KnifePurveyor.com introduces a documentary on custom knife maker George Dailey. George is a retired Tiffany & Company Jeweler who has been making custom knives since 1980.

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Hi this is Michael with knifepurveyor
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thank you very much for taking your time and watching this video today.
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I'm going to introduce you to a really fantastic knife maker George Dailey
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George Dailey came from the Rhode Island School of knife making
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In the 1990s there was a group of knife makers who came from Rhode Island and they were all influenced by Bill McHenry.
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Bill McHenry was considered to be the grandfather of the American automatic knife.
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He influenced many different knife makers that we know today from George Dailey to Stephen Olszewski, Richard Wright, Ralph Selvideo and Frank Potter to name
a few.
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George Dailey is a retired Tiffany and company jeweler he specialized in setting fine diamonds and gems in his knives.
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Not very many knife makers have the ability and skill set to set diamonds or jewels into his knives the Boy George is a master
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This particular knife is a little gem it is what I would consider to be a gentleman's automatic and this one is a fully dressed one.
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This knife features 34 diamonds set in palladium as well as 25 sapphires.
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They are all pave set and his attention to detail is extraordinary
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The mother-of-pearl scales are some of the
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finest mother-of-pearl that I've ever seen
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The chatoyancy, opalescent and fire in depth of the pearl is mind-boggling
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Mother Nature at her best.
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The Damascus is Jerry Rados Turkish twist Damascus
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This is a liner lock automatic and this is the only one of its kind
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Many people do not know that custom knives exist especially knives of this caliber.
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One of the beauties of being a custom knife collector is the ability to support American craftsmen and craftswoman
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This is a skill set that very few people even know exists today.
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in my previous video I said that be careful custom knife collecting is addicting
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well it may not be knives themselves that are addicting but
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the pride and ownership and the pursuit
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of collecting knives truly is.
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It's the experience to go to a knife show and see like-minded individuals
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there and to be able to meet the actual maker of the knives.
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Imagine having the ability to go back in time and to order a Samuel Colt directly from Samuel Colt that's unbelievable.
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that's the type of ability you have today with the custom knife making
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thank you for watching this video.
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Have a wonderful day and thank you for your time