Past Works

Every knife I make is designed and built to handle the stresses of its intended use, and most of the time, much more. Simultaneously, I strive to not merely make tools, but art as well. As my skill, vision, and portfolio of work grows, hopefully this will become more evident. Click on the pictures to enlarge them and for more information.

Capturing that spirit pattern

Playing with textures on this one. Etched wrought iron, spirit pattern damascus, bead-blasted gaurd, wire brushed wenge.

Playing with textures on this one. Etched wrought iron, spirit pattern damascus, bead-blasted gaurd, wire brushed wenge.

This blade was inspired by ancient Roman knives. Its a “San Mai” construction, consisting of home-smelted steel for the edge butt welded to some mild steel, then laminated with wrought iron.

utility knife I made for a friend

pattern welded Bowie knife

Extremely complicated pattern welded Anglo-Saxon seax.

Closeup of the pattern

Ornamental peen block

Utility with plug and socket style handle

this is an image showing the other side of the socketed knife

LotR inspired camp knife

Flowing iron shows how the front bolster was forged

Heavily peened tang compresses handle into place

simple pattern welded sax with “auto-hamon”

Seax-like blade

Mid-sized sax blade

Close-up of carving

Vikingesque EDC

Peened tang

Traditional Finnish knife

Traditional Finnish knife

“Helpful Friend” in Old Norse, engraved on the lower bolster in long-branch Danish runes, “birch” and “oak” on the lower bolster, This is a knife I made a for a former teacher of mine

My makers mark on the butt cap…

Pattern welded herb chopper

osage handled knife

pattern welded seax

pattern welded seax

birch bark handled knife

osage handled knife

wrought iron laminated blade with walnut handle

birch bark handled knife

birch bark handled knives