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I've always been fascinated with knives. Fixed blades, folders - you name it. In fact, for a while there, I owned an internet-based buisness (ADaM Sharps) selling them. I used to collect factory-made knives but once I had a custom made knife comissioned, my love for the off-the-shelf models all but disappeared. |
This is a one-of-a-kind, custom made for me by Brian Tighe. The blade is Darrell Ralph's carbon damascus and the handle is mastodon ivory.
This little warnecliffe-style folder is also a one-of-a-kind custom made by Darrell Ralph for my wife. It has his own carbon damascus blade, a solid titanium handle and an abalone onlay.
Although this knife began life as a limited production Emerson Commander, it was then fully customized by Frank Recupero. It now has ironwood scales, ironwood backspacer with ivory inlays and extensive filework.
Another customized factory knife, this Spyderco Khalsa now has stabilized charoite scales (stone) and a buffalo horn backspacer both inlaid with mother-of-pearl and a lot of file work. Again by Frank Recupero.
The last of the Recupero customized knives, this little Spyderco Wegner Jr has red stag scales and filework.
This is A.T. Barr's Cape Fear as a presentation grade. It has an S30V satin-finished stainless blade and sambar stag scales. The blade and stainless back spacer are fully fileworked. Once I'd received the knife, I sent it to Adone Pozzobon to have it engraved.
These kitchen knives are made by "Shun" and feature a laminated blade steel: VG10 core with 32 layers of SUS410 stainless.
This Benchmade Mini Rukus caught my eye one day and I decided to order it. Boy, am I glad it did! Turned out to be a real work horse and is now one of my most carried knives! (#2 after the Tighe)
Another handmade by Mr. A.T. Barr, this is his EDC with a CPM154 blade and jigged bone handle:
After temporarily losing my Spyderco Police, I realized it was the only fully serrated knife I owned. So, when ordering a pair of floral snips to more easily trim foliage in my photographs, I decided to add this serrated Endura to the collection.
This nice little handmade hunter from Russell Easler has sheephorn slabs and ATS-34 blade:
A hand forged tanto by Peter Martin. The blade is differentially tempered W2 and the handle is cord wrapped over rayskin. A very cool little knife with a beautiful natural hamon.
Not wanting to carry anything in my pockets while riding, I put this Cold Steel Extra Large Gunsite Voyager in the glovebox of the 950 Adventure (this is actually the only zytel handled folder I own). With a 5" VG-1 stainless blade and an overall length of 11" it is truely a folding combat knife.
This is A.T. Barr's "One-Eyed Jack" with ATS-34 blade and ivory scales:
Here is a matching katana and wakizashi pair by Cheness Cutlery. (text abridged from Cheness website) The blade body of the Kaze is a hand clayed and differentially heat treated 9260 silicon carbon spring steel. The tsuba (guard) on the Kaze is a cast steel construction with a design based on an antique tsuba. The tsuka (grip) is wood covered with same skin (ray skin) then wrapped in brown cotton cord with a double wooden mekugi (retaining pin).
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