Sigh, damn thing reached out of the case and grabbed me
 

Recent acquisition......(s)

I really tried to resist the urge to buy the DW Guardian in 45 this year.... To go with my 2010 9mm, and my 2011 vbob
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154627220.jpg

Every good gun needs a knife right? So i picked these up also.
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154627219.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154627218.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154348268.jpg

Lookin' good

I still have my pm7, heritage.

I sold off the razor back.

Though i know where there is one.

Nice trio!.....I'm waiting to see if the wife unit is gonna share the tax return .....or do something silly like fund the kids' college fund.:facepalm:

Sweet, you can always use one more. With that knife you are ready for bear.

Beware LGS, they can lead to impulse buying!funnyfunnyfunny

thanks all the kinves are from Dave Loukides of prayer knives. He is a local to me (Cheshire CT) journeyman knife maker.
http://www.prayerknives.com/

I picked up 8 or so of his knives. These are all his photos. Mine are horrible compared to them. It should show you what a Journeyman Knife maker From the ABS can do.
The following images are his. The first group are the 8 knives i purchased. The second group are the knives I sadly left behind.
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631816.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631817.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631818.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631825.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631826.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631829.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631840.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631841.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631842.jpg



Second group, the knives I left behind.
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631907.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631908.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631909.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631910.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154631911.jpg

A little about my search. I contacted about 15 Regional (east coast)journeyman knife makers over the last few months. Dave was 1 of 2 local to me in CT. On top of that he is one of 3 who answered the phone/email and the only one with stock on hand. My transaction went fantastic. The knives are everything i was looking for. They are good solid pieces of workmanship, that can be admired and used. Some, are just jaw droppingly gorgeous. I use the 8 inch kitchen knife every day, By far and away the single best kitchen knife I have ever owned. I have had knives 5 times the cost. Three of the knives are now with world travelers and guides. One in Switzerland, two in Iceland. Their esteem of them was amazing.

Cool pics Aaron. While I'm not a knife guy, I do have to say those look awesome. Nice trio of DW's also.

I am going to have to question your Pino status then.

I am officially jealous. Awesome hardware!

Cool knife.

Great looking knives ... and Dans! I am going to have to look into that knife builder.

Mike,

Dave is not that far from you. He's a great guy. As you can see, we only have 2 Smiths in our state.

http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...&fk_group_id=6

You can see here the testing program JS, and MS smiths have to submit to.
http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...n=pages&id=172


This will give you an idea of the destructive testing to become a J.S.
http://youtu.be/nqlce5_NvCM

Nice knives, but then I'm partial to the Damacus blades!

Just had to put them all together.
My
PM7,
Guardian 9mm
Valor Bobtail
Guardian 45acp
Heritage 45acp

And lots of sharp pointy things...
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154642505/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154642506.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154642510.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/154642511.jpg

Sooo, when are you putting those up for sale? :D

For you tony, a cool 12.5k and they are yours. Cash, nothing larger than 20's please.

Unmarked, non-sequential bills will do?

Nah, I don't care about that. Have you tried to get change for a 50 or 100 lately? Finding a place with change is just impossible.

No, can't say I had those experiences since I'm lucky if I have five dollars in my pocket at any given time. :o

Me either, but i see guys and gals here in ct that do have those problems. So i would like to avoid them

THANKS!!!! Gonna do some research!