Alan Wood Woodlore
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Too steep for what?
Aesthetically perhaps (though I think it's quite an attractive knife), but it's actuially rather nice to handle. That hump gives planty of meat in the blade which makes it nice if you're choking right up over the point. Also, the point point is well centered down the axis of the knife. It's a nice design and as you handle it, the cleverness of it becomes more and more apparent. The symmetry of the handle makes it comfortable in just about every orientation I can think of.
Is it better than the woodlore? Well the jury's still out on that, I'm trying hard to be objective, but I cant help liking it. :biggthump
Aesthetically perhaps (though I think it's quite an attractive knife), but it's actuially rather nice to handle. That hump gives planty of meat in the blade which makes it nice if you're choking right up over the point. Also, the point point is well centered down the axis of the knife. It's a nice design and as you handle it, the cleverness of it becomes more and more apparent. The symmetry of the handle makes it comfortable in just about every orientation I can think of.
Is it better than the woodlore? Well the jury's still out on that, I'm trying hard to be objective, but I cant help liking it. :biggthump
I have once made 120 copies of one of my knives, which were identical, apart from wood and Micarta types, and by the 50th one, I was dreading the next one!
I could do them in my sleep, and when the last one was done, I did not make a knife for at least two months!
I sympathasize with Alan.
I do agree that people sometimes get fixated with the "name", and there are most definitely other makers to consider.
Making your own, is a good start, as long as you follow the principles of correct heat treatment for the steel type, and the construction is sound.
That is exactly how I started...
Stu
I could do them in my sleep, and when the last one was done, I did not make a knife for at least two months!
I sympathasize with Alan.
I do agree that people sometimes get fixated with the "name", and there are most definitely other makers to consider.
Making your own, is a good start, as long as you follow the principles of correct heat treatment for the steel type, and the construction is sound.
That is exactly how I started...
Stu
I asked Alan via e-mail a little while ago for a commission but he declined as he had a years backlog... real downer but i can sympathise 
I suppose its like a painter being asked to paint the same picture over and over again, not very nice.
Shing said:
quite true but the RM Woodlore will pay for AWs mortgage! If you're self-employed there can be nothing better than a model like this where AW knows that he can continue selling them until the cows come home. boring yes but extremely good business.
CM Burns said:
Looks like i will be helping his mortage payments at last. I had a call today from the Woodlore team. My knife is ready for dispatch in time for Christmas.
Oh happy days.
CM Burns said:
doesn't sound like he has much of a problem with getting orders though. He can always pick it up again at a later date
great wayne, I'm sure you'll love it
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Squidders said:I asked Alan via e-mail a little while ago for a commission but he declined as he had a years backlog... real downer but i can sympathise
Sounds like he became a victim of his own success. :-|
BIG-TARGET said:
The alternative is to ramp the prices up so high that only a few wealthy people can afford his work. That's the usual way for custom knifemakers to manage thier workload. At the end of the day, he is one man and there is a limit to how much he can physically produce and a point at which a labour of love becomes a chore. Personally, I think he's done well to make as many as he has done.
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