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Post: Need input on a custom handle... (Topic#864090)

bprescot
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Loc: Ringoes, NJ
Reg: 11-07-08

11-06-09 07:41.01 - Post#1975070

So I'm working with TC over at TC Blades. We pretty much have the blade nailed down, I think, but we are talking about the handle. This will be a western handle, and he does a very nice job with them. After seeing some quick sketches, I came up with a slight modification of one of his sketches (attached picture). Because I thought it looked nice on the handle I included a "name plate". But here's the thing, I have no idea what it would say. I hate the idea of it actually being my name.

SO. If you were going to have a "name plate" on a knife that could be engraved to say something OTHER THAN your name, what would you have it say.

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willspear
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Loc: maine
Reg: 09-08-09

11-06-09 20:53.31 - Post#1975624
In response to bprescot

could just use a number aka like 165 or 270 etc.

Eggplant tastes like eggplant and meat tastes like murder
But murder tastes pretty god damn good doesn't it?
Yes it does

sudsy9977
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Loc: new jersey
Reg: 09-26-06

11-06-09 21:00.50 - Post#1975627
In response to willspear

i'd put on BAD MOTHERF***ER!!!......ryan

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this post couldn't be more retarded, even if you put a helmet on it.

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david.elliott
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Loc: Maryland
Reg: 06-24-09

11-06-09 21:04.08 - Post#1975628
In response to sudsy9977

Doctor Zoidberg's

Could put your birthday? Date of purchase?

Edited by david.elliott on 11-06-09 21:04.55. Reason for edit: No reason given.

Dave_Martell
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Loc: Fleetwood, PA - USA
Reg: 11-30-99

11-06-09 21:15.49 - Post#1975634
In response to sudsy9977

sudsy9977 Said:

i'd put on BAD MOTHERF***ER!!!......ryan

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watercrawl
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Loc: Omaha, NE
Reg: 12-21-05

11-06-09 21:18.30 - Post#1975636
In response to Dave_Martell

Favorite food in kanji

Favorite ingredient in kanji

Manufacture date of the knife

Adam

Dave_Martell
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Loc: Fleetwood, PA - USA
Reg: 11-30-99

11-06-09 21:25.29 - Post#1975641
In response to watercrawl

I actually like a plain escutcheon on knife handles, kind of what Nenox does, just more fancy old world looking.

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bprescot
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Loc: Ringoes, NJ
Reg: 11-07-08

11-06-09 21:53.49 - Post#1975649
In response to Dave_Martell

Perhaps, but the family crest isn't really all that interesting. That and we've never been able to trace our family much further back then William Prescott, so I'm not sure I could legitimately use it.

I'm thinking of removing the name plate altogether and instead try to use a more elaborate segmentation to make the handle pop. And where better to draw inspiration from when talking handles than Fish's gallery. He did a bit of experimenting with what I'll call a "hybrid" handle, something we're trying to do with this knife. Technically western, but having the feel of a wa. This suji really typifies that for me.

Thanks for the ideas. Though to keep it shorter and PG-13 I'd probably just put on "Bad-Ass Mother"

-Ben

JBroida
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Reg: 11-12-08

11-06-09 21:57.26 - Post#1975651
In response to bprescot

i would put "食材必殺屋"... just because

I always wanted to name my knives with ridiculous names like that... or maybe something like
"めった斬り"
or
"斬殺"

-Jon

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