Here are just a few of the knives I've made and sold lately. If you like any of them, please call and I'll get working on one or two for you. It may take a small wait, depending on my list of orders. If you have a preferred design, please let me know.
Tanto Odyssey
SOLD
This locker liner folder was a custom order from a gentleman at NASA and is the first commercial locker liner I've done. It features a 3" blade of D2 Tool Steel with a dual bevel grind so the tip is thicker in the Tanto style. The liners are titanium and the handle is bead-blasted/oiled Black Canvas Micarta. Weighs only 2 ounces.
List Price $325.
Zia Hunter
Available
Another one of my own designs, the 3.5" blade is hand-forged from 1084 blade steel and edge-quenched with a differential heat treatment for superior performance. The handle is a very rare Rosewood burl from Honduras with German Silver guard and pin. Comes with a custom carved sheath featuring a Zuni symbol.
List Price $295.
Moreno Semi-Skinner
SOLD
An original design of mine going back some years, this knife is a favorite among hunters for its long belling for skinning. The 4" blade is from 154 CM Stainless Steel with a Rockwell hardness of 59, and a tapered tang for balance. The handle features jig bone scales with red fiber liners, a 416 Stainless guard, Corby Bolts, and a thong tube. Comes with a hand-tooled and hand-stitched sheath of my own design.
List Price $445.
Packer Utility
Available
An original design of my own, this knife features a 2.75" blade of 154 CM Stainless Steel of 3/16" stock, and a tapered tang for balance. The handle is stabilized Camel Bone with red fiber liners, a 416 Stainless guard and thong tube and wagon wheel mosaic pins. Features an artistic sheath with deer sinew hand stitching.
List Price $295.
Der Semi-Skinner
Available
A Classic Loveless design, this semi-skinner sports a 3.5" blade of 154 CM Stainless Steel with a Rockwell hardness of 59, and a tapered tang for balance. The handle is some original Westinghouse Blackline micarta from the 1970's with all 416 Stainless fittings - guard, Loveless bolts, and thong tube. Come with a rather artisitc leather sheath.
List Price $325.
Jackalope
Available
These 2.5" Clip-Point Folders are made from O-1 Tool Steel with a universal nail nick so you can open from either side, and bevels that are flat-ground with a convex cutting edge for exteme durability for such a small size. The handles are made from either antique butterscotch micarta or authentic Jackalope horn, though the latter must come with a good story as well.
List Price $175 each.
Bird and Trout
SOLD
3" Trailing-Point made from 1095 High Carbon Steel with a convex cutting edge for real heavy use and chores and is differentially heat treated, giving the knife superior flexibility and toughness while still holding a keen edge. Full-tang design with all Germans Silver fittings and a New Mexico Elk Stag handel and red fiber liners. Comes with a custom sheath having an attractive border tooling design.
List price is $195
Classic American Drop-Point
Available
4" Dropped Hunter in the Loveless tradition. Made from 3/16" stock of ATS-34 Stainless Steel with a rockwell hardness of 59, featuring hollow-ground bevels and a tapered tang for balance; 416 stainless guard, Loveless bolts and thong tube and New Mexico Elk Stag handle scales and red fiber liner. Comes with a custom made sheath and a variety of handle materials..
List price is $375
Elk Skinner II
SOLD
This 5" Forged hunter from 5160 Spring Steel is an adaption of my earlier Elk Skinner. This new model features all 416 Stainless fittings and a presentation grade desert ironwood handle with mortised tang construction to keep the knife light. I carved a floral design into the sheath and dyed it using three different colors to produce a very attractive look
List price is $395
Der Kamp Knife
Available
9" Drop-Point forged from 1/4" 5160 Spring Steel in a unique style including a false edge, all German Silver fittings, New Mexico Elk Stag and a narrow tang handle where the tang is threaded to the German Silver pommel. I carved an original floral design in the sheath with a three-tone dye pattern.
List price is $595
Palm Pilot
Available
These 3-3.75" small hunters are all forged from 1084 High Carbon Steel of 3/16" stock and are very light, yet durable due to the flat ground bevels and differential heat treatment. Handles include Rocky Mountin Sheep Horn, Cocobolo, or New Mexico Elk Stag. Each comes with a custom made sheath of my own design.
List price is $295
Model 50 Vintage Skinner
Available
4" Trailing-Point forged from 1/4" 5160 Spring Steel in the same style as Bill Moran's classic skinners from the 1950's. Has a broad belly to the cutting edge ideal for skinning, flat-ground with convex cutting edge for real heavy use and chores and is differentially heat treated, giving the knife superior flexibility and toughness while still holding a keen edge. Narrow-tang design with all brass fitting and a Honduran Rosewood handle. I tooled the sheath in a Sheridan carving design.
List price is $395
Oregon Trail Hunter
SOLD
4.5" Spear point hand forged from 3/16" 1084 Blade Steel with differential heat treatment, noting the distinct hamon line running the length of the blade. Also features a false edge, flat-ground bevels with convex cutting edge for real heavy use and chores. Mortised tang design with all 416 stainless fittings to resist those wet Oregon conditions, and an Oregon Myrtlewood burl handle.
List price is $345.
Scagel-Style Pocketknives
Sold
These 3.5" slip-joint pocketknives are from a William Scagel design. Each blade is made from O-1 Tool Steel with a universal nail nick so you can open from either side, and bevels that are flat-ground with a convex cutting edge for exteme durability for such a small size. The handles are made from New Mexico Elk horn and crowned with an arrowhead for a unique touch.
List Price $175 each.
Big Creek Trapper
SOLD
3.5" Two blade trapper slip-joint pocket knife with blades made from O-1 Tool Steel, each with flat ground bevels and a convex cutting edge for durability. The universal nail nick lets you open from either side. Features brass bolsters and antique tortoise shel handle.
List Price $195.
Big Creek Trapper in Stag
Sold
3.5" Two blade trapper slip-joint pocket knife with blades made from O-1 Tool Steel, each with flat ground bevels and a convex cutting edge for durability. The universal nail nick lets you open from either side. Features 416 Stainless bolsters, pins, and liners and a New Mexico Elk horn handle.
List Price $195 each.
Canyonlands Hunter
SOLD
This is the first damasus knife I've made. I made the damascus by starting with 7 alternating layers of 1095 and 15N20 steel, then forge welding and folding until achieving a 112 layer billet. Then the billet was ground into a 4.5" straight back blade and differentially heat treated. The handle is made of presentation-grade desert ironwood with all 416 stainless fittings. The sheath is hand-stitched and adorned with a Texas Star.
List Price $480.
Ebony Fighter
Sold
5" Trailing point fighter hand forged from 5160 Spring steel and differentially heat treated for extreme abuse under combat situations. Handle is made from African ebony with all 416 Stainless fittings and red spacers for decoration. I had carved a sunflower on the sheath and hand stitched. This sheath features my patented universal cross-draw belt loop allowing it to be worn in three different belt positions.
List Price 325.
Recurve Hunter
Available
4" Drop point hunter in the Loveless tradition hand-ground from 3/16" thick ATS-34 Stainless steel and heat treated to a Rockwell Hardness of 59. Features hollow-ground bevels, a tapered tang for balance, an exhibition grade of cocobolo handle scales with red fiber liners, and stainless/brass fittings. Comes with a hand-carved and hand-stitched sheath.
List price $325.
Semi-Skinner
Available
3.5" Drop point hunter in the Loveless tradition hand-ground from 3/16" thick ATS-34 Stainless steel and heat treated to a Rockwell Hardness of 59. Features hollow-ground bevels, a tapered tang for balance, green canvas micarta handle and all 416 stainless fittings. Comes with an inverse-tooled and hand-stitched sheath.
List price $295.
Musso Bowie
SOLD
10" Clip-Point Bowie of the 1800's Musso Style forged from 1/4" 5160 Spring Steel with a subtle belly to the cutting edge, flat-ground with convex cutting edge for real heavy use and chores and note the hamon line running lengthwise just above the cutting edge. This gives the knife superior flexibility and toughness while still holding a keen edge. 416 Stainless Double Guard and Ferrule with a Sheep Horn Handle. Carved sheath with heavy snap included.
List price is $625
Forged Steak Set
Wedding Gift
These four steak knives are one-of-a-kind set forged from 1/8" 1082 blade steel and fitted with stabilized curly maple handles with german silver pins and copper liners. Each has about a 4" blade with a convex grind and a distinct hamon line in each. I made the wood box from one piece of California black oak with a slider top.
List price is $675
Persian Knife Restoration
Restoration
In this most unique of experiences, I was given a Persian-style knife made in the 1960's by a lady's brother who passed away in an untimely manner shortyl thereafter. To preserve his memory, she wanted to restore the knife he had made so many years ago and gift it to her grandson. After cleanly passing some rugged edge testing proceedures, I fitted a new handle of alternating layers of Kingwood, Buffalo Horn, and Fiber spacers with a 416 Stainless Full Guard and Pommel. I matched it with a tooled sheath and carved the name of the original maker on the sheath, while etching the grandson's name on the blade.
Charged $200
Drop-Point Hunter
SOLD
A rancher in eastern New Mexico ordered this 4" Drop-Point of ATS-34 Stainless Steel with a Rockwell Hardness of 59. Hollow-ground blade of 3/16" stock with a full, tapered tang for balance. Soldered German-silver guard and thong tube, 1/4" Gatlin Gun mosaic pins, Rocky Mountain Sheep Horn handle with red vulcanized fiber liners. Includes a barbed-wire tooled pouch sheath and recessed hand-stitching.
List price is $350
Spear-Point Fighter
SOLD
9" Spear-Point Fighter forged from 1084 Steel of 1/4" stock with a false edge and a very crisp hamon line as you can see. The cutting edge is flat-ground with convex cutting edge for heavier use and combat. As a custom order, the customer wanted a stag handle with all 416 stainless steel fittings and a lanyard hole on the pommel. Includes a plain sheath with a button strap, but you can get tooling at no extra charge..
List price is $495
Round-A-Bout
SOLD
An older model, I brought this knife back after my customers at knife shows requested it. It has a 4" Drop-Point, edge-quenched blade of O-1 Tool Steel from 3/16" stock. The bevels are hollow-ground with a fine cutting edge for fine cutting chores. The handle consists of a German Silver guard and thong tube with black linen micarta handle slabs and red fiber liners with 5/32" Wagon Wheel Mosaic Pins. Comes with a border-tooled sheath.
List price is $275
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4" Drop-Point of O-1 Tool Steel with subtle recurve along the cutting edge, flat-ground with convex cutting edge for heavier big game processing/camp chores. 5/32" blade stock with full, tapered tang for balance. Soldered German-silver guard and thong tube, mosaic pins, dyed camel bone handle with red vulcanized fiber spacer. Includes a floral carved pouch sheath.
List price is $350
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4.25" trailing point of 1095 steel, flat-ground with convex cutting edge for increased strength. 1/8" blade stock with a full-tang. Soldered nickel-silver guard and thong tube, with large mosaic pins. Black canvas micarta handle slabs with red vulcanized spacers on the tang. Includes a stamped leather sheath.
List price is $325
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Moran Style Fighter of 5160 Steel. Ebony-Dyed and Oiled Big-Leaf Maple Burl handle with a heavy brass double-guard and butt plate with vulcanized fiber and brass spacers on a through-tang design, with a file-worked butt nut. Floral carved sheath of 9 oz. leather with recessed, double stitching.
List price $685
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6.5" Small Bowie of 5160 Steel and a narrow, contoured handle of black ink cocobolo ideal for gripping with gloves in winter - a big deal for those Norteno's who live and work in Northern New Mexico. All brass fittings with even a subdued cross filed into the guard - every mountain in New Mexico is topped with a cross. Includes a two-tone dyed and floral carved leather sheath with deer sinew stitching.
List price is $495
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4" Utility Hunter of O-1 Tool Steel with a German-Silver Guard and Thong Tube, Loveless Bolts, Natural Jig Bone Handle with Red Vulcanized Fiber and a Convex Grind for Heavy Use. Includes a dyed sheath of 9 oz. heavy leather.
List price is $275
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I recently had a good friend process an antelope with this knife and he said it worked great. Its a 2 3/4" Mini-Skinner of 1095 High Carbon Blade Steel of 1/8" stock. Blade bevels etched to bring out the temper line with a buffalo horn handle, red vulcanized spacers and nickel-silver pins and thong tube. Includes a two-toned dyed and tooled sheath of 9 oz. heavy leather.
List price is $145
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7" Camp/Cook's Knife styled after the Great American knifemaker-William Scagel. Forged from 5160 Spring Steel with a stacked birch bark, fiber, and brass spacers with a pinned pommel of variably dyed deer antler and a brass guard and a mortised tang. Includes a two-toned dyed and tooled sheath of 9 oz. heavy leather.
List price is $425
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I use this knife for elk hunting each year and it has worked very well from gutting to skinning. This classicly designed knife has a 4" blade of 1084 Blade Steel, flat ground with mild distal taper, differential blade finish, and a 4" handle of stabilized big-leaf maple burl, all brass fittings, mosiac pins, and red fiber spacers on the tang, which is a tapered tang for balance. The sheath has some subtle tooling to highlight the leather. I make this model quite often, so feel free to custom order one of these for your next hunt.
List price is $350
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This knife was a lot of fun to make. I forged the 6" Drop-point from 5160 Spring Steel with a tapered full-tang, then pinned and solderd file-worked German-silver bolsters for an added touch. The handle is made of stabilized big-leaf maple burl and copper pins and spacers on the tang for a very unique look. It comes with a tooled, pouch sheath of heavy leather.
List price is $300
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I carry one of these on my utility belt when I'm in the woods - its great for trimming branches, opening paint cans, and food preparation, but also a great knife for the big game hunter - forged from 5160 Spring Steel, the blade is 5" with a drop-point and a slightly beveled spine about 1/3 back from the tip for better penetration. The handle is made of lignum vitae with a large brass guard and decorative spacers and mosaic pins near the thong tube. Comes with an oak leaf/acorn carving on the sheath and two-tone dyeing.
List price is $300
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I really enjoy forging a knife from an old file and this knife was inspired by some of Lin Rhea's Camp Knives. This large camp knife is forged from a bastard file, of what appears to be W-2 Tool Steel, to make a fine 9" work-horse of a blade, flat-ground with a convex cutting edge for heavy camp chores and a bit of the old file surface left for a nice touch. The contoured handle provides a sure grip during heavy chopping and is made of black, stablized maple burl with a German-silver guard/thong tube and copper spacers and pins. Comes with a floral-carved sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $695
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This little work horse is a great all-around utility knife with lots of special features. Made from 1095 blade steel, it holds a great eadge with a clip-point for doing fine work at a 3 7/8" balde length. The guard is made of brass with black/brown/red fiber spacers for decoration and either a black-ink cocobolo or Honduran rosewood handle with extreme contrours for a sure grip. As an added feature, the brass handle pin is peened so you can index your finger when working on big game or in the dark. Comes with a custom fit sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $275
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This hunter is forged from 1084 1/4" stock and finished to 3/16" thickness by 4 1/2" length with nice distal taper. All fittings are 416 Stainless with red and black fiber spacers and a black stabilized big leaf maple burl handle that fits the hand perfectly. Comes with a hand-tooled custom fit sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $365
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Made from 1084 1/8" Stock Blade Steel, the blade is hollow ground with a 3 1/2" length for compact carry. The file-worked bolsters are made of German Silver as are the pins and thong tube. The handle is made of dyed elk horn with some texture along the spine for extra grip as well as copper liners for a nice complement. Comes with a hand-tooled and antiqued sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $285
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Made from 1095 1/8" Stock, this knife has a flat-ground blade that is 4" in length with a through-tang or narrow-tang handle design. The guard and all fittings are brass including the contoured pomel, which is threaded to the tang. The handle is stabliized big leaf maple burl. Comes with a custom tooled and fit sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $280
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Forged from O-1 Tool Steel with a finish width of 3/16" and a length of 4 7/8", this knife is a great hunting knife with a long belly and trailing point design for skinning and a false edge for better material penetration. The guard is German Silver as are the handle pins. Shown with a Mesquite handle tapered from guard to butt for a firm grip. Would look great with any handle material. Comes with a custom fit sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather.
List price is $345
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This Loveless-Style hunter is your classic American hunting knife with a 4" Hollow-Ground blade of 3/16" thick 1095 blade steel and a tapered tang for balance.. Includes all 416 stainless steel fittings with fiber liners on the tang and a desert ironwood handle contoured to fit the hand perfectly. Comes with a custom fit sheath of heavy 9 oz. leather, which is double stitched in that classic American style..
List price is $375
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