THIS ONE IS OVER - 3 knife Polk Knives Auction for St Jude's

[Gdpolk]

I'm a hobbyist knifemaker.  My shop supports St. Jude's with every knife sell that I make. 

I'm putting up THREE custom knives for St Jude's.  You can either pay me and I can forward it to St. Jude's or you can pay St. Jude's directly and send me a screenshot of confirmation of payment with the total amount.  How this works is the top three bidders get one knife each.  The highest bidder gets first pick, the second highest bidder gets second pick and the third bidder gets last pick.  No minimum bid required. If you offer full retail or more in this thread for an in stock knife then I’ll consider that a “buy it now” option. You may pick:

• any in stock knife on my website OR
• any on hand knife blank listed on my available now page to be built up as a custom with any in stock micarta or woods listed on my website

 
If a particular knife listed on my available now page is holding strong interest with you guys, I'd be happy to put it on hold for the auction as well.  I figure this way it will give people both the options to see something they like and want for instant gratification as well as the opportunity for something a little more special.  I'm also open to using customer supplied handle materials on one of my blanks if you want something that I don't have in stock, or to use sentimental woods/horn/etc, or want it to match a favorite bow.

For details on my work, please visit:
https://www.gpolkknives.com/

To make it easy on you to donate directly to St. Jude's, here is the link...
https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?sc_dcm=201974625&sc_cid=kwp70519&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMI0ZKa8P-q4gIVheNkCh1SIwGCEAAYASAAEgIGWPD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4519!3!336377235260!e!!g!!donate%20st%20judes&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0ZKa8P-q4gIVheNkCh1SIwGCEAAYASAAEgIGWPD_BwE



The winning bids are listed below.  Thank you to all who have bid and a special thank you to Kinstaken and HARL for your high bids.  Y'all let me know how I can hook you up and you'll have a new toy for this fall while also getting the opportunity to help some needy kids...

• $175 - Kingstaken
• $175 - HARL
• $200 - Kingstaken again

Kingstaken claimed...
The Crappie Filet/Boning knife!


and the Turkish walnut handled Woodsman...



HARL has claimed...
this sweet little one-off trailing point skinner...
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[Gdpolk]

Bump with an added “buy it now” option for in stock blades. If you offer full retail or more and claim an individual knife in this thread then I’ll be happy to send it on to you. There is no minimum bid requirement. The whole goal is to help a kid.

[JLeMieux]

Put me in for $50.

[Gdpolk]

Put me in for $50.

Thanks!

[Gdpolk]

I got asked about sheaths. I don’t typically make a lot of sheaths until a buyer commits because I never really know what they want. If leather isn’t listed I will at a minimum provide a Kydex sheath with all three knives. A fixed blade with no sheath isn’t very handy for the field.

[Terry Green]

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is the PayPal address

[HARL]

100.00 for now

[Gdpolk]

100.00 for now

Thanks! The kids and families served will appreciate the generosity

[Terry Green]

25  as bid #3.....maybe we can get this going...

Those are some great looking knives!

[Gdpolk]

Thanks. Right now we have three knives at:

$25
$50
$100

Let’s keep the ball rolling.

[Fishinglink]

Can you post a pic of the trailing point skinner one off blank when you get a chance. Thanks.


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[Gdpolk]

Can you post a pic of the trailing point skinner one off blank when you get a chance. Thanks.


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Absolutely.  Lighting isn't the best in the shop and it's still in the raw here without any work to clean up the edges of the blank, the flats, or grind the primary bevels but it should give you an idea of basic size and proportions. 

This one will have right at or just under a 4" blade, depending on how close the plunge lines go to the finger choil, it is set up for 1/8" pins for hardware, the thumb ramp could be left intact as is, taken down a touch to be less aggressive, or completely removed.  Overall length is a bit over 9".  This is fairly thin AEBL steel which is a Swedish stainless developed for use in high end straight razors.  It takes an edge that is super fine and sharp, holds it a bit longer than simple high carbon steels, yet is easy to sharpen due to the lack of large carbides typically found in stainless blades, and maintains just enough alloying to still be considered a stainless steel.  It's highly popular among kitchen knives and should make a fine hunting knife.

The possibilities on this one are wide open...

[Fishinglink]

Thanks that looks great. Got a couple side jobs next week hoping to be able to make a proper offer. In the mean time good luck. I’ll be in touch.


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[Gdpolk]

Thanks that looks great. Got a couple side jobs next week hoping to be able to make a proper offer. In the mean time good luck. I’ll be in touch.

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That sounds wonderful. Part of my goal with having a longer auction time was to allow for a little extra time for folks interested to make a little more disposable income for the kids as well as to give time for the forum members who aren’t daily readers to have a chance to get in on it. Anything we can do for these families will be a blessing many times over for someone.

[Kingstaken]

put me in for:
125
150

[Gdpolk]

put me in for:
125
150

Thanks!

Now we are at:
$100 - HARL
$125 - Kingstaken
$150 - Kingstaken

[JLeMieux]

Sorry HARL, $125.

[HARL]

   Son of a Gun !! 175.00

[JLeMieux]

Hmmm, I guess I better go at least $150 so I don't get left behind.

[Gdpolk]

Thanks for the bids. List updated on the top post.