Members geargarcon Posted May 28, 2019 Author Members Report Posted May 28, 2019 14 hours ago, chrisash said: Please excuse my ignorance, but what is so special about it, to cost so much. obviously i have no interest in knives, but just interested as it looks so basic a design To tack on to everyone else... Terrick of Chartermade started out as a professional leatherworker. He was actually featured in GQ some time ago. He is a skilled craftsman and found that there were things he wanted to tweak about all of his knives ranging from his skiving knife to his head knife. As a result he redesigned the basic designs we are all familiar with, tweaking them in ways that may not be apparent until you use one. For example, his skiving knife has one rounded corner and a custom grind on it that makes it perform better than any other skiving knife I've used. After creating his own knives, other leatherworkers took notice and started asking him to make them similar knives. One thing led to another and now he primarily focuses on knife making because of the huge demand. Unfortunately this has meant up to a 6 month waiting period at points. Overall, I'd say that the details like ergonomics, blade angle, cutting angle, etc have all been fine tuned by an expert leatherworker who understands what we need in a tool. Many other makers who I support and love will admit they aren't leather workers and lean on the feedback of their users to fine tune their tools. That's what sets his work apart in my opinion. Expert leatherworker and expert knife maker.
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