Some great knives men, keep em coming!
I know this background is getting a little over exposed in this thread but Ken's pics are so much better than mine.
This is my 1 collaboration with Ken, and for me the collaboration part was the most fun. Well that and getting this beautiful trapper in the end.
I like a few others 1st saw Ken's work right here in this forum and was impressed. I knew what pattern I wanted made 1st long before I ever started looking for a knife maker. I had been "kickin the tires" around for a long time before I decided to buy a custom made knife. And then 1 day it finally came to me that I aint gettin any younger nor any better lookin & ya can't take it with ya , so spend it!
And spend it on something you enjoy! .......... Sorry got lost there.
So I got on Ken's list, and while I was waiting the wheel (I used to have more) started turning....maybe I should do this, maybe that, you know, driving myself crazy!! That is the trouble with having to wait, it give us time to think up stuff. When I saw this Mammoth Ivory the 1st time, an idea started. I took a chance & bought the Ivory on line, I was worried about how deep the checks/fishers were. I hoped to get lucky & have a cool scale on this trapper. When my time got close I sent Ken the Ivory and asked his opinion. He thought it was worth a try.
Ken, as was stated before, was a pleasure to work with. Explaining, and showing me different pattern & blade variations with pictures. Suggesting different things like thicker blade/spring stock because this was a larger knife. When it got down to the end I couldn't decide on a shield. So finally I asked Ken if he would try a horse shoe. He said sure (anything to get rid of this joker)
and after 1 try he put a beauty on her. It was an adventure for me to have a small role in direction of this build & Ken made sure it stayed true to it's roots.
I'll shut up now & post Ken's pics.