Woodlore Knife Pro
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I can't believe I have missed out on buying one of these. Iv just gone on woodlore to purchase one, only to read the sad news. If anyone wants to get rid of there's already please let me know
And I was taken back my the price of the Mora Bushcraft models...I love Ray but not so much his knife design. I much prefer one about 1/8 inch thick (not metric fluent) and of course, much less expensive. My present user is a Canteen Shop "woodcrafter" made by Blind Horse Knives. Influenced some by the AW Woodlore but thinner and slightly different blade. I think the price would translate to about 100 pounds Sterling.
Love the collection. I’m interested in buying several of them. If you ever want to sell I will make you offers on the blades your can’t refuse. Thanks
If you where lucky or unlucky enough to get knife 13, would that be a "no mans" knife and worth considerably more. You would never want to use it really would you, then it would be unlucky and tarnished.
I thought that
The people that want a Woodlore are collectors, whether they admit it or not. What that means in reality is that they want a plain jane O-1 tool with a Name etched on the side, and paying silly money to do so is part of the appeal, makes it a limited club.
The only reason for Woodlore/Ray Mears to carbon copy the old knife and brand it with the old name is either to make money of these people, or because they come back to believing that the thicker knife is a better tool than the Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife they are currently selling. In the latter case, there is no real reason to call it a "Woodlore", they could call it anything, and price at the same point as the knife they are selling right now (which is already priced pretty high at £450...£50 more than the Spyderco Proficient that sports carbon fibre and S90V
).
At this point, if someone wants a knife that looks and handles like a Woodlore, at a reasonable price, it would be cheaper and I think better all around to have one custom made by any one of a number of makers on this forum, than to pay the premium to have the Name etched on it and sold via Woodlore. It might even be cheaper to have Alan Wood make his version. A year or so back I had a chance to look at knives by the makers of the Ray Mears Bushcraft knife, and compare them to Alan's. Really no comparison in fit, finish, design, steel choice...or customer service, Alan's work was better, at a comparable or lower price.
Chris
The people that want a Woodlore are collectors, whether they admit it or not. What that means in reality is that they want a plain jane O-1 tool with a Name etched on the side, and paying silly money to do so is part of the appeal, makes it a limited club.
The only reason for Woodlore/Ray Mears to carbon copy the old knife and brand it with the old name is either to make money of these people, or because they come back to believing that the thicker knife is a better tool than the Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife they are currently selling. In the latter case, there is no real reason to call it a "Woodlore", they could call it anything, and price at the same point as the knife they are selling right now (which is already priced pretty high at £450...£50 more than the Spyderco Proficient that sports carbon fibre and S90V
).At this point, if someone wants a knife that looks and handles like a Woodlore, at a reasonable price, it would be cheaper and I think better all around to have one custom made by any one of a number of makers on this forum, than to pay the premium to have the Name etched on it and sold via Woodlore. It might even be cheaper to have Alan Wood make his version. A year or so back I had a chance to look at knives by the makers of the Ray Mears Bushcraft knife, and compare them to Alan's. Really no comparison in fit, finish, design, steel choice...or customer service, Alan's work was better, at a comparable or lower price.
Chris
After five years, and after the sad passing of Stephen. They are finally back in stock. Now made by Emberleaf.
www.raymears.com
Woodlore Knife Pro
The Woodlore Knife Pro, designed by Ray and evolved from the original, is a stunning tool for professionals, hand-made by the revered British knife maker Emberleaf Workshops. The uncompromised quality of materials used to make this remarkable knife are matched by bladesmiths Dean and Joel's...
I can see the price of the SWC Woodlore Pros dropping now that the model is available. Especially as there are collectors who want the knife Ray uses, my guess he’s now using the Emberleaf woodlore Pro now as the one he was using was a SWC prototype woodlore pro before
I don’t think it will affect them too much. You would have thought that about the AW version when the Pro came out, but they are still steadily going up. And there were very few SWC ones made. The serial numbering continues on from his run which is cool.
I would love compare in hand the SWC and Emberleaf Woodlore Pro. I have a woodlore pro I use and have to admit the fit and finish is really good.
They are pretty much identical. Just a few cosmetic differences.
The etching on SWCs is acid etched, the Emberleaf is laser etched. The SWC is a coarser almost canvas grade of micarta compared to the finer paper micarta on the Emberleaf. The handle on SWC is about 4mm longer, and the bolts on the Emberleaf have a hidden thread. In the hand they are the same. I’m going to use it tomorrow and finally do the review I was planning five years back.
The etching on SWCs is acid etched, the Emberleaf is laser etched. The SWC is a coarser almost canvas grade of micarta compared to the finer paper micarta on the Emberleaf. The handle on SWC is about 4mm longer, and the bolts on the Emberleaf have a hidden thread. In the hand they are the same. I’m going to use it tomorrow and finally do the review I was planning five years back.
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