Australian Folder Maker
- gajinoz
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Australian Folder Maker
Here is a nice example of a nice traditional style from one of our top custom folder makers.
Blade and spring: 3/32" O1 Steel
Liners, Pins, Shield, Bolsters and Endcaps: 410/416 Stainless
Handle: Dyed and Jigged bone with a double pinned Sowbelly Shield
Milled liner relief, about a 7 on the pull scale for the main blade, 8 for the other 2 blades.
Blade and spring: 3/32" O1 Steel
Liners, Pins, Shield, Bolsters and Endcaps: 410/416 Stainless
Handle: Dyed and Jigged bone with a double pinned Sowbelly Shield
Milled liner relief, about a 7 on the pull scale for the main blade, 8 for the other 2 blades.
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
Looking very good. 
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
Very nice.
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
Wow, he does really nice work. Sucks to be a poor kid with my nose up against the candy store window.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
makers name???????
model# ??????????
cost ????????
web site ????????????
thanks
LOOKS AWESOME
model# ??????????
cost ????????
web site ????????????
thanks
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- IMBand
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
That knife is by Alistair Phillips..........http://www.knives.mutantdiscovery.com/index.html
I didn't see all of the info JB was asking, but he surely has made some fine pieces.
IM

I didn't see all of the info JB was asking, but he surely has made some fine pieces.
IM
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- gajinoz
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Re: Australian Folder Maker
Yes, Alistair.IMBand wrote:That knife is by Alistair Phillips..........http://www.knives.mutantdiscovery.com/index.html
I didn't see all of the info JB was asking, but he surely has made some fine pieces.
IM
Sorry, should have put that in the original post but I've had a dose of the flu lately and my brain is not functioning at full capacity.
(Yeah, I know, crappy excuse .....
Anyway, he calls it a Sowbelly, I'm afraid I don't know the cost, I think he may have sold it at the Melbourne Knife Show.
Aside from the website mentioned by IMBand, you can also see some of his work and discussions about it on australianbladeforums.com. He has his own sub forum there.
He has made some really nice stuff.
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