An heirloom for your grandchildren.

[Yorkshire Boy]

In your opinion, if you were to put a knife away in a box.
What would be the nicest heirloom for the next generations?
What would sum up this period in time?
Who would be your chosen maker?

Of course the best heirloom would be something I or you made.
At the moment I have neither the skill or the time to learn.

What would be the nicest, most practical/beautiful thing to pass down.

A stupid thread, I know.
s o r r y.

JC

 

[JonathanD]

I think one of Stuart Mitchell's custom jobs personalized to you and your family would be great. Or maybe as a collectable that would hold or increase in value, something from Alan Wood along the same lines.

 

[British Red]

I agree, a Stu Mitchell custom. My other "heirlooms" are a Magnus Axelsson custom, and my Lee Reeves and Cegga axes.

I hope my grandkids want them used though cos they aren't going in any drawers soon!

Red

 

[Yorkshire Boy]

How much for a Stuart custom?

Could he engrave my girlfriend Japanese name on to the blade?

That would look lovely to me.

 

[JonathanD]

Check out this thread:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19692

The designs you can have on the blade and bolsters, not to mention the sheath, are endless.

 

[Mirius]

I hope my grandkids want them used though cos they aren't going in any drawers soon!

Red

Not that I'll ever have grandchildren, but that echoes my thoughts on the subject exactly!

 

[British Red]

How much for a Stuart custom?

Could he engrave my girlfriend Japanese name on to the blade?

That would look lovely to me.

John,

I'm sure that could be done. On my knife that Jon kindly linked to above, I designed the blade engraving and sent it to Stu as a jpg file. He had the assay office laser engrave that onto the blade (its very deep and won't wear out).

The bolster engraving in the nickel silver was done by hand. Clearly there are limits as to what can be done with hand engraving but the guy was skilled enough to engrave the bolt heads as well as the bolsters so its not too restrictive.

As for price, thats something that depends on the design. Put it this way though - all the fancy work on mine (and its gorgeous) set me back not much more than a new, plain, Alan Wood Woodlore and much less than a second hand one on E-bay!

Red

 

[Yorkshire Boy]

I think I'll save up for this.

I want a "bush craft knife"

Ray Mears clone is could for me.

And proper leather sheath.

This will be a one off purchase for me.

I want an exposed tang like the F1.
It seems like a good idea to me.

I want her name on the blade.
Her name looks good.
When you know the meaning it's beautiful.

Takako Kawasaki.

Would £250 be enough?

What could I get for that money?

 

[British Red]

John,

You would need to talk to stu about prices. £250 will certainly get you a very good knife indeed from most of the makers. Its about the new price of an AW Woodlore.

If you want to design the knife yourself, this will always push the price up rather than "customise" an existing blade they make (with your choice of handle, sheath and engraving).

Drop stu a pm - hes a great guy. Or pm me and I'll send you his e-maill addy

Red

 

[Yorkshire Boy]

Thank you Red,
In time I'll do this.
In fact I think I'll by 2.
1 to use, the other to put away!

What is the "knife of our times"?

A small demascus axe would be lovely.
Cegga.

What exactly is demascus steel?.

I'm sure I've got the spelling wrong.

It looks so nice. Very beautiful.

JC, otherwise none as Yorkshire Boy.

 

[British Red]

Damascus steel is more properly known as "pattern welded steel", two types of steel forged into a lump and twisted together to form patterns. The blade is forged from this stock and then acid etched. The different steels react differently leaving the patterns. More "form" than "function" but beautiful to see

Red

 

[Hoodoo]

In your opinion, if you were to put a knife away in a box.
What would be the nicest heirloom for the next generations?
What would sum up this period in time?
Who would be your chosen maker?

Of course the best heirloom would be something I or you made.
At the moment I have neither the skill or the time to learn.

What would be the nicest, most practical/beautiful thing to pass down.

A stupid thread, I know.
s o r r y.

JC

I would take a look at Jukka Hankala knives. His work is close to flawless. His knives are amazing and carry with them an historical tradition of Finnish knifemaking. Fine functional art.