Bob Loveless
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Bob Loveless or RW Loveless, is an American knife maker who designed and popularized the hollowground drop point blade design as well as full tapered tangs and screw-type handle scale fasteners.[1] [2]
He has authored books such as the 1977 How to Make Knives with coauthor Richard Barney.[3]
Loveless, with ten other knife designers/makers formed the The Knifemakers' Guild.[4]
Loveless introduced 154CM steel and ATS-34 stainless steel to the knife making world in 1980.[5]
Loveless designed the Gerber Guardian knife model for Gerber Knives.
[edit] References
- ^ Dozier Loveless Design Drop Point Hunter. A. G. Russell Knives. Retrieved on 2006-07-25.
- ^ Karwan, Charles, Collaborating for Quality, Safari Club International:Hunt Forever Magazine, Winter 2004
- ^ Barney, Richard W.; Loveless, Robert W. [1977] (March 1995). How to Make Knives. Knife World Publications. ISBN 0-695-80913-X.
- ^ Guild History. The Knifemakers' Guild. Retrieved on 2006-07-25.
- ^ Shackleford, Steve, Top Knife Innnovations of the Past 50 Years, Blade Magazine, August 2006
[edit] See also
- Bob Loveless Photo & Biographical Info
- Interview at American Knife Invitational (AKI) 2005
- Hughes, B.R. (May 1993). R.W. Loveless." Knife World p 1.
