http://www.gedraitisknives.com/

This link has been posted before and I personally like his style...

YMMV

I've seen several "like the kind grand dad used to carry" here  http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/

Not really into knives but I needed something to carry.  I just bought this.







http://www.leatherman.com/product/Skeletool

 

I've got their little CS on my keyring. Handy little bastard. 

Next time I have $90 that doesn't have another priority tugging at it's sleeve, I'm going to replace my knife sharpening system with this:



Under $100 for a belt based sharpener (with a 6,000 grit belt option to polish) is pretty amazing...

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Work-Sharp-Knife-and-Tool-Sharpener/1218828.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dwork%2Bsharp%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts%26x%3D18%26y%3D10&Ntt=work+sharp&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products

They had those at the gun show last fall.  dad and his friends all bought one.  Group purchase..4 all together @ $70.   

The guy at the kiosk demonstrated and it worked well!

actually going to the gun show again this Sat.  I'm sure the guy will be there if you're coming down to the valley T?

That's a great price - enjoy the show!  I'm going to be spending tomorrow starting to learn how to be a high school math teacher, hopefully in time for classes in January. While it's seldom actually true, in my case it's entirely appropriate to grouse "those who can't do, teach."

If you do pick one up, I'm going to be bundling up a whole bag of dull chisels next time I head down into Phoenix. 

Local guy, makes some nice knives.

http://stevehillknives.com/

Bit out of my price range.   

I have about 50 knives. But those two are the only ones in my carry rotation. Benchmade tumult auto and spyderco caly3 carbon.

Picsnot working for me..

Quote from: triangleforge on December 02, 2011, 07:14:07 AM
That's a great price - enjoy the show!  I'm going to be spending tomorrow starting to learn how to be a high school math teacher, hopefully in time for classes in January. While it's seldom actually true, in my case it's entirely appropriate to grouse "those who can't do, teach."

If you do pick one up, I'm going to be bundling up a whole bag of dull chisels next time I head down into Phoenix.  

The guy was there selling the knife sharpeners again.  We watched a long demo of him sharpening a tanto blade.  Come on down to PHX with all your knives and we'll go to my dad's in Tucson.  He'll sharpen all them for ya!

BTW..Cold Steel was at the show today.  That guy from all of their promo videos was there too, i.e.: the one who cuts through pigs with Conan swords.    Anyway, he another guy were doing some close-quarter knife fighting behind the display.  Pretty crazy!   

Some of my french knife collection.

Quote from: Fireman1291 on December 03, 2011, 11:55:15 AM




I have about 50 knives. But those two are the only ones in my carry rotation. Benchmade tumult auto and spyderco caly3 carbon.

Any Emerson knives in that collection?

I've got a couple of Emersons that I like. But my daily carry is a standard issue Benchmade/Osborne. Smaller, lighter. Can't even remember the model number. Got a black handled one with standard blade, tanto point and a green handled one with a blackened blade, tanto point and half serrations. Nice everyday cutters.

Quote from: brimo on December 07, 2011, 04:46:28 PM
Some of my french knife collection.

I've always loved the intricate file work on the Laguiole knives. 

Never have seen the non-wood handled Opinels before. Those are kind of cool!