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These are some examples of the knives I've made through the years.

San Mai Tanto
San Mai damascus in 1070 and 52100 from a motorcycle distribution chain, with a W1 core.
7.45" blade, 13" overall. Handle in home made micarta and a delrin pin, with a nickel silver habaki and an enameled copper tsuba. Aerographed, lacquered and polished wooden sheath. Perfect fin in the Japanese style, it can be taken apart.
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Semi Stainless San Mai Wharncliffe
San Mai damascus from 1085 and stainless 416 with a 52100 core.
4 1/2" blade, 9" overall length. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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San Mai Damascus Blade for a BM42 Balisong
San Mai damascus from 1010 and 1070 with a 52100 hard core.
4" blade to fit a Benchmade balisong model 4X.
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Nessmuk Style Knife
Acid etched O1, differentially hardened.
3 3/4" blade, 8" overall length. Handle in red deer stag and the bolster is polished leather and yellow enameled copper, same as the butt cap. Sheath is handstitched cow leather.
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Carbon Fiber Necker
Carbon Fiber.
2 1/2" blade, 4 3/4" overall length. Handle in micarta with delrin pins. Hand stitched cow hide sheath.
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San Mai Necker
San Mai damascus from 1085 and stainless 304 with a 52100 hard core.
Almost 2" blade, 5" overall length. Handle in axis deer stag with a copper guard and a black micarta spacer. Cable damascus and copper mosaic pin in the butt end. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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San Mai Kitchen Knife
San Mai damascus from 1070 and 1010 with a 52100 core.
6" blade, 11" overall, 4mm thick (5/32") Handle in damascus, palo santo and black and white acetate. Hand made leather sheath.
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Damascus Fairbain Sykes Dagger
Damascus from O1 and nickel steel from another knifemaker.
7 1/2" blade, 13" overall length. Handle in black dyed maple. Guard and butt piece in damascus from 1085 and 1030 and pommel in mokume. Handmade leather sheath with an outter layer of surubi (river fish) skin.
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Small Persian - Collaboration with Ruben Calo
San Mai damascus from 1010 and 1070 with a 52100 core.
6 3/4" blade, integral bolster included. Almost 12" overall length. Handle in "aged" axis deer, with middle spacer in nickel silver and fiber. Bolster, pommel and fittings in hand filed sterling silver with details in "tumbaga" (simil gold) Hand made leather sheath with sterling silver flower details.
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Two Damascus Neckers
These are two damascus blades I've made so another artisan could put some handles on them.
Overall length is 7" and the San Mai is 1085 and 1010 with an O1 core. The other one is 1030 and O1.
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Coppered Cable Damascus Push Dagger
Coppered cable damascus.
4" blade. Handle in axis deer stag, with leather spacers and coppered cable damascus buttcaps. Hand stitched leather sheath with impressed cable decoration.
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Coppered Triangle
Coppered cable damascus.
5 1/2" blade, 10" overall length. Handle in home made micarta, with a carbon fiber guard and white acetate spacer. Hand stitched and worked leather sheath.
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Integral Cable Knife
Cable damascus.
5 1/2" blade, 11" overall length. Handle is red deer stag. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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No Hammer Marks Cable Damascus
Cable damascus.
8" blade, 13" overall. Handle is red deer stag with brass and leather spacers. Pommel is cable inserted on a brass pipe. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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Knife and Fork Cable Damascus Set
10.75" overall length. Stag handles. Wooden box.
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Semi Stainless San Mai Drop Point
San Mai damascus from 1085 and 304 stainless steel with a 52100 core.
3" blade, 6.25" overall. Handle is rehome made micarta with a copper guard. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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San Mai Wicked Little Tanto
San Mai damascus from 1070 and 1010 with a 52100 core.
3" blade, 7.25" overall. Handle in home made micarta with a copper guard. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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Small EDC Utility
Damascus in 1085 and nickel.
1.75" blade. Handle in deer stag with a copper guard. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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San Mai Persian
San Mai damascus from 1070 and 1010 with a 52100 core.
4.75" blade, 9" overall. Handle in home made micarta with a copper bolster. Hand stitched leather sheath.
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Chef's Bowie
San Mai damascus from 1070 and 1010 with a 52100 core.
8" blade, 13" overall, 4mm thick (5/32") Handle in damascus, palo santo and black and white acetate. Leather sheath at no extra charge according to the buyer's needs.
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