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Old School cap.

My two classics

This first rate " One of a Kind " piece by the hand of Mr. Alfred Dobner (SE) became my own at the 2013 Dutch Knife Exhibition.

I instantly fell in love with this one, my first Damascus knife after years of tiger stripes and G10.
Blastmaster 1972 (Jos) predicted it, my taste for collector pieces is changing, or evolving if you like.
Thanks to all the talks with my friend Gudy van Poppel I am beginning to appreciate this sort of craftsmanship.

Flawless, full of beautyfull details, very well build, a true heavy full size folding knife.
The hand forged line, which follow the blade shape on through the bolsters, makes it a master piece in my book.
Sweet early lock up, killing perfect file work and the detailed but end with lanyard hole, completed this knife.

Thank You Alfred for making this beautiful knife.
I am proud to call you my friend.

Knife Maker & Bladesmith : Alfred Dobner (SE)
Folding Knife: One of a Kind Liner Lock
Blade, Bolsters, End Piece: Hand Forged San Mai Damascus
Handle: Mammoth Ivory scales & Titanium Interior
Liners: Titanium with decorated file work
OAL: 21,6 cm / 8.5 inch
Blade: 9,0 cm / 3.55 inch

p.s. Click the image for better result

Cheers,
Wouter

Every once in a while knives become "grails" after you possess them. This has become one of those special pieces.
Even though I was focussed on this particular knife, I tried to hold on to my promises to myself to not buy anymore fixed knives.
Until this beauty caught my eye. I am damn happy and proud to own yet another a full hand made knife by my friend Gudy.

~ Knife Maker & Master Bladesmith : Gudy van Poppel
~ Hand Forged Ladder Damascus
~ Sambar handle, Silver & Bronze details
~ OAL : 280 mm / 11 inch
~ Blade : 150 mm / 5.9 inch

Thank you brother for making me such beauty,

p.s. Click the image, the knife looks better a bit larger.

The sheath to go will be ready soon enough

Cheers,
Wouter

My newest Grail, made by Gudy van Poppel.

- 4 inch blade, No flipper
- Smooth satin finish
- Fossilized Sea Cow scales
- Titanium liners
- Full length Titanium back spacer
- Bronze spacers
- Ball bearing system

Thanks for looking, and above all, thank you Gudy,

Congratulations on this sweet POPL.

And of course like the others said, Welcome to the POPL Family,

Cheers,
Wouter

Just yesterday I got this sparkling new Duane Dwyer Custom Tanto in CPM-3V.
What can I say… just sit back and enjoy this piece of craftsmanship.

The handle has a satin finished titanium standard profile with "ghost flame" stripes titanium lock side.
Contoured G10 scale with Duane's "finger grabber" scallops to make it easier to retreive from your pocket or pouch.
The blade is hand rubbed.

I think it is this MSC SMF.

Just got this Fenix PD22 in last week.
Love the size and options.

Cheers,
Wouter

Great knife Chris, congratulations !!
I had the pleasure of holding it a while back.
You have the small brother my own POPL CF LL.

Enjoy your new knife my friend.
Wouter

SMF CC Chisel Tanto & Carbon Fiber

Beautiful satin finish, sweet Carbon Fiber scale, smooth Ti and razor sharp.

She IS perfect, let's keep it short and let the pics do the talk.

Just say's…

My two "to go knives" are Striders and always (like most of us) a small SAK.
The Striders are a SMF CC and AR HG #073.

N690 it is guys.

- Carbon Fiber scales
- Red liners
- Titanium liners
- Stone Washed, 4 inch blade
- 186 gr

Very cool with the Carbon Fiber clip.

I thought I would make a few Autumn pics to share with you guys (and girls?)
The Titanium colors go so well with Autumn colors, I couldn't resist.

The Shark Fin has a solid Ti back spacer while the Dagger has stand offs.

Just enjoy...

Number C0037 to be precise...

For those who know some about the Strider (SMF) Knives history; no introduction needed.
For those who do not know but want to learn: Strider MARSOC SMF

To me (and I am not on my own) "The SMF" of "All SMF's", is a DET 1.
A true Icon in knife history to me, and next June this baby will have her 10th birthday.

Many, maybe even a few thousands (?) SMF's have been made over the years.
There is only "one" C0037, one of the very first SMF's ever, how F*ing cool.

The DET1 knives are very rare and mostly circulate within the a small group of Striderholics.
The green pouch is also the original pouch the SMF was sold with.

It's razor sharp, it's flawless, dead centered, strongest detent I even had on a SMF.
Flaming, striping, all done by hand... guess who did this?
The LBS was most certainly not needed on this beauty, stiff and solid like a rock.

Marine Corps Special Operations Command

Detachment One

Serial number

Marine unit's activation date: June the 20th, 2003

Thanks for looking,
Wouter

The AR CC edition is only made as a full custom knife.

The hand flamed Ti side and tiger striping really got my attention at first.
Once in my hand, I also feel the smoothness, the nice slim profile.
No need to summarize all excellent details, it is all perfect to me !!

The weather was too bad to shoot outdoor photo's, so this looks a bit sober.
As so often, the pictures absolutely do no justice to what this knife is in real.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
Wouter