jerryd--I think this is a BRILLIANT idea. I heartily support, enthusiastically encourage and ardently applaud your ambitious undertaking and can't help but think that the information you propose to present is something every serious knife collector (or even a cutlery enthusiast of any degree) would find essential, informative and interesting. Surely even the 'weekend hobbyists' would like to know what it is they've got and perhaps even why the knives they're drawn to "call out" to them...for whatever reason.jerryd6818 wrote:In a series of posts, I will be examining the history of specific innovations and evolutions in the knife community.
It's undoubtedly a daunting undertaking in relentless research combined with years of meticulous (one might even say obsessive) first-hand experience and determined, detailed documentation with a vast assortment of patterns, verified historical (and anecdotal) evidence and even potential discrepancies in the "official" historical record (you may want to include citations to other research references).
This could even turn out to be an article that Tom "bestgear" might consider for publication.
~Q~
!!! I haven’t seen too many with that stamp - beautiful handles too 
... I enjoyed your wharncliffe article 
... I think Jay had posted it as well for verification of it being a Challenge... definitely one of the nicest Challenge knives I have seen 
