BladeHQ Now Carrying Orions

Hey all,

I wanted to let you know that BladeHQ is now carrying a small selection of my Orion butterfly knives. BladeHQ is an awesome supporter of Moon Custom Knives, and has five Orions in stock and ready to ship.  These knives feature Blade HQ exclusive features and options like polished jeweling, unique handle profiles for a better grip and unique blade grinds.  Of course they all still feature my insanly strong construction and my lifetime transferable warranty.  These knives can take a beating and will outlast a Kalashnikov, plus BladeHQ is one of the best retailers in the business, with awesome service and community support.  Pick one up today!

-Will

Moon Orions at Blade HQ

July 2012 Update

Hey all,

I recently decided to temporarily suspend production at Moon Custom Knives in order to take some time off to perfect and hone some of my skills as a knifemaker.  I travel often for non-knife related activities, as such I will be seeking knowledge and information from many well established makers around the country to make the best of my time, hopefully learning a little more about knife making while I'm at it.  Until now I have been entirly self taught, so this is a huge step for me.  I'm not ending my stint as a knife maker, but I won't be producing knives for sale until I feel comfortable I can offer a truly superior product, one capable of going neck and neck with the best names in the business.  The end game goal for me is to produce the very best knife I can, and to that end I'm taking my time with product and skill development to make sure my knives are the maximal apex of quality.

Likewise part of the decision to suspend production comes on the back of an almost month long barrage of online harassment from several members of the knife community, which has damaged not only my business, but more importantly my relationship with my girlfriend who I love very much.  I made the decision to suspend production in order to minimize external stressors for the time being and hopefully spend a little more time with the people I love.

With regards to warranty and repair work, bear in mind this is not a total termination of services.  I will still be honoring my lifetime transferable warranty that comes with all of my knives.  Even if you get one of my knives on the secondary market, if you are dissatisfied please contact me and I will take care of you, just like any good knife maker should.  I try very hard to make sure every one of my customers and every owner of my knives is happy with their cutlery.

With that said, I want to say that I know how hard money is to come by these days, it's a tough economy and it's tough to justify spending money on knives.  I have to extend a huge "Thank You" to every one of my customers, people who support me and friends in the community.  I wouldn't be doing what I do without you all, and I truly appreciate it.

-Will

Customized Lime/Anti Scratch Boker Plus Epicenter

I recently found a couple of knives from before my move in my toolbox, and decided to do a little work on them.  These were knives that had some quality issues I could not correct on my own before due to a general lack of knowledge, but being now much more experienced in knife making, I could sort out the issues readily.

The Boker Plus Epicenter designed by Todd Rexford is known for having some initial quality concerns.  I don't personally know if more recent production knives have sorted out these problems, but the samples I was sent when I initially recieved the knives had problematic scale alignment, some issues with the lockup and a few scratches in the satin finish.  Besides that, and more problematically, they also both had extremely weak detents.

I fixed these issues by adding a handmade G10 scale, which also lightened the knife considerably, redrilling the detent hole in the blade to help with the weak retension and adding some titanium putty to the blade tang, just enough to clear up the lockup issue and then reground the lockbar face to be a little less shallow.  I used this titanium putty trick a lot in my past life as a roboticist in repairing cracked or damaged parts.  When dry, Ti putty is just like having solid welded titanium, and wears much in the same way.  I then had the blade tang and lockbar carbidized to help the materials wear a bit better, so the knife is rock solid now.

Additionally I textured the entire frame in my anti-scratch finish and anodized the innards blue.  This is a polished Ti finish thats totally impervious to scratching and scuffing, I think it also feels great in the hand and provides a little more grip than the standard media blast.