Ken Erickson Knives: A Retrospective

[Gevonovich]

They all are just beautiful, Ken. I can't pick a favorite.

 

[jeffsaul]

All fabulous Ken,

The bartenders piece is truly top shelf!

Jeff

 

[ken erickson]

Here is one just finished up(not available) for the Badger show in March. This one is a shadow 3 1/5 clip, slight recurve, blade and spring in CPM154. The stag came from John LLoyd.

 

[jivedaddy]

The stag is real nice on that one Ken...no bolsters and shield really shows it off :thumbup:

 

[wagglebee]

I really like that one Ken. I don't think I've ever seen a shadow with such a small pivot pin.

 

[Blues]

Very nice, Ken. Great looking stag.

 

[wafarers]

spun pivot Ken? I like it.

 

[ken erickson]

Thanks guys!

I wanted to keep as much bark as possible and show off the stag.
Yes , spun pivot pins. I did not use as reinforcement birdseye because of the figure in the stag at that point. With spinning you can get a wobble free tight blade without peening.
It is common to see vintage Sheffield and German made knives, shadow and tip bolstered knives that utilize just a spun(or peened) pivot pin.

 

[Peregrin]

That stag sure looks good on that one, Ken. Nice presentation. Nice knife.

 

[jivedaddy]

Hey Ken-do you have a pic showing the thickness of the stag?

 

[Gevonovich]

Another stunner, Ken

 

[ken erickson]

Hey Ken-do you have a pic showing the thickness of the stag?

Here you go Tony,

That is the tough part keeping the stag thin on a knife like this and keeping all the bark. My hats off to the cutlers of days gone by!

 

[jivedaddy]

Thanks Ken-looks great!!!

 

[marthinus]

Ken. Outstanding work once again. Always amazed at your craftsmanship

 

[John L]

P E R F E C T O Ken.

John Lloyd

 

[waynorth]

The Shadow knows!!:thumbup:

Beautiful!!

 

[ptradeco]

Let's see now, if I pitch a tent in front of the Badger show the night before....I really like this one Ken:thumbup:

 

[bakerg2g]

Looks GREAT! That stag is lovely. Would
ride nicely in my pocket...lol

Jason

 

[sextant]

Here you go Tony,

That is the tough part keeping the stag thin on a knife like this and keeping all the bark. My hats off to the cutlers of days gone by!

Wonderful, Ken - my hat off to you! Absolutely great stag perfectly used

 

[ken erickson]

I really like that one Ken. I don't think I've ever seen a shadow with such a small pivot pin.

After sleeping on it all night I decided to go ahead and reinforce the pivot. Smaller than my normal shadows but think it was worth the effort.