Custom Fish Filet Knife?

"rw" wrote in message
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angler wrote:

I live next door (almost) two two guys that are amazing. The one guy is
a World champion utility knife maker, the other Swedish champion
utility knife maker.

Those aren't utility knives. They are works of art.


True, but they're also utility knives. I wear mine in my fishing vest and
use it all the time. Granted, I deliberately chose one of the simpler
designs, but its a real treat when folks look at it and say 'whoa, where did
you get THAT?' :-)

--riverman

riverman wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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angler wrote:

I live next door (almost) two two guys that are amazing. The one guy is
a World champion utility knife maker, the other Swedish champion
utility knife maker.

Those aren't utility knives. They are works of art.



True, but they're also utility knives. I wear mine in my fishing vest and
use it all the time. Granted, I deliberately chose one of the simpler
designs, but its a real treat when folks look at it and say 'whoa, where did
you get THAT?' :-)

A utility knife is something that by definition is useful. No doubt
those knives could be useful, but you'd have to be nuts to actually use
them. It would be like hanging an original van Gogh in a Holiday Inn
motel room.

A utility knife, to me, is a knife that I can buy somewhere like REI or
Bass Pro or Cabelas. It's a good knife with a sharp and durable blade.
It may be fairly expensive, like around $60. If I lose it, no big deal.
I buy another one.

Those knives aren't like that. If I lost a custom-made knife (or dagger
or sword or tomahawk) by Roger Bergh I'd be devastated. Utility knives,
my ass. They sure are gorgeous, though.

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"rw" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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angler wrote:

I live next door (almost) two two guys that are amazing. The one guy is
a World champion utility knife maker, the other Swedish champion
utility knife maker.

Those aren't utility knives. They are works of art.



True, but they're also utility knives. I wear mine in my fishing vest and
use it all the time. Granted, I deliberately chose one of the simpler
designs, but its a real treat when folks look at it and say 'whoa, where
did you get THAT?' :-)

A utility knife is something that by definition is useful. No doubt those
knives could be useful, but you'd have to be nuts to actually use them. It
would be like hanging an original van Gogh in a Holiday Inn motel room.


True, there are quite a few knives there that I could only imagine an
afficianado having in his display case. But Carl Michael also makes some
lower-end knives that are very stylish and have an excellent blade. I can't
post on abpf, but if someone is willing to post it for me, I'll send a pic.

If you get up to one of the Swedish claves, you'll be astounded at the
selection of handmade, unique, collector's item knives those guys carry. Its
sort of a trademark thing.....you'll be sitting around the fire, and someone
will pull out a knife to slice a piece of pepperoni or something, and the
furriners will all gasp and someone will say 'whoa, nice knife!' Then
everyone will start pulling these museum pieces out of their vests and
pockets and nonchalantly show them around. Pretty much everyone carries a
Van Gogh.

--riverman
(and now I do, too g)

riverman typed:
I can't post on abpf, but if someone is willing to post it for
me, I'll send a pic.

Email it to me and I'll post a link. I'll be viewing pigs and cows and
horses (or they'll be viewing me) most of the day, but I could post it
later on.
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TL,
Tim
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Tim J. typed:
riverman typed:
I can't post on abpf, but if someone is willing to post it for
me, I'll send a pic.

Here are the photos Myron sent. This is really a beautiful knife:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/myrons_knife1.jpg
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/myrons_knife2.jpg
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TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Myron,

What are the chances of purchasing one of your buddies handsome knives?

Op

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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Myron,

What are the chances of purchasing one of your buddies handsome knives?

Op


Pretty much 100%, I'd say, but you'd have to do it through Roger. He brought
a sample of knives to the Swedish clave two years ago, and I picked this one
out. I've never met either the man who made the blade, or the man who
designed the knife, but they are incredible craftsmen. There is absolutely
nothing about this blade that is cosmetic and less than perfect.

The artist's site is http://home.swipnet.se/carlmichael/ and I bet if you
let Roger know what you are looking for, he can arrange to show you a
selection. My own criteria was for a practical, everyday knife in the Sami
mode with some style points. Roger had a selection of about 10 for me to
look at, and this one just spoke to me. Some other 'utility knives' he had
are he

http://biphome.spray.se/bo_lindfors/...knives_1-4.jpg
http://biphome.spray.se/bo_lindfors/...Knives_5-8.jpg
http://biphome.spray.se/bo_lindfors/...nives_9-12.jpg
http://biphome.spray.se/bo_lindfors/...ives_13-15.jpg

--riverman

Tim J. wrote:
riverman typed:
I can't post on abpf, but if someone is willing to post it for
me, I'll send a pic.

Email it to me and I'll post a link. I'll be viewing pigs and cows and
horses (or they'll be viewing me) most of the day, but I could post it
later on.

riverman wrote:

If you get up to one of the Swedish claves, you'll be astounded at the
selection of handmade, unique, collector's item knives those guys carry. Its
sort of a trademark thing.....you'll be sitting around the fire, and someone
will pull out a knife to slice a piece of pepperoni or something, and the
furriners will all gasp and someone will say 'whoa, nice knife!' Then
everyone will start pulling these museum pieces out of their vests and
pockets and nonchalantly show them around. Pretty much everyone carries a
Van Gogh.

It must be a culture thing. :-)

I'd love to go to one of those Scandinavian claves some day. The photos
and TRs are alluring. I'll buy the most bad-ass hand-crafted high-art
"utility" knife I can find first, and I'll hand out Spydercos like party
favors from the spare change. :-)

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