every week at my forge and workshop(updated)

[midnight 657]

At the moment as I'm just trying to raise money to pay for laser cut knife blanks and rebuild my business..... not expensive , I need around £180 to £175.

If you think the abrasives alone cost me £25+ and the sheaths gotta be £50 worth ...

I dunno if the photos/ write up show the amount of work involved ??

[sussex 5,777]

That is another work of art ...any right minded boar would be pleased to get that between the ribs ...

[bo88y 46]

thats a classic looking blade , might hang on to my cash till i see how the chopping type knife turns out

[midnight 657]

thank you ,sold to a hunting life member !!

i do like the knife myself , no use for it at all but i do like it .

i have another 3 knives on the bench for this week , a chopper thing (its confused ) its half way between a cleaver and a machete.

and a couple of regular sized hunting knives .

im awaiting a quote on my new designs from the laser cutters , im hoping they dont take to long ....

[Gin 498]

Congratulations Matt,- Thats one hell of a knife, a piece of art,- and also the sheath.

[Rabid 1,936]

Hi, I just found this thread by accident, some stunning looking work you have turned out, I am in the market for a good but working knife, do you do many custom jobs ?

[sussex 5,777]

Hi, I just found this thread by accident, some stunning looking work you have turned out, I am in the market for a good but working knife, do you do many custom jobs ?

 

Not looking for a stalking knife by chance ..... :whistling:....did you see the knives for sale , number 10 would do you a treat ......but I just bought it :laugh: :laugh:

 

[Rabid 1,936]

 

Hi, I just found this thread by accident, some stunning looking work you have turned out, I am in the market for a good but working knife, do you do many custom jobs ?

 

Not looking for a stalking knife by chance ..... :whistling:....did you see the knives for sale , number 10 would do you a treat ......but I just bought it :laugh: :laugh:

As it happens a stalking knife was on my mind, I have a small fetish for quality knives as well !

 

Where are the ones for sale then as I have not sniffed them out yet

Edited November 13, 2014 by Rabid

[mushroom 12,921]

Midnight that's not a bad price fir craftsmanship

 

will the knife not be more brittle that normal knife metal, being hardened steel??

[midnight 657]

Ha ha , this is positive !!

I have two half made suitable for stalking , and two made (Damascus) in the misc for sale section.

One of the knives I'm working on is similar to a loveless 4" drop point hunter , arguably one of the most successful and sought after knives of the last century . Of course Mine is a simplified version of the original for pricing reasons .

Iv sold many stalkers knives over the years and everyone of them has ideas of what the best knife should be .

I do try to design knives that I could and would use myself , if I cant I don't generally make them .

For stalking I imagine it's down to species you regularly take for the size as muntjac and Chinese wouldn't require a 6" blade ??

After that it's budget and personal preference ??

[redial 81]

Knife No #8 just arrived, very pleased my first midnight blade but not the last.

[sussex 5,777]

Just taken delivery of the knife matt #10 ....Superb ..absolute work of art , I can see why people get start building little collections ....many thanks

[Born Hunter 17,763]

Matt, do you have any intentions to make anything similar to the knife in your avatar again? Or the mini Helmando? They both have similar blade profiles if I remember...

[Rabid 1,936]

Sent you a pm regarding no 11 and a custom

[midnight 657]

Thanks gents !!

I'm almost sold out again ? a genuine thank you for trusting your hard earned money with me !!

 

Born to hunt il make pretty much what anyone wants right now !!

I'm maybe 2 weeks off getting any laser cuts here in my hands so just want to be busy earning funds until then .

The hellmando and avatar knife did have very similar blade profiles your right , BUT the Bowie pattern I'm working on is similar but slightly more curvy .

I might do a small Bowie and midium as the pattern allows for both .

I need to go get some antler soon , I raped the suppliers for the nicest stuff they had , in hoping there's more in the shelves now .

I should have 2x loveless drop point hunters over the weekend done . They are a very well rested hunting pattern , but pretty plain .

Iv got slabs of steel here so I can pretty much have a go at what anyone wants !!