The 4” Blade was forged from a ¾” W-1 bar and features a hamon and 2400 grit finish. The handle is ebony. The fittings are of two bar “W” Twist Pattern Damascus and have small accent grooves around them.

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Here is my most recent knife. It is the second Sub-Hilt that I’ve made and has a forged 6 1/2″ blade of “Modified Starburst” Pattern Damascus.   The fittings are of “Explosion” Pattern Damascus with German Silver liners that have Vine and Thorn Pattern File-Work on them.   The handle is of Alaskan Mammoth Ivory.   I also made the sheath for this knife and it features an Alligator Tail Skin Insert.

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Here is the first knife I’ve made as a Journeyman Smith.   The handle is of Presentation Grade Fossil Mammoth Ivory.   The 10″  blade is forged from 1080 and 15N20 in six bar “Explosion” Pattern Damascus.   The fittings are of Damascus and German Silver for the liners.   The liners have “Vine and Thorn” Pattern File-work on them.   The overall length is 15″. 

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This was the last fixed blade knife I made before receiving my JS Stamp from the ABS.

It is a Sub-hilt fighter with a 11 5/8″ blade that has been forged from 1080 and 15N20 in ”Modified Star Burst” pattern damascus.   The handle if of Mammoth Ivory.   This is my first Sub-hilt knife.

The 9″ blade is forged from 5160. The handle is of Amber dyed Sambar Stag.   The fittings are German Silver with Rope Pattern File work. The blade has a 1500 grit finish on it.

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With this knife I won the Best Giraffe Bone Handled Knife award at the Little Rock AR, show February 2009.

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This knife has a 12″ 5160 blade, German Silver fittings, African Blackwood handle and an overall length of 16 3/4″ long.   This is the second D-guard Bowie I’ve made.    I will be using it for one of my JS Test knives at the Blade Show coming up.

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Here is one of the five knives I am making for my Journeyman Smith Test.

This one is the simplest one that I’ll have and the next one will be the most complicated one I’ll make for the test.   The 5″ blade is forged from 5160.  The handle is made from Desert Ironwood.   The fittings are of German Silver.  The handle length is 4 1/2″.   The next one I am making is going to be a D-guard Bowie with a 12″ blade.   Then I’ll make one more bowie and two fighters of some sort.

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With this knife I won the Best Damascus award at the Little Rock Show, February 2009.

The 6 1/4″ blade is forged from 1080 and 15N20 in “W” Feather Pattern Damascus. 
The handle is Desert Ironwood. 
The fittings are “W” Feather Damascus and German Silver.
The overall length is 10 3/4″.

The 11 3/4″ blade is forged from 1080 and 15N20 in a Persian Twist Pattern.
The fittings are made of Damascus and German Silver. The handle is premium grade Mammoth Ivory. There are 31 pieces in this knife. The overall length is 16 3/4″ long.

This knife Is forged from 1080 and 15N20 in “W” Feather Pattern Damascus.   This knife has a frame handle with all the fittings made out of “W” Feather Pattern Damascus.   The handle is of Fossil Mammoth Ivory from Alaska.   The pins are of German Silver.

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Here is the sheath for the above knife.