Very pleased to meet you, Jane! It’s a thing of great beauty and reflects a man of skill and dedication. Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. Eric
Touching sensitive tribute to Gavin Wright, it's fate this beautifully worked knife ends with someone who appreciates it in the finest of details. Wonderful comparison of Michael May's, Lee Wight's and Gavin Wright's work side by side. Interesting they were apart for a couple of decades and then Gavin returned to work again with Lee, thanks for this video.
How sad that such a talented knife maker passed away leaving a relatively small legacy, at least his work is now being seen by a wider audience thanks to this video.
chris osh in addition to the knives, he also left a wife and two children to remember him. Whilst it’s sad that they lost a husband/father, he’s also left a lasting presence on the planet in flesh and blood. Maybe one of them will become a cutler? Who knows? I have a sword made by a smith called Amada Sadayoshi in 1936. 6 months later he died aged just 37. His son Amada Agitsugu was only 10, but grew up to be not just a sword smith, but a National Living Treasure of Japan. One of his swords would cost ten or twenty times that of his father. As I say, who knows?
This was a rare treat - I doubt there are many people in a position to conduct this kind of comparison, and even if there were they wouldn't do it as well.
I've been waiting to be "deemed competent" for years!😂🤣😂 Sad to hear Gavin passed away, He sure crafted a beauty there for us to enjoy. Hope to see more of his work in the future!!!
An excellent well put together video on a beautiful knife made by Gavin, i'm so happy you got hold of it so you could see the talent he had and be able to show it off, hopefully you might get another at some point, i'm pretty sure the total number he made and were set out to sell is around 8-10 so fingers crossed. Thank you Slick
lee white thank you for the information to put this together. It came to me by pure serendipity. I wonder how many other people pay as much attention to the signatures as I do? I hope I’ll find one somewhere, eventually! There’s three more of your knives coming next, then half a dozen Arthur Wrights. Then we’ll be back to three more of yours. Two from Bakewell’s latest batch plus a MOP Stockman. I could have bought a dozen of that latest batch, if only I could afford them!
@@slick_slicers Your very welcome it was a pleasure to watch and tbh brought tears to my eyes :( i did 25 knives for the cookshop in the last batch with some different materials included, i have lots more to use and have a go with so no doubt they will go there too at some point.i'm looking forward to the videos as always and the Stockman one will be sweet to see, take care and again thank you for the Gavin video great work :)
@@slick_slicers awesome, there were some really nice ones in that batch for sure and i have more material to try out some Bocote is one i will be trying and one with Plum wood and a few others
Hi Slick, love the channel. just wondered if the Kwik brass openers that you use on some of your Barlows mark the blade at all? Are they grub screws? Kind Regards, Kane
Thank you for your kind words. I expected that the grub screws would leave little divots, but there’s nothing noticeable. The brass is obviously softer than the steel, but I was careful to clean everything before I put them on, to avoid there being a little bit of hard grit in there. Eventually though, I took them off and I’m much happier with them. I don’t think that they have got easier, it’s that my hands have got stronger. I can even open Arthur Wrights now!
@@slick_slicers Thankyou for the reply. Glad to hear the hands are getting better! Will be receiving my first Taylor’s eye witness Barlow on Monday, finally caved after watching your channel and ordered an Ironwood Barlow from the Bakewell last week. Looking forward to more of your videos, all the best. Kane
A special and honourable tribute to a talented maker, sadly gone to meet Trevor Ablett. Was Richard White related to Russell White? Russell was a long term producer of Sheffield pocket knives for Taylor's eye witness
I have a knife here with the date 1952 it has a sheep's foot blade and act in opener on it and it has steel scales which is stamped with the date 'Sheffield, oil the joints,a military arrow the number C C 1285 and the name A Wright and son on it. I wonder if anyone knows if it is the same firm.
I’m happy that my brother left something behind that will last forever 😊
Very pleased to meet you, Jane! It’s a thing of great beauty and reflects a man of skill and dedication.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. Eric
Touching sensitive tribute to Gavin Wright, it's fate this beautifully worked knife ends with someone who appreciates it in the finest of details. Wonderful comparison of Michael May's, Lee Wight's and Gavin Wright's work side by side. Interesting they were apart for a couple of decades and then Gavin returned to work again with Lee, thanks for this video.
Stone Mason I’m certainly glad it came to me. Totally serendipitous. I didn’t even know these knives existed.
How sad that such a talented knife maker passed away leaving a relatively small legacy, at least his work is now being seen by a wider audience thanks to this video.
chris osh in addition to the knives, he also left a wife and two children to remember him. Whilst it’s sad that they lost a husband/father, he’s also left a lasting presence on the planet in flesh and blood. Maybe one of them will become a cutler? Who knows?
I have a sword made by a smith called Amada Sadayoshi in 1936. 6 months later he died aged just 37. His son Amada Agitsugu was only 10, but grew up to be not just a sword smith, but a National Living Treasure of Japan. One of his swords would cost ten or twenty times that of his father. As I say, who knows?
This was a rare treat - I doubt there are many people in a position to conduct this kind of comparison, and even if there were they wouldn't do it as well.
David S thank you. It’s simply a measure of how sad I really am!
That knife is definitely in the right hands, and in the collection it belongs in. It looks wonderful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
David Kurle thank you. I wonder if I’ll ever find another?
I've been waiting to be "deemed competent" for years!😂🤣😂
Sad to hear Gavin passed away, He sure crafted a beauty there for us to enjoy.
Hope to see more of his work in the future!!!
Warthogg he only got to sign off 6 or 7 other knives, but I’m keen to see them too.
A truly nice video about some truly attractive knives.
R. Murray thank you, it’s certainly a nice knife.
That is one fantastic look Barlow!! Thanks for sharing Eric!!
BigRedEDC it’s one of my best, but also a little unusual.
Absolutely gorgeous knife. A piece to be proud of. Thanks for sharing.
I love these knives.
Gavin was skilled for sure, that looks wonderfully made as with Lee's, a small piece of history right there.
UK Legal Carry Knives it’s one I feel very fortunate to have got.
An excellent well put together video on a beautiful knife made by Gavin, i'm so happy you got hold of it so you could see the talent he had and be able to show it off, hopefully you might get another at some point, i'm pretty sure the total number he made and were set out to sell is around 8-10 so fingers crossed.
Thank you Slick
lee white thank you for the information to put this together. It came to me by pure serendipity. I wonder how many other people pay as much attention to the signatures as I do? I hope I’ll find one somewhere, eventually! There’s three more of your knives coming next, then half a dozen Arthur Wrights. Then we’ll be back to three more of yours. Two from Bakewell’s latest batch plus a MOP Stockman. I could have bought a dozen of that latest batch, if only I could afford them!
@@slick_slicers Your very welcome it was a pleasure to watch and tbh brought tears to my eyes :(
i did 25 knives for the cookshop in the last batch with some different materials included, i have lots more to use and have a go with so no doubt they will go there too at some point.i'm looking forward to the videos as always and the Stockman one will be sweet to see, take care and again thank you for the Gavin video great work :)
lee white I bought 2, but I’m really hoping to get a few more. Many were quite spectacular.
@@slick_slicers awesome, there were some really nice ones in that batch for sure and i have more material to try out some Bocote is one i will be trying and one with Plum wood and a few others
lee white I went for green stabilised poplar and walnut. But the tulip and some of the other poplar looked really good too.
Great although sad back story but a beautiful piece of cutlery, I will get one eventually your making me.lol.pay back complete. 😉☘👍
Complete? Only just started... keep watching! Half a dozen more TEWs, and then half a dozen really very good Arthur Wright’s!
@@slick_slicers get behind me Satan.😇😈
paddys potato peelers 😈😈😈😈😈
Hi Slick, love the channel. just wondered if the Kwik brass openers that you use on some of your Barlows mark the blade at all? Are they grub screws?
Kind Regards, Kane
Thank you for your kind words. I expected that the grub screws would leave little divots, but there’s nothing noticeable. The brass is obviously softer than the steel, but I was careful to clean everything before I put them on, to avoid there being a little bit of hard grit in there. Eventually though, I took them off and I’m much happier with them. I don’t think that they have got easier, it’s that my hands have got stronger. I can even open Arthur Wrights now!
@@slick_slicers Thankyou for the reply. Glad to hear the hands are getting better!
Will be receiving my first Taylor’s eye witness Barlow on Monday, finally caved after watching your channel and ordered an Ironwood Barlow from the Bakewell last week.
Looking forward to more of your videos, all the best.
Kane
A special and honourable tribute to a talented maker, sadly gone to meet Trevor Ablett.
Was Richard White related to Russell White?
Russell was a long term producer of Sheffield pocket knives for Taylor's eye witness
Slick keeps saying Richard but my brother is Russell white and was making knives for TEW for over 20 years
lee white that’s because I’m an idiot! I got Gavin’s name wrong in there once too! I’m terrible with names!
@@slick_slicers lol, not at all :)
Beautiful craftsmanship not some punched out C&C clone.
Absolutely not! I’ve a new, and radically different TEW Barlow coming next week!
I have a knife here with the date 1952 it has a sheep's foot blade and act in opener on it and it has steel scales which is stamped with the date 'Sheffield, oil the joints,a military arrow the number C C 1285 and the name A Wright and son on it. I wonder if anyone knows if it is the same firm.
Almost certainly it is. They started up in 1947.
This lighting was worse for glare than your current set up, but it sometimes shows a bit more depth of the figuring at times.
Come on slick I’m sure it’s a great knife but it’s not me at all!!!!!!
JerseyKnife Guy no? I’m sure it would look great in your traditional collection!
I have one made by lee white and it’s terrible quality.