Here’s one of Andy Roy’s latest creations — the Fiddleback Forge EDC II. As its name suggests, it’s a compact fixed-blade knife that can go anywhere, every day, riding easily in a pocket sheath.
This one, like all of Fiddleback’s handmade customs, is unique. It’s handled brilliantly in what Andy calls “Sapphire Burlap Micarta,” accented with natural and blue double liners.
(To learn more about Andy Roy and his work, visit the Fiddleback Forge website.)
Here’s a veteran that’s still going strong — a first-run Bark River Knives Gunny.
It was six years ago when the drop-point Gunny emerged on the scene, becoming the second sibling to the larger Bravo 1. Originally offered only in A2 tool steel, these days it’s also available in CPM 3V, CPM S35VN and Elmax.
In addition, there’s now a Gunny Hunter version, which Bark River produces in CPM 3V, CPM S35VN and Elmax, plus a Gunny Clip Point Hunter in CPM 3V.
The well-loved “1st Production Run” Gunny featured in today’s wallpaper images is handled in green canvas Micarta with red liners, and it rides in an original-issue “Sur-Loc” leather sheath highlighted by a red “tribute stripe.”
Yes, this is our third Northwoods Knives Willamette Whittler wallpaper in the last week — but this one, scaled in Elephant Ivory, is truly special.
For those of us who appreciate knives handled in ivory, this is a precarious time — price, availability and the threat of outright bans have us in a real bind. We’ll play the hand we’re dealt, whatever happens. Right now, at least, we have these beautiful Northwoods slipjoints.
(Check out our previous wallpaper images of the Northwoods Willamette Whittler in Cocobolo and Blue Camel Bone.)
The new Northwoods Knives Willamette Whittler is a home run — no doubt about that.
And in Blue Camel Bone? The detail, the variations…this may be the best batch of dyed bone we’ve ever seen.
(Prefer your slipjoints with wood scales? Check out the Northwoods Willamette Whittler in Cocobolo.)
One of the great things about Arno Bernard Knives — other than the fact that they’re fabulous, high-quality cutting tools — is that almost every one has a cool story behind it, usually having to do with the unconventional handle material.
This Gecko, part of the Bush Baby Series, is handled in mammoth molar. Now there’s something to talk about ’round the hunting cabin…
(For more information about these wonderfully unusual knives, visit Arno Bernard’s website.)
The new Willamette Whittler is everything we’ve hoped for from the Northwoods Knives brand. Its quality is top-shelf and, for those of us who love traditional slipjoint pocketknives, its design makes it an ideal everyday-carry companion.
This particular knife is scaled in rich Cocobolo wood.
We’re posting the Willamette Whittler today in observance of “Wharncliffe Wednesday” — or, as it’s known in knife lovers’ social-media circles, #wharnsday.
Some of us are old enough to remember when our warriors returned from battle, embraced by a grateful nation, with a trusty Ka-Bar combat knife tucked into their duffel. Once stateside, that knife wasn’t put on display — it was put to work around the homestead, and it probably was carried along on hunts and other woodland forays.
That’s a tradition honored by the Harsey Hunter from Spartan Blades. By design, it’s a tool that a service member could carry in combat, and yet continue to use when camping and hunting after returning from war.
From the tip of its drop-point S35VN blade to the pommel of its sculpted, Micarta-slabbed grip, the Harsey Hunter is, well, righteous. This collaboration between Spartan and Bill Harsey is as impressive as any edged tool we’ve ever handled.
(For more information about this and Spartan’s other made-in-USA products, visit the Spartan Blades website.)
A knife isn’t a knife without a blade, of course, but sometimes we find real beauty in the details at the other end of an edged tool.
Obviously, this “Gorgon” folder (First Edition shown here) from Three Sisters Forge is all business. The stark utility of its titanium frame, joined by hardened stainless-steel fixtures, strongly suggests that it plays for keeps.
We’ll admit to being new to knifemaker Jim Allen and his Three Sisters Forge, but we like what we see. We think you will, too.
There’s no denying it — over the years Spyderco has made some unusual-looking knives. They work, though, and the company’s innovation has shaped the folding-knife industry we know today.
This edition of KnifeWallpaper features a relatively “ordinary” Spydie — the oh-so-handy Dragonfly, scaled in Purple FRN.
If you look at this knife and see an uncanny resemblance to the Carter Cutlery “Perfect” we posted last week, that’s not a coincidence.
The Adventurer Neck Knife is Bark River Knives‘ take on Murray Carter’s design. It’s proven popular — very popular — due in no small part to an innovative magnetic neck sheath, as well as some ingenious tweaks to the knife’s ergonomics.
It’s another “little big knife” from the clever folks at Bark River, and it’s quickly becoming one of our favorite Barkies.
(Be sure to check out our blog post on this handy blade: “A Review of the Bark River Adventurer Neck Knife.”)
