Just a couple of months after announcing their retirement, S&R Knives has re-opened at a new location much to the relief of the knife community!
Sean is indeed retired but Rodney will carry on with his son (perhaps they should rebrand to R&S for Rodney and Son? Lol)
The new store is smaller but very clean and neat. The knives are laid out in such a way that they are very easy to see, even withuot taking them out of the case (perhaps the new cabinets help with that as well).
So without further ado, some store pics.
And now for some closeups. I looked at the Microtech Amphbian but found it a bit too front heavy
The Stitch, however, felt amazing in the hand. Probably my favourite knife of the day.
Lots of great “easy to carry” options from Bastinelli
Another favourite of the day, Sig edition of the Hogue K320 Able Lock. Man I should have bought this lol
Spyderco, my favourite of which was the MicroJimbo
A lot of fire from Boker including this Hel Curver karambit with wave-like opener
And two balisong trainers!
Cool Boker Quill Commando pen with built in Cobra cuff cutter
Ok now this one surprised me! I really liked this Kizer Cutlery Cormorant Plunge Lock Black Button G-10! Even though it was a tinge small, I just found the design so appealing.
For FRAG fans, a Kansept Goblin XL
A couple of wicked daggers, Spartan Les George V-14 and Begg Filoso. I found the Spartan a bit heavy while the Begg was super light and fast.
I ended up buying a custom made karambit trainer. Shown in retracted
And extended grip
Happy to see S&R back, here’s to another 30 years!
My day with knives was not done yet though, now on to custom knifemaker Todd Bolce’s shop!
The “hammer”
Nice setup outdoors (I forgot to get a pic of his laser engraver inside)
Todd cutting Micarta with a special guest, Seamus from Buffalo Bones leather!
And the finished product
All done work, time to feast! Another one of Todd’s many talents, smoking meat
Amazing mac&cheese along with honey and maple cornbread!
My first plate lol
I forgot to take a pic of our dessert, Lil Wayne’s Bumbu Rum! Here is a recent pic of a bottle next to my Lil Wayne Dirt Label shorts lol
Finally some show and tell! Expect to see more of these Buffalo Bones at the Great Lakes Custom Knife Show next month
And fine knives like these from Todd
He may even bring some more coins made with his laser etcher (this one has an uncanny resemblance to Seamus)
Thanks again to Todd for the invite and being such a gracious host.
All in all a great day.
RL
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