Philip Booth Custom Scale Release Model 18 Minnow, Dion Copper San Mai Blade Media
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This is a Philip Booth Custom Model 18 Minnow. This Minnow has a Dion Copper San Mai steel blade. This custom knife has Gun Blued 1018 steel bolsters with a 1095 steel back spring and 410 stainless steel liners. The handle scales are Green and Black Fat Carbon with copper scale liners. Shift The Bottom Of Front Scale towards the Gut and the Back Scale Towards the spine to deploy this scale release.
Philip Booth comes to knifemaking through the fine arts. He is an award winning painter, printmaker and knifemaker. At 10 years old he made his first knife by hammering a 16 penny spike and wrapping the handle with tape. Not much of a knife but at 10 years, a huge accomplishment. Philip sold his first knife in 1991 and is now a full-time maker and voting member of The Knifemakers' Guild. All the knives are made entirely by hand using the metal reduction methods on a one-at-a-time basis. This gives the maker ultimate control and makes each knife unique. Materials for each knife are laid out before each knife is begun, much like a painter laying out his pallet. Knives can be designed around a particular piece of pearl or ivory, and many take advantage of a certain pattern in the Damascus steel. In this way close attention can be paid to pattern, texture and color.
This is a Philip Booth Custom Model 18 Minnow. This Minnow has a Dion Copper San Mai steel blade. This custom knife has Gun Blued 1018 steel bolsters with a 1095 steel back spring and 410 stainless steel liners. The handle scales are Green and Black Fat Carbon with copper scale liners. Shift The Bottom Of Front Scale towards the Gut and the Back Scale Towards the spine to deploy this scale release.
Philip Booth comes to knifemaking through the fine arts. He is an award winning painter, printmaker and knifemaker. At 10 years old he made his first knife by hammering a 16 penny spike and wrapping the handle with tape. Not much of a knife but at 10 years, a huge accomplishment. Philip sold his first knife in 1991 and is now a full-time maker and voting member of The Knifemakers' Guild. All the knives are made entirely by hand using the metal reduction methods on a one-at-a-time basis. This gives the maker ultimate control and makes each knife unique. Materials for each knife are laid out before each knife is begun, much like a painter laying out his pallet. Knives can be designed around a particular piece of pearl or ivory, and many take advantage of a certain pattern in the Damascus steel. In this way close attention can be paid to pattern, texture and color.