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Comment by lou gerrick on April 1, 2011 at 13:44

SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE IN MR. BOB  NEAL PHONE NUMBER !

CORRECT NUMBER IS     1-606-348-8914    (  I guess I'm GETTING "HALF-TIMERS"  )

                                                                                                              lou gerrick

Comment by lou gerrick on March 31, 2011 at 18:17

DROP Mr. Bob Neal A LINE,,  "NOT JUST AMERICAN MADE....,  BUT HAND MADE IN AMERICA ".  PHONE #  6-348-8914.  I'M SURE MR. NEAL  WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH

YOU or MAIL HIM at  107  BOWLIN  ROAD,  MONTICELLO,  KY   42633

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,  lou gerrick

Comment by Halicon on March 31, 2011 at 8:51

Oh, but all his limbs (and ends on them?) are still intact no? That's always a really nasty risk when relying on your hands as much as a maker does. Once the injury is there it -really- hampers you.

 

Personally I almost tore off all the tendons in my right foot and could no longer assume the traditional polishishing pose - sucessfully put me out of polishing any type of sword for a whole year until I finally had rehabilitated the foot enough to bring back the flexibility (and that's just a foot!).

 

I'm glad to hear that he's better and back to making knives again though, I really wish him the best, being such an interesting and original artist.

I do agree though, that curve looks a wee bit small for one of my cheeks. Any XL versions coming up? haha :)

 

Have you tried to whittle with it by the way? The design should allow for -very- precise push-cutting which is exactly what whittlers/carvers love.

Many thanks for bringing this pic out, I had never heard of Bob Neal before but he certainly seems to be a maker that caters towards my tastes.

 

There's one thing I wish to know though. How are the bone scales cut if you know/can tell? He must have finished the fitting by hand-carving in the end because I don't have knowledge of any powertool that you can cut accurately like that with. He must have hand-carved the scales down to size himself or made a convex'ed support that he used to cut out the correct shape from.

Comment by Jim Thompson on March 18, 2011 at 18:54

To my knowledge Bob is the only maker of  these knives. Did he tell you about his run in with a saw a little over a year ago? This kept him from making knives for quite a while. I hope to have Bob at our knife club show this year. It is an enjoyment to talk with he and his wife. I believe Bob refers to this design as his "back pocket" knife, but one would have to have small cheeks.

Comment by Halicon on March 17, 2011 at 21:59

Interesting design, I'm guessing the maker got the idea from hollowed Asian designs. Palm-pressure grip that helps with push-cutting.

Looks like a very nice EDC design. I only see one problem, the hairline of the blade relates directly horizontally to the angle of your wrist, for slicing cuts keeping the blade accurate can easily become a problem unless it's really thought out and perfected at the pivot.

 

There are many Asian woodworking tools that feature hollows like these in even the handles - even my foot rest has that hollow shape.

 

Nice pic and thanks for showing, very interesting knife.