“Artemis Dagger” 2021 Art Knife Invitational Show.
Blade: 15.5″ Damasteel Hakkapella pattern featuringĀ a long fuller groove, the ricasso is engraved in the Victorian style and 24K gold inlaid.
Guard and Fittings are 4140 steel high relief engraved and 24K gold inlay with some platinum bands inlay. The finish is gun blued.
The scabbard has a maple wood core wrapped with black sharkskin, the throat and tip are 410 stainless steel with superbly engraved by Brian Hochstrat and 24K gold inlay.
There are three diamondsĀ set, one each in the tip of the scabbard, one in the frog and one in the pommel.
The handle is beautiful green BC jade.
Model 38 “Dagger” S/N 005, Amayak Stepanyan Design
Blade: 3.44″ (87.55mm) PSF-27 Steel
Frame: Integral 416 Stainless Steel 4.38″ (111.3mm)
Handle Material: Premium Deschutes Jasper
Engraved and Gold Inlay By: Joe Mason
AKI Show Knife 2022
Model 31A Auto Dagger
Frame: 416 stainless steel
Blade: 4.6″ length, Damasteel ” Aegir” pattern
Inlays Edwards black jade
Engraved by Tim George in his “Florid Victorian” style with 24K gold inlays
Searles Bowie A classic design made famous by the Bowie brothers complete with scabbard. Blade Steel: CPM-154
The fittings are O-1 tool steel engraved by Brian Hochstrat with sterling silver and 24K gold, the fitting are color case hardened. The handle is African blackwood with 24K gold pins in the checkering. The scabbard elephant hide with 410 stainless throat and tip and rails.
Model 38 inlaid with natural gold in quartz
Blade steel: RWL-34, 3.45″ length
Closed Length: 4.38″
Elvis which is a Model 38, designed and engraved by Amayak Stepanyan with a magnificent portrait of Elvis. Amayak has a very recognizable high relief style of engraving accented with 24K gold background, on the backside of the knife Amayak inlaid gold into the black lip mother of pearl inlays. There are also 2 diamonds set in his ring.
Blade steel: RWL-34 3.45″ length
Colose length: 4.38″
This is a one off fixed blade dagger I made for the 2021 AKI show. The blade was forged by now deceased Herman Schneider in Germany under supervision of damascus gure Manfred Scachse using a high nickel iron meteorite as elements are visible down the blade core. The handle is Edwards black jade, the ferrule and buttcap are meteorie as well as the tip pierce on the scabbard
The scabbard is 410 stainless. all engraving by Brian Hochstrat using colored gold and platinum..
Blade length: 8.45″, OAL 14.1″
M-43 ” Remington bullet 1306 Saddleback Trapper”
Blade: 3.725″
Closed: 4.590″
Handle material: Red stag
Pins 18K rose gold
Shield: Tri-color 416 stainless tip 14K red and yellow gold
M-42 “Remington Bullet 1123 Flush Joint Trapper”
Blades: 3.650″
Closed: 4.490″
Handle material: Red Stag
Pins: 18K rose gold
Shield: Tri-color 416 stainless tip 14K red gold and yellow gold
M-38 Dagger
Blade: 3.45″
Closed: 4.4″
Engraved by: Italian Simone Fezzardi