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We had a guy come into the gunshop today with a huge bag of custom knives wanting to do some "horse trading."
There were some really gorgeous pieces in there, according to the owner, all were either D2 or L6.
The Boss did some trading, and when it was over, actually gave me one of the knives. (I helped out on the horse tradin.) A very sweet stag and bone handled dagger made from 3/8th D2 stock, hollow ground, blade 7.5 inches long, 7/8ths wide at the base with a very nice not-quite-mirror polish and very straight grind lines. It has a very nice polished brass hilt, silver soldered to the blade.(The only obvious imperfection is a slight mis-match on the ricasso grinds.)
The embarassing part is that the maker, this "Glen Avaritt" is from right here in Hot Springs Arkansas (I live in Royal, but work and shop in Hot Springs) and I seem to be the only guy around here that's never heard of him!
The guy selling the knives said that the maker "...sells most of his stuff over the Internet." but I don't know if that means ebay, or if he has a website.
Anyone with any information, I'd appreciate all the help you could give me.
There were some really gorgeous pieces in there, according to the owner, all were either D2 or L6.
The Boss did some trading, and when it was over, actually gave me one of the knives. (I helped out on the horse tradin.) A very sweet stag and bone handled dagger made from 3/8th D2 stock, hollow ground, blade 7.5 inches long, 7/8ths wide at the base with a very nice not-quite-mirror polish and very straight grind lines. It has a very nice polished brass hilt, silver soldered to the blade.(The only obvious imperfection is a slight mis-match on the ricasso grinds.)
The embarassing part is that the maker, this "Glen Avaritt" is from right here in Hot Springs Arkansas (I live in Royal, but work and shop in Hot Springs) and I seem to be the only guy around here that's never heard of him!
The guy selling the knives said that the maker "...sells most of his stuff over the Internet." but I don't know if that means ebay, or if he has a website.
Anyone with any information, I'd appreciate all the help you could give me.