That is Ed Fowler's blade. Not to mention that fighting knife guard. You do use different handle materials though, besides that godawful sheep horn. Makes my hand cramp to look at those. I am curious why you are stuck on that one type blade though. Actually, there are a lot of much better designs out there, not that yours won't work for the most part,...look at the knives of Loveless and Dozier and D'Holder for instance. Among others. I enjoy making a variety of knife styles, and last I heard from the folks who buy them, I'm pretty good at it. However, that's where we take different roads. Just out of curiosity also, why a take down knife in those sizes? I can see that feature, to an extent, in a larger knife if I had to pack it into some remote area. I mean, I admire the engineering, so to speak, but what's the logic behind them. What happens if you lose that little wrench thing? Or do you supply more than one per knife.
I'm debating on whether or not to even respond to your comments.
I don't understand their origin at all.
I don't know what you mean by "stuck on that one blade type".? You actually have no idea what's on my bench at this time. Two spear points, one large and one small, one small Bowie and one large Bowie, and one clip point hunter in Jerry Rados Damascus, in addition to a few of these Fowler style hunters. That's deffinitely not "one blade type."
You assume a lot, with knowing nothing about me, other than what I have posted here.
Better designs? Different, maybe. If you want to think "better", then go ahead! that's the freedom of knifemaking!
What a luxury it is to be able to make whatever you feel like making. I haven't the foggiest idea how one knifemaker can tell another what he should or shouldn't make.
Who tells you what you should make?
Have you ever noticed that you can spot a Dozier, or a Loveless or a Holder across the street? Talk about repeating a single style! Of course they make many different configurations, but each of them have styles they have popularized. Look at D'Alton's "My Knife" for cryin' outloud! He can't make enough of them. Are you going to tell him he should make more styles and not concentrate so much on one? Not me!
Look at Loveless' Dropped Point Hunter. My God, the man has made thousands of them! Send him an email and tell him he ought to spread himself out a little more!
Would you buy a high dollar gun that you could not take apart and clean? Not me.
Also, with stag, I don't ever need to worry about epoxy joints cracking or handle material expanding or shrinking. That take-down assembly takes care of that dilemma. What does size have to do with it?
If you are after variety and versatility, have at it!
I strive to make the best serviceable blade I can, continue to learn to make it better, and provide my customers with a knife that I can stand behind for as long as I am able to make knives. That alone is a task in itself. I don't necessarily want to complicate it by trying to make a different knife every time I'm at the forge. That'sa a waste of time in my estimation.
If you truly decide to make the BEST knife that you can possibly make, one style alone will give you a lifetime of learning and pursuit.
The hole in that pommel nut was obviously drilled with a drill bit, right? If a customer lost it, a drill bit that size would work just fine until I sent him another "wrench".
Make as many different knives as you like!
I do!
