A little while ago this Machax listed on Ebay.
It was made by the late Larry Harley. It had the same logo as another Machax I had seen before in Ethan's shop. I asked Ethan about it, he told me he was at a gun show way back when selling his knives and thats when he meet Larry. Larry liked the machax a lot. He said he literally pulled out a pen and paper and traced out the shape right in front of him. At first he was like what the hell? Larry said don't worry I'll only make a few and it will only make it more popular for you. Ethan said he reluctantly agreed. Later Ethan said he and a bunch of other knife makers tried to help him out when he was down on his luck. He mailed him a whole crate of Cincinnati machax blanks to finish.The one in Ethan's shop is a true custom made by Larry. It's slightly smaller and .25" thick. It's very wobbly compared to a regular Machax.
The one in the photo from Ebay is Identical to a cincin, so that one was made from a blank.
If I remember correctly Ethan told me the the the top one in the photo bellow was re-handled by Larry and he also smoothed out the nub next to the plunge line, similar to the others above. The bottom one was another one of Larry's full customs. The customs seem to have the sharpening choil on them. I've always wanted a smaller Machax, but holding the one bellow changed my mind.
As said above, Ethan sent Larry a whole crate of blanks: probably 50 or so. There should only be a very few number of customs: maybe around 5 total, but who knows how many blanks Larry finished. Keep an eye out.
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