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We have gift certificates
available for any amount, starting at $25. If someone in your life would enjoy a great knife, you can call the shop to order a gift certificate and we'll send it right out.
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East Coast Custom Knife Show
I really enjoyed the show got lots of new knives from both prior makers whose work we have and several makers new to the shop as well.
Jay Hendrickson did a great puka style knife. Tim Britton has some new styles I picked up as well as his classics. Hidetoshi Nakayama does an awesome style of bolt action pen that, since we sell William Henry pens, I couldn't resist. We also picked up an older William Henry Automatic as well as some more of their money clips which match the E6 and E10 knives. From Chris Reeve we just got a beautiful bark Ivory Sabenza. My favorite personal carry is Terry Knipschield's small folding Puka. Left and right handed are now in stock. Brian Tighe's Nirk Tighe has it all: design, tactical, and artistic. I also got a very atypical neck knife from Bud Nealy, as well as my favorite dagger style that he does.
New Makers to the shop include Jim and Joyce Minnick , whose clean crisp lines are the classiest pocket jewelry around, Aaron Frederick , who was recently featured in an article Soldiers making knives for soldiers, and Oleksander Orebchuk-Bogdanovich - Kazak Knives, whose artistic tactical knives bridge the gap between his Cossack roots and contemporary mystical and
tribal artistry.
Hope to see you at the shop or hear from you on line.
Thanks, Fred
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New Knives for 2011
I've been hard at work exploring for some new knives.
This month we have two new Bob Dozier
large folders with more Dozier fixed blades coming at the end of February and in March. There is a great folder from Joe Szilaski.
Chuck Getraitis did a great butterfly to my specs, and I love his new San Francisco gentleman's knife. It's truly a little gem.
In my quest for moderately priced hand-made hunting and camp knives I went to the Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show in Harrisburg PA with my friend Bill Goodman. Bill runs the Easton PA knife show which runs the last weekend in September. I met John Johnson from JRJ knives in PA, who is a great "working knife" maker, although his fancy double grinds Bowie is awesome. He does great sheath work, too. I also met Dean Fry, another PA knife maker. Dean makes great working camp knives that are a little more interesting than I usually see around.
Other makers new to
the shop are Jeff Chaffee, Dave Winston, and R B Johnson.
We now have Stone River Ceramic knives in the shop, folding and fixed blade. While not art knives, they are "state of the art knives".
The folding knives make great everyday carry or camp knives and come with a 5 year guarantee from the manufacturer.
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Thanks for your continuous support and enthusiasm.
If you have
any questions, or would like to order any of these new items, give us a call at 215-862-5988 or send us an email.
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For past postings of New Additions, go to the bottom of this page or our new knife additions blog.
Just a reminder that all of the blog entries are months or years old,
so the knives mentioned could be in the sold knives archives pages of each maker.
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I would like to say in support of the Knifemaker's Guild, as an associate member, I think anyone interested in knives
should join. I do agree with stringent rules and guidelines for members and participants, but also feel different categories should exist within the organization to keep up with the times and encourage membership
while maintaining Integrity. In 1969 I had a discussion with one of my teachers, the distinguished mathematician engineer architect and futurist, Buckminster Fuller. When I asked him "What is the future of
art?", he replied, "The future of art is integrity."
As long as the Guild stands for integrity, I believe it can stand strong.
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Atlanta Blade Show May 2004 pics.
I had great fun at the show and especially at the ABS auction and
the cutting contest. It was great meeting some talented new makers and seeing old friends. Also listening to Jay Hendrickson and Bill Moran talk out some problems of hand forging, and telling some great
old knife tales.
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New York /New Jersey Custom knife Show 2010
Since I'm in PA, the Show was easier and less expensive to get to, and the facility was nicer than New York. I heard a few
complaints that "This place is in the middle of nowhere", Google maps gave me the simplest directions. The show started out less crowded than usual, but by 2:30 the place was packed. I only hope the knife
makers did well, as I know my budget was less than in the past. I got some great knives from some of my favorite makers. A beautiful little dressy small bird and trout knife from Jim Siska. Jim can take the most rugged tool and turn it into a work of art. Jim's fine grinds are second to none. Jay Hendrickson's Coffin Handle Damascus Bowie is a great piece, and it's always great to see Jay. Bob Dozier makes just a great working tool for any hunter or outdoorsman. I was able to get an assortment of his smaller every day carry knives. To me,
Koji Hara was one of the first contemporary knife makers to make "Pocket Jewelry" combined with fine knife function. Hiroaki Ohta's knives make the list of primitive, but elegant knives.
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My favorite sense of design are items that appear to be primitive at first, but then you realize the tremendous amount of sophistication.
Just before the show, we got a great
lefty liner-lock folder from Chuck Gedraitis.
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Fall 2009 New Knives
We've been very busy this Summer and Fall.
The
Delaware River Knives are ready and I'm making sheaths for them now. From our addition of 25, eight have been sold and seventeen are available. Shipping time is 1 week from the time you place your order.
Although I really would have loved to, I couldn't go to the Knifemaker's Guild Show this year. So I tried to bring the spirit of the Guild Show with me this Fall, but we did miss seeing everyone at the show.
We have new knives from Mike 'Whiskers" Allen, Kevin Casey, Audra Draper, Allen Elishewitz, Ed Fowler, Gail Lunn,
Corrie Schoeman, Ken Steigerwalt, Chris Reeve, William Henry Knives, and a good stock of Dan Winkler's Winkler II knives. We also have the latest ProTech autos, custom, and "The Don".
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Quick Update: Great new knives from Herb Derr ,
Corey Schoeman , Brian Tighe , Arno Bernard , W D Pease , Koji Hara ,
Jay Hendrickson , Kevin Casey , Charlie Ochs , Butch Valloton
Happy Holidays to Everyone!
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So many great new knives and even some new makers:
Kevin Casey,
Tim Britton, Chris Reeve, Crawford Knives, Herb Derr, Ted Frizzell, Shaun and Sharla Hansen, Stefan Helt, William Henry, Terry Knipshield, BenchMade, ProTech, Rockstead, and Amherst Cutlery Company.
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New additions by Don Hall aka Merlin, Brian Tighe, Crawford Knives, and Bob Dozier .
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