2012 Build-Off knife

For this year's Build-Off on the Custom Knives and Guns Forum I decided to design a new model and go fancy. The knife is finished and earned 1st place!
This new design is called the Gordian Knot and will be part of my line up of models. This first one features a Chad Nichols' San Mai blade, a titanium Bolster-Lock with zirconium scales. The titanium frame is guilloché inside and out and anodized. The zirconium scales are machined and heat colored. The spacer material is a honeycomb/resin material.
I'll let the photos do the talking ;-)

Instructional videos

Late last year Chris Crawford spent a few days at my shop filming the making of a couple of knives in order to produce 2 instructional videos: Basic Tactical Folders and Advanced Tactical Folders.

The videos are now available for sale and show in great details all the steps I take to make knives in my shop. I think they are very informative for the aspiring knifemakers but also for the collectors who want to know more about the way their knives are made.

You can find out more about each video and purchase them on Chris Crawford's website:

Basic Tactical Folders

Advanced Tactical Folders

Chris is coming back this summer for more filming..... Stay tuned!

Dang... I am just not good at this blog thing!

I can't believe my last post was in September of last year! I apologize for the long silence and will try to do better.

How about I try and post one time a week? Between knives, machines, martial arts, shooting, eating and all the other stuff I do there should be enough to talk about.
For starter I'll show you my latest Build-Off knife. Like last year's knife, it is a new model. This one is called the Gordian Knot (Google it!). Chad Nichols made me a new San Mai steel with A2 and 420; it is satin finished and blued. The knife is a Bolster-Lock with a titanium frame and machined zirconium scales. I used guilloché to decorate the outside but also the inside of the frame. I think it turned out great! I am planning to keep this new model in my line and make it in a variety of configuration and materials.

 Here are a few pics of the finished knife: