Dark Knight Prototype No. 1

This prototype knife incorporates some design concepts I have been working on for the past couple of weeks and putting some variations of it into play. One of the concepts was to make a blade that has a non-reflective surface without a costly treatment that couldn't be repaired. What I came up with is illustrated in this knife. The other concept was to make a handle that had some texture with a little more grip and not use G-10 or Micarta. This handle is curly maple, which works well for this technique. Desert ironwood also works well. I started using this technique on sculptures about 15 years ago. I decided to try it on knife handles this year at the Blade Show using ironwood.

I didn't intend it, but you can see a very sinister face in the pattern on this blade.

Ashokan Hawk

In September, I premiered a tomahawk at the Ashokan Seminar. The "hawk" was forged from one piece of steel. Today I started on a new one. This is forged from 5160.