Other Seki Made

[Madmarco]

Here are a few that came in the latest collection purchased. Two are Seki Cut made. Seki Cut is a consortium of knife makers in Seki Japan that make knives. The first one has gold lipped pearl and the second one has wooden scales. Nice thumb stud and easy smooth opening and lock up.
The last one is made for Santa Fe Stoneworks. Made in Japan with titanium handles with VG-10 blade. Fossilized and gemstone handles inlayed in the handles. This one has a button lock, which is really sweet. You will probably see these or some of these for sale in my store. Still deciding on what is being kept and what is being sold.

NICE score, Mark, now you have 3 more beautiful knives that you need to find space for! lol! I've admired the knife from Santa Fe since I first saw one, and had the price not been so much I'd have owned one by now, but at the time it was outta my league. I love the button-lock on knives, and I'm finding I have more models with it than I thought. I really like the orange shade too, IMO, more knives should have orange in their scheme.
The other 2 are very cool as well, they have a lower-end William Henry/McHenry (?) vibe to them for me. NICE!

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Agreed C-Man ... the bone and the sleek lines of that knife are superb IvoryMan!

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

The Sante Fe would be my pick Mark and Mark also. All three are top notch!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thank you Mark and Tony. I am a little surprised that the green Seki Cut has some spots of glue on the blade and a little around the wooden scales. I tried to get it off but it won’t come off. The fit is great on these Seki Cut knives but now I can say that the finish is a little lacking on the green one. The yellow with the gold lip pearl has no issues.
The Santa Fe Stoneworks is a great looking and feeling knife. That button lock is the best feature.

[Madmarco]

That's a shame, Mark, knowing how much you like these knives due to their precision specs and attention to detail, I'm sure a quality control issue like overlapping glue must infuriate you.
Of any method I can think of to remove the glue safely, acetone keeps popping into my head, although, I don't know if/how it might affect the other materials, but it should melt the extra glue.
If it's any consolation, I didn't even SEE the glue spots you described, so perhaps a clean and polish with some Simichrome will be all she needs, hope so anyway.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Seki made Klein Tools.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Seki made Klein Tools.

That’s an interesting knife. I know that Moki has made a lot of knives for Klein under spec from Klein, I wonder if that is one of them? Looks like a knife made for hard work. Nice.

[chickenman62]

A recently obtained little Russell Cattaragus knife.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

A recently obtained little Russell Cattaragus knife.

Love those A.G. Russell gents barlow. Beautiful.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Seki made Klein Tools.

That’s an interesting knife. I know that Moki has made a lot of knives for Klein under spec from Klein, I wonder if that is one of them? Looks like a knife made for hard work. Nice.

Thanks Mark, it is a good little sturdy EDC/utility knife. I wonder if it was made by Moki ....

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Seki made Klein Tools.

That’s an interesting knife. I know that Moki has made a lot of knives for Klein under spec from Klein, I wonder if that is one of them? Looks like a knife made for hard work. Nice.

Thanks Mark, it is a good little sturdy EDC/utility knife. I wonder if it was made by Moki ....

We may never know. A.G. Russell has not responded to my request for information about who made all their nice Japanese knives. So they are keeping it close to the vest. I do see a lot of models that have exact replicas made by G. Sakai, and Master Tak Fukuta, so my best guess is one of those two.

[Madmarco]

I have seen those Klein knives with dagger and sheepsfoot blades, but never a razor/sheepsfoot like yours, Dog, and if memory serves, they were made by Moki. They're solid work knives, IMO, and cool too.

[Madmarco]

A recently obtained little Russell Cattaragus knife.

Stunningly beautiful, C-man, congratulations!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Seki made Klein Tools.

That’s an interesting knife. I know that Moki has made a lot of knives for Klein under spec from Klein, I wonder if that is one of them? Looks like a knife made for hard work. Nice.

Thanks Mark, it is a good little sturdy EDC/utility knife. I wonder if it was made by Moki ....

Sorry Top Dog, I thought I was responding on the Russell gents barlow. Yes those were most likely made by Moki as I stated in my first post.

[GSPTOPDOG]

That’s an interesting knife. I know that Moki has made a lot of knives for Klein under spec from Klein, I wonder if that is one of them? Looks like a knife made for hard work. Nice.

Thanks Mark, it is a good little sturdy EDC/utility knife. I wonder if it was made by Moki ....

We may never know. A.G. Russell has not responded to my request for information about who made all their nice Japanese knives. So they are keeping it close to the vest. I do see a lot of models that have exact replicas made by G. Sakai, and Master Tak Fukuta, so my best guess is one of those two.

That makes me think about looking for some of my old A.G. Russell catalogues from the 1990's, I had saved a ton of them just up until a few years ago. Then in a fit of "spring cleaning" I got rid of a bunch of stuff piled up such as magazines and catalogues. It would be interesting to look back and see all of those old Seki-City listings and the prices...

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here is an EDC that meets the criteria of a lot of what I love in in a pocketknife ...

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Here is an EDC that meets the criteria of a lot of what I love in in a pocketknife ...

Sunfish Whittler .... NICE TopDog! In 3 bladers, I like whittlers of just about any kind. Much preferred by me than a stockman.

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

A recently obtained little Russell Cattaragus knife.

Beautiful Russell Catt C-Man!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here is an EDC that meets the criteria of a lot of what I love in in a pocketknife ...

Sunfish Whittler .... NICE TopDog! In 3 bladers, I like whittlers of just about any kind. Much preferred by me than a stockman.

Thanks CxIII I used to put the stockman at the top of my EDC (next to a trapper) list, but I have come around to the Cattleman and whittlers, especially if the whittlers have a big fat main blade.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Topdog, that is a nice sunfish whittler. I had one of those many years ago with beautiful inlays. Don’t have this knife anymore, it went on to a good owner who gifted it to his sister. Had some special meaning for her so I was glad to sell it to him. United did good work on this sunfish. Very underrated and unappreciated.

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Topdog, that is a nice sunfish whittler. I had one of those many years ago with beautiful inlays. Don’t have this knife anymore, it went on to a good owner who gifted it to his sister. Had some special meaning for her so I was glad to sell it to him. United did good work on this sunfish. Very underrated and unappreciated.

Gorgeous Sunfish Mark! I just took my wife to the annual Carolina Balloon Festival last weekend ... she is a balloon fan, and would love that knife.

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Got another one of those "better get it while available knives" yesterday.
Paragon Tommy Lee Dagger Seki City / 8" OAL & Micarta

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Got another one of those "better get it while available knives" yesterday.
Paragon Tommy Lee Dagger Seki City

My favorite Tony. What an excellent piece. I’ve had one of those for about 15 years and I still get it out to admire from time to time. Nice!

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Got another one of those "better get it while available knives" yesterday.
Paragon Tommy Lee Dagger Seki City

My favorite Tony. What an excellent piece. I’ve had one of those for about 15 years and I still get it out to admire from time to time. Nice!

Thank you Mark! I have several Paragons now ... really like them.

[RedRaiderRick]

Check out this AG Russell Hunter pattern. Single blade, bolster lock, no-brass, gorgeous brown bone. Scored today from SSK. Thanks again Mark for another perfect transaction!