Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

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Achingly beautiful!! A wonderful pattern, and the bone is another step upwards - nice going Ken!!
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Ken, this is pure beauty! And the combination of blades and size that makes it extremely desirable for me :)
Congrats to the maker and the happy new owner!
 
Beautifully made knife, Ken.

Hey Tony, I bet that one won't pull your pants down like that Tenn. Jack :D
 
Here is one that I just finished up. (not available) This is a 3 5/8 serpentine jack with rounded bolsters. Half sunk joints along with the rounded bolsters make this one very pocket friendly with plenty of blade. The blades and springs are CPM154cm hence the small number 6 on the pile side tangs. My dyed and jigged bone scales. Half-stops both blades. Secondary blade on mark side, with extension spring. Thanks for looking!

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A very nice knife - beautifully made with an extremely useful blade combination IMO
Well done, Ken, again :)
 
Just a great Jack, and indeed looks really pocket friendly: slim, but full of blade!
I like that reddish dye and jigging too - super!
 
Great Job! As always. Looks very pocket friendly
Hard to beat a good ole' Jack knife.

Jason
 
Charlie (waynorth) was kind enough to send me a batch of knives awhile back for me to check over. In that batch was what I thought was a pretty cool Schrade flat sided cattle knife. Being a single spring knife with catch bit always peeks my interest. I did make a few changes from the Schrade in my rendition. I added half stops on both the master and secondary. The Schrade only has a half stop on the secondary and a cam end on the master. I also built my rendition with a wharncliffe secondary blade instead of the pen that the Schrade sports. I wanted to eliminate what I think of as blade redundancy. My knife compares favorably to the Schrade coming in at .380 thick. What is neat about catch bit knives using a single spring is that the master can be much fuller than otherwise possible. (this knife is not available)

3 5/8 closed
CPM154cm blades and springs
410 SS integral frame/bolsters
My dyed and jigged bone scales
Flat sided bolsters/threaded
Long pull master spear blade/cut swedges
Standard nail nick secondary blade/drawn swedge
Half stops both blades
Pinned shield
2 1/4 Oz.

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Oh man, what a knife!

Hard to improve on some of those great old knives, but I think you did it in a way that stays true to the original.
 
Mighty nice Ken! Old George Schrade is smilin' down on you!
 
WOW! That is truly a perfect knife. Love it. That knife just earned a place on my wish list
 
Looks Great! Doesn't get much better than that! Wharncliffe
was a nice touch. Jigging and dyeing is perfect!..imho

Jason
 
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