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Alan C. Warren Custom Handmade Big Stag Skinner Knife
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We are pleased to offer this Custom Handmade Skinner by Alan C. Warren of Portland, Oregon. The quality of workmanship, materials and design are obvious when you pick up this outstanding knife. The knife is new from the maker and has never been carried, used or sharpened. Certificate of Origin is included.
See more information about Alan and his awards below! Features: Type of Knife: Big Stag Skinner Overall Length: 10 inches Blade Length: 5 inches Blade Thickness: 0.188 inches Type of Blade Grind: Hollow Grind Stock Removed or Forged: Stock Removed Type of Blade Steel: 154CM Hardness of Blade: 60-61 Rockwell C Scale Heat Treated by: Maker Sub Zero Quench: Yes Guard: Nickel Silver Handle: Sambar Stag with Loveless Bolts and Lanyard Hole Sheath: Hand Tooled Leather, by Maker Serial Number: 455 Date of Custom Manufacture: June 15, 2006 Alan Warren lives in Portland, Oregon where he creates his award winning custom knives. Every Alan Warren knife is a work of art, yet it is also made for long lasting active use. Each knife is individually designed with no two ever the same. Each knife is serial numbered and comes with a signed certificate of origin that details its type and construction. Alan also designs, hand tools and stitches each sheath. Each sheath is custom fitted to its knife, and provides a secure, snug fit for active use. Awards: 2004: Oregon Knife Collectors Association (OKCA) Best New Maker 2005: OKCA Best Fighter 2005: OKCA Best Bowie 2006: OKCA Best Bowie 2006: North West Knife Collectors (NWKC) Best of Fixed Blade 2006: NWKC Best of Show 2007: Blade West (Best Bowie Kife) 2009: OKCA (Best Utility Hunter Knife) 2009: Blade West ( Best hunter utility knife) 2009: Blade West ( Hand made award) 2009: North West Knife Collectors ( Best of Show) In Alan's words.... "The thought of making knives first started back in 1993 at my life-long friend Joe Fischer's home. He had just bought a Rudy Ruana knife and I really liked the way that knife was put together because it was so solid but had style, too. I thought it was cool that Rudy used old truck springs for the blade and cast the handle from aluminum. I wanted to have a knife like that, and knew the only way I could was to make it myself. I have been fascinated with knives since childhood, so trying to make one seemed the natural thing to do. I decided to try the Rudy way for my first knife, and picked up an old truck spring from the wrecking yard. Using a 4 inch hand held grinder, I did my best to copy the profile and hollow grind and everything else about that Rudy blade. It turned out pretty well. Then I got real busy with my job and forgot about that blade until my brother, Ted Warren, prodded me in 1998, and I got back to work on it. When I finished that knife all I could think was that I had to do this again. I knew from that moment on that this is who I am. This is what I am going to do. And it has had a grip on me ever since. I quit my "real" job about 8 years ago and have been supporting my wife and two girls by making knives ever since. I can't imagine doing anything else. It's not a great living, but it is a living doing what I am meant to do. Like a great knife maker once said, I will make knives until I can't make them anymore. I am mostly a self made knife maker, but some great guys have given me very helpful tips along the way. Jerry Johnson from Spring City, Utah, gave me some great ideas that left me wondering why I didn't think of that. He is also one of the best makers and the best kind of people out there. Todd and Tonya Begg from Spanaway, Washington, have helped me in so many ways. I was lucky enough to be invited to spend a day in Thad Buchanan's shop in Prineville, Oregon, which was priceless. I also must mention Dave Rappaport and Jim Wells of Portland, Oregon. These are just some of the great people I have met in 12 years of making knives. There are so many others who have helped to whom I am very grateful, too many to mention." We are p...
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