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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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

Saturday, January 26, 2008

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

Friday, January 25, 2008

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