She shows her Butterfly knife skills ♥
Here’s a Fun Video To Watch of Knifemaker Bob Neal
This is a great video of Kentucky knifemaker Bob Neal in action. I think you’ll enjoy it:
Burt Foster Forging intro
A short clip showing the beginning of the process of forging a round bar into a knife blade.
Knife Law Preemption Bill Passes House Hearing, Now to Rules Committee
According to Knife Rights, Georgia Knife Preemption Bill SB432 passed out of the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee yesterday on a 6-2 vote. Your emails and calls make an impact!
Successful passage of SB432 would not only ensure Georgia residents carrying a knife are treated fairly wherever they travel in Georgia, but all those traveling to the BLADE Show though towns and cities with knife laws more restrictive that Georgia’s otherwise decent knife laws, would be safe from violation.
Now the bill moves to the House Rules Committee today or Thursday to be scheduled for a vote of the full House. You can continue to help by calling or emailing the members of the House Rules Committee and request they schedule SB432 for a vote. It is VERY IMPORTANT to remember to be very RESPECTFUL & POLITE when making your request. Knife Rights has included a succinct sample message below. Committee members a lot of bills to consider, so all you need to do is to politely let them know that this bill has support from an involved constituency.
If you are a Georgia resident it is best that you call the committee members below. If you can’t call, at least email.
If you are a BLADE Show attendee from outside of Georgia, please email ALL of the committee members (listed below) and ask them to vote YES on SB432.
Use Email SUBJECT: Please Schedule SB432 for a Vote
Suggested email:
Dear Representative [insert name],
As a knife owner, collector and enthusiast, I attend the BLADE Show in Atlanta which generates millions of dollars for the Georgia economy. SB432 would ensure that when I visit Georgia, the knife laws will be consistent statewide. It will also ensure that Georgia residents will know that their pocketknife is legal throughout the entire state.
Please schedule SB432 for a vote as promptly as you can.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
[your signature]
If you call, here is what you might say to the Representative’s secretary:
Hello my name is xxxxxx xxxxxxx and I am calling to ask Representative [insert name] to please schedule SB432 for a vote as soon as possible. This bill is important to me because I attend the BLADE show in Atlanta and would like to see the knife laws across Georgia be consistent. Thank you for taking my message.
Rich Golick: 404-656-5943 – [email protected]
Tommy Benton: 404-656-0213 – [email protected]
David Casa: 404-656-0254 – [email protected]
Mickey Channell: 404-656-5103 – [email protected]
Sharon Cooper: 404-656-5069 – [email protected]
Katie Dempsey: 404-463-2247 – [email protected]
Earl Ehrhart: 404-463-2247 – [email protected]
Gerald Greene: 404-732-2973 – [email protected]
Bob Hanner: 404-656-7859 – [email protected]
Bill Hembree: 404-659-9195 – [email protected]
Judy Manning: 404-656-7868 – [email protected]
Greg Morris: 404-656-5115 – [email protected]
Butch Parrish: 404-463-2247 – [email protected]
Allen Peake: 404-656-5025 – [email protected]
Tom Rice: 404-656-5912 – [email protected]
Jay Roberts: 404-656-7153 – [email protected]
Ed Setzler: 404-656-0177 – [email protected]
Donna Sheldon: 404-656-5025 – [email protected]
Barbara Sims: 404-656-0213 – [email protected]
Lynn Smith: 404-656-7149 – [email protected]
Ron Stephens: 404-656-5115 – [email protected]
Tom Weldon: 404-656-0152 – [email protected]
Wendell Willard: 404-656-5125 – [email protected]
It is much, much better to email each member individually, but if you cannot, below are all the email addresses which you can copy and paste into your email:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
CALL or EMAIL TODAY!
For more click on www.KnifeRights.org.
For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. For subscription information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscripti…?r+ssfb032112#BL1SU.
Deadline Today for Knife Preemption Law for GA, BLADE Show
If you travel through Georgia to the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com), the Knife Law Preemption bill that will be voted on by the Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee TODAY needs your help! Richard Rogers won Best Folder at the 2011 BLADE Show for his three-blade sowbelly in rainbow mother-of-pearl.
The Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee hearing on SB432, a bill that would establish Knife Law Pre-emption in the state, will conclude today, Tuesday, March 20, Knife Rights reported.
Knife Law Preemption would protect all law-abiding citizens who carry knives from the patchwork of inconsistent knife laws from jurisdiction to jurisdiction while traveling through the state, including those who will be traveling to the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) June 8-10 at the Cobb Galleria Centre outside Atlanta.
Once again, we need your help to get this bill passed. Your calls and emails made a big impact passing SB432 in the Georgia Senate. Now, please call or email and ask the members of the Committee to vote YES on SB432 when it is before them for consideration today.
If you are a Georgia resident it is best that you call ALL the committee members below. If you can’t call, at least email.
If you are a BLADE Show attendee from outside of Georgia, please email ALL of the committee members (listed below) and ask them to vote YES on SB432.
IMPORTANT: In your email or when you talk to each Representative’s secretary, tell them that that you are a BLADE Show attendee or exhibitor and that the BLADE Show represents MILLIONS of dollars to the Georgia economy. It also represents many hundreds of JOBS in Georgia. All those hotels and restaurants we stay at and eat in during BLADE Show employ many hundreds of people, and SB432 will help support the BLADE Show! You deserve to not have to worry about local knife restrictions when traveling to and attending the BLADE Show, and even a single unjustified and highly publicized arrest could adversely affect BLADE Show attendance!
Use Email SUBJECT: Please Vote Yes on SB432
Ann Purcell – Chairman Dist 159 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5139
Willie Talton – Vice Chairman Dist 145 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5116
Bob Hanner – Dist 148 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-7859
Bill Maddox – Dist 127 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-3947
Jay Neal – Dist 1 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5138
Billy Horne – Dist 71 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0287
Scott Holcomb – Dist 82 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-6372
Gloria Frazier -Dist 123 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0265
Kevin Cooke -Dist 18 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0325
Darlene Taylor – Dist 173 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656- 0177
Yasmin Neal -Dist 75 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0265
Doug Collins -Dist 27 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-7737
Tim Bearden -Dist 68 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0287
It is much, much better to email each member individually, but if you cannot, below are all the email addresses which you can copy and paste into your email:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
CALL or EMAIL TODAY!
For more click on www.KnifeRights.org.
For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. For subscription information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscripti…?r+ssfb032012#BL1SU.
If You Attend or Value the BLADE Show, ACT NOW!
Folks traveling through Georgia to the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) need to help pass SB432 so they can enjoy such knives as the Zero Tolerance 0777, the Blade Magazine 2011 Overall Knife Of The Year®.
The Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee hearing on SB432, a bill that would establish Knife Law Pre-emption in the state, will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20, Knife Rights reported.
Knife Law Preemption would protect all law-abiding citizens who carry knives from the patchwork of inconsistent knife laws from jurisdiction to jurisdiction while traveling through the state, including those who will be traveling to the BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) June 8-10 at the Cobb Galleria Centre outside Atlanta.
Once again, we need your help to get this bill passed. Your calls and emails made a big impact passing SB432 in the Georgia Senate. Now, please call or email and ask the members of the Committee to vote YES on SB432 when it is before them for consideration on Tuesday.
If you are a Georgia resident it is best that you call ALL the committee members below. If you can’t call, at least email.
If you are a BLADE Show attendee from outside of Georgia, please email ALL of the committee members (listed below) and ask them to vote YES on SB432.
IMPORTANT: In your email or when you talk to each Representative’s secretary, tell them that that you are a BLADE Show attendee or exhibitor and that the BLADE Show represents MILLIONS of dollars to the Georgia economy. It also represents many hundreds of JOBS in Georgia. All those hotels and restaurants we stay at and eat in during BLADE Show employ many hundreds of people, and SB432 will help support the BLADE Show! You deserve to not have to worry about local knife restrictions when traveling to and attending the BLADE Show, and even a single unjustified and highly publicized arrest could adversely affect BLADE Show attendance!
Use Email SUBJECT: Please Vote Yes on SB432
Ann Purcell – Chairman Dist 159 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5139
Willie Talton – Vice Chairman Dist 145 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5116
Bob Hanner – Dist 148 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-7859
Bill Maddox – Dist 127 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-3947
Jay Neal – Dist 1 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-5138
Billy Horne – Dist 71 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0287
Scott Holcomb – Dist 82 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-6372
Gloria Frazier -Dist 123 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0265
Kevin Cooke -Dist 18 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0325
Darlene Taylor – Dist 173 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656- 0177
Yasmin Neal -Dist 75 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0265
Doug Collins -Dist 27 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-7737
Tim Bearden -Dist 68 – [email protected] Phone: 404-656-0287
It is much, much better to email each member individually, but if you cannot, below are all the email addresses which you can copy and paste into your email:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
CALL or EMAIL TODAY!
For more click on www.KnifeRights.org.
For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. For subscription information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscripti…?r+ssfb031912#BL1SU.
A Revolution in Slip-Joint Construction
Unlike the traditional pocketknife in which the backspring rises and falls when the blade is opened and closed, the backbar of Tom Ferry’s model equipped with the Everflush Spring (top) remains flush when the blade is opened and closed. Ferry (above) works on a model with the mechanism in his shop.
The Everflush Spring takes the traditional pocketknife folding mechanism to the next level
By Lorien Arnold
As the traditional slip joint experiences a rebirth in favor among knife enthusiasts, there is increasing room for innovation in the knife’s classic, time-tested construction method.
Enter Tom Ferry and Mike Vagnino.
Innovators and educators, they have forged their paths in steel. Developing techniques and learning new skills, while at the same time teaching others, the two have collaborated on a concept that incorporates a generations-old method for assembling a slip joint, while bringing it into new worlds of materials and technology.
“[An] idea evolved from the desire to engrave the backbar of slip-joint folders,” Ferry began. “The reason this was all but impossible before was that slip-joint backbars or [back]springs are heat treated, making them difficult to engrave, and, due to timing issues, [the engraving] was not easily done prior to heat treatment.
“I had been bouncing the idea around trying to come up with a solution. One night while opening an automatic knife I noticed the internal kicker spring, which in many ways is similar in placement to a slip-joint spring. After doing some preliminary drawings, I contacted Mike for his input and assistance in developing the mechanism further. By sharing and combining forces, we cut the development time in half and have created a great working mechanism.
“In total there have been at least five variations of the spring,” Ferry continued, “and Mike has taken the development further by creating the first multi-blade slip joint with the [new] mechanism. Mike coined the name the Everflush Spring because the backbar is always flush with the top of the handle.”
You will notice the knives with the new spring in the accompanying photographs do not always correspond in form to the classic interpretation of the slip joint. Sporting titanium liners, bolsters and backbars, carbon fiber handles and high-alloy stainless blades, materials more common in the tactical category can be used to constitute the knives. To that end, the Everflush Spring allows for a completely solid handle configuration.
The standard slip joint, whose backbar is a spring and must be free to move, can develop play on either side of the spring. The Everflush Spring design can incorporate pivot bearings for an action that is smooth with a crisp half stop. “The Everflush Spring is unlike common slip joints where the blade causes the spring to rise and drop as you rotate the blade from the open to closed position,” Ferry observed. “This innovation allows the opportunity for engraving of the backbar as well as eliminating the timing of the blade to the handle, as all the timing is internal.
“[By] splitting the backbar in half, thus creating a lower spring upon which the blade rides and an upper tang stop which stays flush with the handle, the backbar does not need heat treatment. This allows a wider range of material choices and embellishing options.”
Being intrinsic with the backbar, the lower spring diminishes the pressure exerted upon the pin, which traditionally would be used as the spring pivot. This allows the use of more exotic or fragile handle materials without fear of them cracking at the pin. In addition, the mechanism provides the potential for assembling a slip joint using threaded fasteners that allow for easy cleaning and pivot-tension adjustments.
“The major disadvantage is that this design will not easily fit or adapt to many traditional designs,” such as folding patterns with three or more blades, Ferry noted. “The internal spring takes up more room and thereby creates issues with designing a knife for it.” Conversely, it challenges makers to devise new designs, which is always good for the knife industry.
Tango Foxtrot Knives
Ferry responded to the changing market with the creation of Tango Foxtrot Knives LLC, which he characterizes as his “new venture into the realm of semi-production knives” of his design.
“The first knife from Tango Foxtrot is a tactical slip joint with the new mechanism, but I will also be introducing other models and types of knives in the future,” he said. “Tango Foxtrot Knives was conceived years ago but the timing never seemed to be right for me to proceed with the venture.
“As with any new design or product, you can never be sure how it will be received by the buying public. Mike and I unveiled the Everflush Spring at the 2011 BLADE Show (www.bladeshow.com) and it was very apparent the design was a success, with both of us selling out of those knives prior to the end of the show’s first day. With the confidence of having innovated a great product, I decided to launch Tango Foxtrot Knives. The company’s first release was the prototype version of the T-1 folder at the 2011 USN Show, and again the design went over well.
“I am currently in production of the T-1 slip joint with the Everflush Spring,” Ferry maintained, “as well as designing other models of fixed blades and folders to develop a line of semi-production knives of my design. The components for the knives will be made out of shop, but all final assembly and fit and finish will be done in my shop. Most will be everyday user knives, but there will also be the occasional dressed-up model featuring my hand engraving.”
Another Level
The knife business tends to reward those who contribute to it. Moreover, there is always a connection to the past, as every maker builds upon the innovations, techniques and styles of those who came before. It is a rare cutler who introduces something completely new. It is an even rarer one who can take an innovation and bring it to the next level. There is always another level and, through Ferry and Vagnino’s innovation, the cutlery industry may be getting a peek at the next one.
For more information on the Everflush mechanism, contact Tom Ferry at [email protected] or www.tomferryknives.com , or Mike Vagnino at [email protected] or www.mvknives.com.
For more on the latest knives, knife legislation, knifemaking instruction, knife trends, knifemakers, what knives to buy and where and much more, subscribe to BLADE Magazine, the World’s No. 1 Knife Publication. For subscription information click on http://www.shopblade.com/product/blade-magazine-one-year-subscripti…?r+ssfb031712#BL1SU.
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