Please browse around at some of the knives I have made.
11/1/08 update
Two new folders have ben added and one fixed blade. I have been making a lot of feather damascus patterned steel lately and some of these new knives display that.
8/27/08 update
I have added seven new knives to the Folder Gallery. Several of these folders are scrimshawed pieces with the art and scrim work done by local artist Paula Townsend of Kalamazoo, MI.
Lascaux Cave Painting Knives
Three of the scrimshawed pieces (pictured above) are based on 16,000 year old prehistoric paintings found in the Lascaux Cave in France. I have always held a fascination with prehistoric and ancient art. During a conversation with a well known knife aficionado I mentioned my interest and he suggested Ivory Scrimshaw based on cave paintings. I “discovered” Paula Townsend through a fellow knifemaker. After talking with her about what I was looking for in Scrim on theses knives, she came up with some beautiful drawings which resulted in these three knives. All of are based on actual paintings found in the Lascaux Cave in France. I highly recommend the book ‘The Cave of Lascaux’ by Mario Ruspoli should these knives spark an interest in the details of these images or pehistoric cave paintings. In the future I expect to be making some additional pieces. I have also started using Gibeon Meteorite for bolsters on some of my knives. Gibeon Meteroite is rapidly becoming a very scarce material and is quite unique. It’s age is estimated at 4 billion years old. By polishing, etching and then fire-coloring, some magnificent colors can be brought out of it. I hope you enjoy looking at this new work. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about these or any other of my knives. Thank you for looking.