Thread: Custom Made Chef Knife

Originally Posted by 32t

I disagree with this. If it truly is a great tool you would use it every day. Take excellent care of it, but it is useless unless used.

Maybe useless for you but not for me as a collector. Everytime i hold it i can apreciate it for what it is, a great tool by all means but also expensive and more pleasent for the eye and something i wanna keep prestine for a long long time and not gonna be used as a everyday kitchen bi**h cutter. The knife will be used as i said but not as a workhorse. I have other expensive blades but all about performance for that witch i take excellent care of but thay stil take the beating when thay see the stones alot as a everyday cutter do.

Let's agree to disagree

A work of art no doubt. I know what you mean as to restricting the use to special occasions. I have a small collection of vintage pocket knives. I have some that are all the same pattern and some of those, though they are very old, are NOS. Others I acquired used and the difference is dramatic. Every now and again I'm tempted to carry and use some of the mint examples but once the loaf is cut ......... it'll never be the same, as these two Case XX 61048 Rogers red bones testify.

I have a couple Randalls (a one-off Model 15 pitcured here) that I am always hesitant to use.



Then I figure "What am I gonna do?? Take these to the grave?" But still, they are so..so..so pretty, it's hard to see them used for daily chores. Therefore...recently I solved that problem with the acquisition of a Robert Gardner Custom. Designed to be a working knife of the highest order, but hardly a "pretty" blade. Rough finish canvas micarta and a Clay-hardened blade of 1095 steel. 1/4" stock, it'll get the job done.

Looks better than my Deba (RH) Seki blade but then again I have beet the crap out of my over the last 25+ years lol. Grats on a great blade but I want your cutting board

That is a fantastic Blade Mr M,enjoy

To Me Knives are just tools,I beat the crap out of them

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

To Me Knives are just tools,I beat the crap out of them

I love that 5254 Case XX at the bottom of the pic

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I love that 5254 Case XX at the bottom of the pic

Thats in my pocket every day,belonged to my Dad

Wow, that is fantastic! The cutting board is also incredible! Where did you get it?

I'm not much of a collector so I couldn't see buying something I didn't plan on using. If it is a superior tool it should handle the use much better than the rest. If not I really can't see paying top dollar. To each his own though.