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This is a hunting knife. I made it in 2020. It is made from a mill file, as evidenced by the teeth which I have allowed to remain. The handle is made from white tailed deer antler and walnut. The scabbard is made from brain tanned deerskin and poplar.
I would charge $200 for a similar knife.
This is a pair of twinned hunting knives, both blades are made from a single mill file. The handles are made from the same piece of mahogany and the same piece of white tailed deer antler for a fitting. The scabbards are made from the same piece of buffalo with a core of spruce, which is again made from the same board.
These were a commissioned wedding present.
I was paid $300 dollars for the pair.
This is a hunting knife. The blade is made from a mill file. The handle from walnut burl. I made this in 2016.
This was the first knife I managed to properly heat treat. Heat treating blades is incredibly difficult if you don't have a special heat treating oven. The worst part is that it is hard to tell if you did it right without destroying the piece.
The length including the handle is about 10 inches.
I would charge $100 for a similar but higher quality knife to this.
This is a hunting knife. The blade is made from a mill file and the handle from walnut burl and white tailed deer antler. I made this in 2017.
The deep curve on the belly of this knife makes it better for tasks such as skinning and butchering and scraping hides. The point being offline means that you are less likely to puncture the skin, it also distributes the force of your actions differently. The drawbacks are that the offline point makes it poorly suited for stabbing, and the backwards curve makes it strike with less impact when swung. making it a poor choice for woodwork.
It is about eight inches long including the handle.
I would charge $150 for a similar but higher quality knife to this.
This is a hunting knife. The blade is made from a mill file and the handle from oak burl and white tailed deer antler. The sheath is made from veg tanned cow leather. I made it in 2018.
This knife is a compromise between the previous two. It has the deep curving belly of the second, but the online point of the first. My hope was to make a more versatile knife than either.
It is about eight inches long including the handle.
I would charge $125 for a similar but higher quality knife. The scabbard would add about $25.
This is a hunting knife. I made it in 2019.
The blade is made from a mill file. The handle is made from mahogany and cow bone, the fittings are made from bed frame. The sheath is made from veg tanned cow leather.
The length overall is a little under eight inches.
Stacked handles like this, that incorporate alternating layers of wood are very difficult and time consuming to make. But I think the end result is worth it visually.
I would charge $250 for a similar knife. The scabbard would add another $25.
This is a small hunting knife. I made it in 2019.
The blade is made from a mill file. The handle is made from walnut burl, with an antler fitting and quahog shell decoration. The sheath is made from cowhide.
This was a test to see how difficult it would be to decorate with wampum. It turns out, really bloody difficult. I'm not altogether happy with how this turned out.
I would charge $125 for a similar but higher quality knife. The scabbard is junk and I would throw it in for five.
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