folders.Belgian knifemaker Filip De Leeuw made these beauties. He makes a wide range of folders, from simple G10 & RWL34 friction folders to all-out customs with damascus & mammoth Ivory.

Since the time this picture was taken, I already have some more...

Viking Sword by Alex Salsi

Belgian knifemaker with Italian roots, Alessio "Alex" Salsi, made this fantastic Viking Sword. The multibar damascus for the blade was forged by Achim Wirtz. Other materials used: bog-oak for the handle, linden wood for the sheath, oak for the box. It came with a belt as well.

Pictures:

The sword is constructed the way it was done centuries ago. To make the wood carvings, Alex made his own tools. One of those was included with the sword. It has a boxwood handle, and a damascus blade.

This complete package is one of the TOP pieces in my collection, and the best work of Alex, so far. But I'm sure he has more up his sleeve!

Viking Dagger by Alex Salsi

Made by Italian Belgian (or is it Belgian Italian?) knifemaker Alessio Salsi. It's a beauty! I'll let the pictures do the talking:

Gudy Van Poppel folders (part 3)

In the meantime, I have purchased a 4th "series" folder. This time not as fancy, a more basic version. Damascus blade, "Bruyere" wood handle (the wood pipes are made of, in English: briar wood)