Forge Welding

This is me welding the cable for the bowie below

Cable Damascus Bowie

This has approx 1120 wires welded to form the blade, it has a 3 piece gaurd and handle of giraffe leg bone.

Stag hunter in production

Leather washers and ss spacers with Canadian whitetail antler

hunting folder with buckeye handles and custom sheath,the last picture shows all the internal parts and spring all hand made.

This is the hand tooled sheath for the knife below

This is fit for the movie Gladiator, but this 15 Inch monster was made for Wade Mcmanus of Baton Rouge L.A.

Pipe hawk pic 3

Blade ground, pipe bowl shaped and drilled

Pipe hawk pic 2

This is how the head looked rough forged

Pipe Hawk

I forged this from a ball peen hammer head then drilled out the bowl and the curly maple haft. It actually will smoke! I also made the deer skin carry bag. This is one of my personal favorites

Damascus Hunter

This was the first piece of Damascus I made it has 116 layers of 1095 and 15n20 steels . The handle is Canadian white tail the fittings are nickel silver. I covered the sheath in black ostrich skin

One hand folder pic 2

This shows how the hook sticks out to catch on the lip of pocket to open the knife

One hand opening folder

This one has desert iron wood for handle's and nickel silver bolsters with custom engraving

Deer horn folder pic 2

Folded ready for carry

Deer horn folder

Deer horn folder with nickel silver bolster's

Wrench knife pic 2

This shows the file work on the top of the blade

Wrench knife

This was made forged from a Craftsman wrench, the brass guard was slipped on before I hammered out the blade. The handle is wrapped with cord

Pipe wood pic 2

This shows file work and spacer's

Pipe wood skinner

The handles on this piece are the same wood used on DR Grabow pipe's

Large camp knife side view

This piece was left rough on the sides at the customer's request. It has bone handles

Large Camp Knife

This is a good shot of the file work along the top

and the colored spacers

Tooled Sheath

This is my Daughter's art work on this piece, good work amazingly she is only 12

The Heat

I love the smell of coal in the morning

Rough forged cable damascus blade

This is how a blade looks after its been forged to shape,

The tang has been trimmed with a saw. The cable is the same size used for this piece

Welded cable

This is what a fully welded cable looks like, its attached to a round bar

Cable Damascus With 3 Piece Gaurd

This shows the file work in the gaurd and the cable end cap.

I made this sheath with a Rayskin insert

forge welding cable damascus

This is my daughter, Miranda, helping me out.

Cherry Handle RR Hawk Top View

This shows a good view of the size and fit of the handle

Going to Knife Show

Here are a few of my Tool and RR spike pieces

Warthog Skinner

Warthog Tusk With high polish blade

This one belongs to Dan Niblock

Daily Carry

This is a copy of my Daily carry piece

Mini Skinner

Rosewood with mosaic pins

Frontier Hawk

Forge welded Hawk

with birdseye handle

Kitchen Set

Three Piece set with custom stand and redwood handles

RR Spike hawk oak handle

RR hawk with oak carved handle

RR Spike Hawk

RR Hawk with carved and decorated cherry handle

Cable Damascus Folder Pic 2

View of filework on top of folder

Cable Damascus Folder

100 percent handmade in my shop with black mp handles

Full Tang Skinner

This antler crown has a full tang handle

Spike Hawk

Spike Hawk forged from hammer head

1850s Bowie

15 inch Bowie with coffin Purple hart handle

Cable Damascus skinner

Cable damascus Blade Gaurd and But cap Buffalo spacer Stag handle