Bowie
This one was a lot of work and fun to build. Sleipner @ 60 HRC, walnut burl and bronze on the handle. About 33 cm overall length.
This one was a lot of work and fun to build. Sleipner @ 60 HRC, walnut burl and bronze on the handle. About 33 cm overall length.
A small hunter to wrap up 2023 – 12 knives made this year. Good stuff. Steel is Elmax, handle Cocobolo.
This one is from an older blade I made maybe more than a year ago, and just finished it now. The guard is bronze, and I started it by milling a shallow slot into a piece of stock, then slicing it in half and soldering both pieces together. That gave Read more…
This is my submission to the Bladeforums knife in the hat event. It’s like a secret Santa for knifemakers. Blade is Elmax, only 2.4 mm thin. 85 mm long blade. Handle is black G10 with a orange G10 accent.
This one is from N690 (as requested by the guy who “ordered” this), about 10 cm blade (4 mm thick) with 11.5 cm handle. G10 as scales. Experimental sheath with a belt loop and retention strap.
This is a gift to my father for his birthday. Elmax 3.6 mm thick, approx 95 mm long blade. Faux ivory on the handle, with bronze and walnut burl. New maker’s mark! Yay.
I’m still processing the same batch of similar blades I sent for HT some time ago. So this knife is again 3.6 mm thick Elmax, approx 110 mm long blade and 235 mm overall. Guard is stainless steel.
This one is from a new batch of Elmax blades, it has rounded spine and some jimping added to it. It turned out great and I think I will keep adding it to more blades going forward. Handle is indian blackwood, bolster is stainless steel. Blade length about 90 mm, Read more…
This knife is slightly larger than the previous two, blade measuring at 12 cm. The guard is made of bronze, to which I applied regular cold blue. The bronze turns to dark brown, then almost blue, then bluish grey. So far the guard has withstood the handling, however the decorative Read more…
I have actually finished the handle on this blade couple of weeks ago. I proudly showed it to a friend, who promptly said “well there is a crack in the handle here, look”. Oh well, it was just a stabilized block of elm, no big deal, 30 Euro or something. Read more…