Most of the collection:
My daily carrier of late:
Who knew the knife maker Swaggs was female!
Love reverse Crawford's because it makes sharpening a delight!
It's a flipperoo but notice the
button for closing (not internal thumb operated).
Even the clip is properly designed to allow 2-motions-in-one!
This one is a William Henry (some consider him the eminent Knife Guild member).
I call it the
unobtainium knife but for many reasons:
*The fact that there is topaz, silver, mokume, and ostrich sheath, or that it is a very limited edition are no BFD.
But the real Mastodon horn scale is something else.
The blade material is what is called Hitachi 'mystery metal', as export in its raw/slab form was not allowed for export (don't ask how WH got it).
The story is that the equivalent SINAD test for knife sharpness is supposed to be how many cuts you can get from the edge while cutting 1" Manilla rope.
Good edge (but not necessarily the
hardest edge) is one that can do around 50 cuts on the rope (please don't ask for the measurements but some knife mag used to do it).
They had given up on the test after they reached 103 (<<no typo) cuts with the mystery WH
unobtainium.
I was gifted this item, but my first response (should have been but) was not a "Thank you!"
After 10 yrs, it just sits in a drawer; unusable and no where near an EDC... bum!