PLEASE NOTE: This item is “Second Quality” with one or more imperfections. This item is not “First Quality” and is sold at a discounted rate, because it does not meet our “First Quality” standard. The item pictured is an example of this pattern, NOT an image of the exact knife you will receive. While the item you receive will function as safely as any First Quality knife, it is ideal as a “user” or “tinkerer” not a collectible and is sold “as-is” with no return or refund after purchase.

What is a Second?

In general, Seconds have a “look” or “feel” that is not in line with First Quality. It will have one or more of the following imperfections: discoloration or wide variation in the handle dye, imperfect jigging, small cracks or fractures near pins, minor blade/bolster/shield imperfections like scratches or poor polish, minor blade wobble, weak or “mushy” blade stops, light pull between stops, poor blade centering (without rub), minor gapping in liners or between handle material and liners, and rough or unfinished edges or transition. Imperfections vary widely and you may or may not be able to find the imperfection that we found in QC.

The RoseCraft Blades Lick Creek Loom Fixer is a one-bladed pattern that features a 2.7” D2 sheepsfoot blade with a brushed satin finish, a half-stop and heavy swedging. It has genuine Rose Madder Red Bone covers with brushed stainless steel bolsters, liners, and nickel silver pins. It introduces the “Diamonds” shield and is 3.875” closed, 6.5” overall, and weighs just 3.1oz. This pattern was inspired by other traditional Loom Fixer patterns and re-imagined by Andy Armstrong.

This is the first RoseCraft knife with Rose Madder Red Bone covers. They are lighter and brighter than our Red Apple Bone covers. Traditionally, Rose Madder is a red paint made from the pigment madder lake, a traditional lake pigment extracted from the common madder plant Rubia tinctorum. Our Rose Madder mimics this color and has almost a watercolor paint feel in some instances.

A note about RoseCraft’s bone handles: Bone is a natural handle material that varies in texture, pattern, and natural coloring. Every bone handled knife will look different, because bone isn’t identical. At RoseCraft, we don’t use dye to cover up what we think is the natural beauty of the bone in the handle. We use it to accentuate that natural beauty, and you’re going to see a lot of that gorgeous natural texture and pattern that is in your unique bone-handled knife. We love it, and hope you do too.

Please note that RoseCraft names its traditional slip joint patterns after bodies of water in our home state of Tennessee. All but just a few of our 25 patterns bear names like Ocoee River, Obed Creek, Nolichucky, Loosahatchie, and French Broad to name just a few. This release is named under that same structure after the body of water known as Lick Creek located in Decatur County, Tennessee.