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Hi folks,
I have a WiP thread for you here.
Charles Vestal kindly took photos of his build of this prototype, and provided the disk to me when I met him and collected this knife at the Blade Show this year.
Custom knives take time to build, and this project has been in the books for almost two years, but it didn't start off with this knife. It was this thread which caused me to contact Charles, and this knife that I yearned for;
The extra thick chute was the knife that I had originally wanted Charles to make for me, but over time I changed my mind, due in part to my recognition of my own compulsiveness, and mostly due to finding a very similar knife by another maker in the custom knives for sale forum at an unbeatable price.
I didn't want to cancel my order, though because that's kind of shabby, and kicked around the idea of another Loveless pattern, like a Lamb- something useful. But, no matter how many photos I examined or how much I tried to convince myself that I was completely happy with that option, I just had to be honest with myself and recognize that there just didn't seem to be an existing pattern that I really, really wanted.
Going out on, what I thought to be a limb, I asked Charles if he would be interested in taking on the job of building a prototype for me based off a pattern I drew up several years ago. It was, therefore, surprising when he immediately agreed to it, and welcomed my suggestion with an open mind.
With a renewed sense of purpose, I set out to refine the pattern called 'Shamu', and approached it with the intention of creating something that borrows a little from Bob Loveless' and Bob Lum's respective schools of design- two designers I'd place in my top 10 favourites. The result is something that I think fondly as 'Lumless' design
Now, unfortunately, I don't have captions for the photos. It's all pretty self explanatory, and perhaps Charles will pop in from time to time to answer questions, or perhaps provide me with captions that I can update the photos with. Or, perhaps not. But regardless, this thread will give a unique look into the shop and process of one of the finest cutlers in the business. There are 65 photos, so this will take a few days to complete.
Please enjoy
I have a WiP thread for you here.
Charles Vestal kindly took photos of his build of this prototype, and provided the disk to me when I met him and collected this knife at the Blade Show this year.
Custom knives take time to build, and this project has been in the books for almost two years, but it didn't start off with this knife. It was this thread which caused me to contact Charles, and this knife that I yearned for;
The extra thick chute was the knife that I had originally wanted Charles to make for me, but over time I changed my mind, due in part to my recognition of my own compulsiveness, and mostly due to finding a very similar knife by another maker in the custom knives for sale forum at an unbeatable price.
I didn't want to cancel my order, though because that's kind of shabby, and kicked around the idea of another Loveless pattern, like a Lamb- something useful. But, no matter how many photos I examined or how much I tried to convince myself that I was completely happy with that option, I just had to be honest with myself and recognize that there just didn't seem to be an existing pattern that I really, really wanted.
Going out on, what I thought to be a limb, I asked Charles if he would be interested in taking on the job of building a prototype for me based off a pattern I drew up several years ago. It was, therefore, surprising when he immediately agreed to it, and welcomed my suggestion with an open mind.
With a renewed sense of purpose, I set out to refine the pattern called 'Shamu', and approached it with the intention of creating something that borrows a little from Bob Loveless' and Bob Lum's respective schools of design- two designers I'd place in my top 10 favourites. The result is something that I think fondly as 'Lumless' design
Now, unfortunately, I don't have captions for the photos. It's all pretty self explanatory, and perhaps Charles will pop in from time to time to answer questions, or perhaps provide me with captions that I can update the photos with. Or, perhaps not. But regardless, this thread will give a unique look into the shop and process of one of the finest cutlers in the business. There are 65 photos, so this will take a few days to complete.
Please enjoy
