Thanks for the comments guys, we all know its fun to show off your toys.
Just some notes....
Blades are not hollow ground...Flat grind in the case of the small knife and convex for the large.
I sort of lied....the small knife is not the one I have. I already had a small green handled one. Made with out the red spacer. So while I do have a set..... just not the exact one shown.
My Understanding...
The cryo-treatment and triple temper and triple quench is specific to 51200.
While Mr Buxton is not the only blade Maker doing this...he certainly gets good results.
Yes I am sure the choil on the large knife will act as a guard. I will let you know when it gets here Friday. This is the teaser picture Bill sent me.
Brian, as far as balance and feel goes I will let you know. I had this knife made with general camp chores in mind. I gave Bill a very tough task. I wanted a Choppy, slicey, stabby, kitcheny, fightin knife all in one.
I am not of the mind that it is even possible to get a knife to do all these things. So I wanted a set of knives. I wanted the small utility knife to fill in on some tasks that the large knife would be clumsy for.
Thanks for the comments guys.