I am not worthy!
I've tried a bunch of times to take a picture of my entire Surls collection but every time I do I seem to forget a couple. Either on my belt or in my pocket or in the kitchen, on a night stand etc etc. I think, keyword here is think, I finally got them all. However I failed in setting up a shot where they're all visible so here's a handful of angles.
I love the arrangement here Jim. That's quite an extensive and well balanced collection there! A bit of every size and shape.
Thanks for sharing!
Man, I love that arrangement too. Just perfect. Jim, you don't seem pushy at all!
I just can't seem to get a pic set up where I like the angles as much as that line on that tree.
Pic coming in a few...
Gents,
So tough to get this set up the way I want it. I'm going to try again tomorrow and get a better pic, but for now...
Seems like I might have a thing for Inlanders and Hunstman by the look of things. One bog oak Hunstman belongs to my eldest son, Keegan. The Nessie on the right belongs to my son, Luca. The Bison on the top left was a flea market grab, and my primary camp knife. Allen helped me make the curlyQ under the Bison at my first Trackrock Spring 2016. The Buckeye Arawona is my primary kitchen knife. The osage Hunstman is my primary small/mid sized carry knife, and the osage Patch and stag mini-Loveless are my every day small carry knives in rotation. The mini Palmer was my first Surls knife, and it's so beautiful - the pic doesn't do it justice. The curly ash Patch just pops...almost glows, and I owe Phillip for that one. The ironwood on the Fighter is spectacular. The bog oaks are all slightly different in hue. The Raven recurve is just bad ass. My favorite of all of them though has to be the osage Patch. I couldn't part with most of them, but that would be the one I love the most.
Jim, I really don't know what the handle is on the Palmer. It came to me as a "mystery burl", and I'd have to ask Allen to be sure. I do know that when I showed it to him last year he told me it was one of the "old school" Surls knives.
As for the bog oak, I admit Jerry and I have a thing for snatching those up fast. In fact, I think I still owe him a beer or bourbon for at least one of those in my collection.