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Every knife I make is
unique. I do not set out to copy
what others are doing or mass produce common designs. I draw my inspiration from the things
around me and use the best materials I can to create new original designs. All
are handmade using minimal tools.
None are for sale. |
Titanium Knife
The Titanium Knife was carved from a single piece of
airplane grade titanium. The grips are
stingray skin, glued into hollows that were ground into the titanium
block. Though the blade is useless, this
was my first attempt at making an integral knife.
Leaf Knife
One of my more
frivolous designs, the Leaf Knife was inspired by a leaf from the Acuba
Japonicus plant, which has points along the edge. The blade is made of
1084/15N20 random Damascus, and the guard leaves are made of mild steel.
The handle is a piece of antler capped on the top and the bottom by ivory.
Caduceus Knife
The Caduceus is the
symbol of the medical arts, represented by two snakes curled around a
staff. This image was inspired by the news of my father’s diagnosis of
prostate cancer. The blade is made of 1084/15N20 random Damascus that has
been selectively etched. The eyes are ruby on one side and sapphire on
the other. The guard is ivory and the handle is ebony, with a maple burl
butt cap.
Trench Knife (Redux)
The Trench Knife came about after finding the handle (sans
blade and pommel) in an antique store in Kalama, WA. The brass handle came from an original trench
knife used in WWII that originally had a four point spike blade. The pommel is made ofbrass. The blade was hollow ground from a piece of
1095 high carbon steel.
Push Dagger
This blade is based on a traditional push dagger design,
with an integral guard that draws its shape from a seed pod opening up to
reveal the treasures within. The blade
is made of 1095 steel and the handle is Lignum Vitae.
Raven Steals The Sun
My second effort at a push dagger is based on the Tlingit
creation myth of the same name. The
blade is made of selectively etched 1084/15N20 Egyptian pattern Damascus with a
brass insert for the eyes.. The bolster
is made of mild steel and the handle is a piece of antler wrapped in multiple
layers of leather.
Recurve Dagger
This dagger was created for the 2011 Knife In The Hat
(KITH) exchange on Bladeforums.com. The
blade is 1084/15N20 damascus. The guard
and pommel are 1095, and the handle is hand carved walrus ivory.
Eagle Knife
The second of my bird themed knives, the Eagle Knife was
made from a 1084 blade blank forged by Nick Wheeler that I reshaped and
refined. The handle is a crown piece of
stabilized antler and the bolster/guard is carved from walrus ivory.
Balisong
Inspired by a Typhoon balisong kit I built for a friend,
this adaptation has a random damascus blade sharpened on both sides. The handles are made of mild steel with
inlays of stabilized zebra wood that form chevrons both in the open and closed
positions.
Damascus Slicer
Following the blade share of the Eagle knife, this simple
slicer was made from a piece of random damascus and mated with a piece of
stabilized amboyna burl. The primary
concept was to have the line of separation between the heartwood and sapwood follow
the line of the plunge on the blade.
Trident Dagger
After completing the KITH dagger I was challenged to do it
again by my uncle, who believed I should have kept the first dagger in the
family. The result is this Trident
dagger, made from 1084 steel, with mild steel for the guard and pommel. The handle is made of stabilized Koa.