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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!)