An 8” chef in Texas wildfire damascus and exhibition grade curly maple, with micarta and stainless steel accents.
Fresh off the bench. This is a wakizashi I just completed featuring a ~22” blade in 5,832 layer high carbon gordian core twist damascus with fittings in fine silver and damascus steel. The grip is solid mammoth ivory with twelve lapis lazuli cabochons in silver bezels. The saya (scabbard) is basswood and ivory, with an exceptional lacquer job by Matt @venier_forge who really knocked it out of the park. #wakizashi #damascussteel #mastersmith #sword
Pure utility. A Trailhawk in AEB-L stainless and some primo two-tone amboyna Burl from @greenberg_woods with black pins and liners. 4” blade, 8.2” overall. I’ll have this one with me at Blade Show (2Q) next week.
(SOLD) An 8” chef in Texas Wildfire damascus and Arizona ironwood. #chef #cook #foodie #gourmet
(SOLD) “The Bastard III,” a dining bowie. A 14” blade featuring River of Fire damascus with a twist edge. Integral bolster, silver accents, carved African blackwood grip.
“Merchant’s Guard,” a rugger/kard hybrid. Four-alloy damascus, fine silver, steel, and walnut burl. Photo by @sharpbycoop
Here’s another look at this set of four Stockman steak knives in stainless damascus and stabilized amboyna burl. The block is bloodwood. The photo is by @sharpbycoop of course.
“Elements,” a bowie. This piece features a 7” composite damascus blade, a damascus guard, silver accents, and a carved lace sheoak handle. #handmade #damascussteel #mastersmith #bladesmith
AVAILABLE: a set of four Stockman steak knives in New England Breeze stainless damascus steel and stabilized amboyna burl, with a storage block made from bloodwood. #finedining #luxurykitchen #kitchendesign #steak
I’m open for business here at the @solvangcustomknifeshow this weekend! If you are in the area please stop by.
A small bowie. The 7” blade is multi bar damascus, with feather, straight, and twist bars. The double lug guard is crushed w’s, and the hilt is stabilized lace sheoak with fine silver accents. #damascussteel #handmade #lacesheoak #stabilizedwood
The Merchant’s Guard. A fusion between the medieval south German (of east Francian) rugger and the Indo-Persian kard. The piece is about 18” overall and features four-alloy damascus, fine silver, walnut burl and steel. #medieval #rugger #kard #handmade
Some details. Domed full tang damascus, domed silver liners, and domed walnut burl. #details #fulltang #handmade
Some details on a 7” bowie. Multi bar damascus, w’s guard, lace sheoak and fine silver.
A multi twist 8” k tip chef fresh off the bench. This was a custom order and headed out the door yesterday morning. The blade is four bars of one twist, and two of another, and the handle is African blackwood and Arizona ironwood burl with an octagonal “wa” shape. #chef #cooking #luxurykitchen #handmade
A six-bar twist billet, tacked up and ready for forge welding. #damascussteel #chef #patternwelding #mastersmith
This is the set of tools I made for forging/forming a habaki, as well as the first few steps of the process. A habaki is a metal “collar” that wraps around the base of a Japanese sword blade. It’s a very important piece, and it has to fit just right. #bladesmith #habaki #samurai #silversmithing
I don’t often foray into the world of the Japanese sword. I’m alert enough to the nuances of their form to understand that an attempt to faithfully execute them without deep, dedicated study would result only in something disrespectful. But every now and then I get the chance to dip my toes in, respectfully, but on my own terms. Such is my good fortune today, as I come off the grinder with this 20.5”/52cm damascus wakizashi. #mastersmith #wakizashi #damascussteel #samurai
