Left a bowie style 8 inch blade. Handle is moose leg bone with wolf chew marks left on it, mammoth ivory end cap copper cast guard.
Knives I have sold in the past
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Miles at Miles of Alaska
box 363
Nenana Alaska
99760
1-907-832-5442 miles@milesofalaska.net
Right 01 steel, local Alaska birch handle
Left fossil walrus ivory handle charlite stone cap D2 steel fossil bosin bone stand
above labarodorite stone hanlde. Whale shapped blade 01 steel
I made custom pistol grips as well. Here is a rugar blackhawk 357 with ivory grips
I acid etch the steel - this knife is made from a old crosscut saw blade has fossil bison bone handle with ivory end cap - custom cast guard is an Indian face looking up the blade
Left--this knife has a moose leg bone handle. Wolf teeth marks were left on the bone and the acid etch has a moose and wolf theme - guard is a copper wolf skull end cap is mammoth ivory
Right wood handle wolf etch $195
Steel is 1800's cross cut saw, carbon tool steel . One side etched with wolf pup, other side a tall blade of grass. Handle is wood I think King wood with interesting patterns on it. Guard is custom cast fish design of copper and brass.
I also do rifle inlay work. This is my 22 hornet for small game Contact me for custom inlay
First step is get the steel to a high polish. Step 2 coat steel with this black wax. The acid I use will eat only steel and does not touch the wax. Step 3 a design is scratched through the wax to the steel allowing the acid to reach the steel. One 'secret' is the design needs to be drawn freehand with sure strokes as it is hard to erase mistakes to do it again. Step 4 apply the acid. It is an art to know what strength acid on what kind of steel at what temperature and for how long. It's tricky. Wax is washed off with..... a secret sauce. Oh ya it is a good idea to neutralize the acid too when done(smile)
Examples of some of the above 'pre etch' are shown finished to the right. I also do all my own tempering of steel - usually with a hard edge and sofer back. I prefer high carbon 1095, old crosscut saqws of L6, or more addatives to the carbon in 01, or sometimes D-2 has desired properties , depending on the use the knife will get put to.
The above blade was forged from 1`095 high carbon and copper was hammered into the steel along the spline for decoration. The edge was forged for denser crystalline structure. Right is the finished knife with mammoth ivory and cop-per cast guard.
have begun making my own custom leather sheaths and embossing them with custom designs.
right wolf bone handle copper back steel edge forge experrimenting
Left my blades- knifes are decorative but get tested for function and are made to be used as well as looked at. Here i skin out a bear i shot using one of my new D-2 steel blades. Fossil walrus ivory artifact handle.
Stone handle this is tiger eye - with otter guard cast from barge propeller.
I have been forging my own custom blades. Some have copper and brass layered in as I hammer along the spline for decoration
Knife above. Forged high carbon steel Fossil walrus ivory handles. Custom cast bear guard. Acid etching in steel. Fossil walrus jaw bone stand. $450
Stellar Sea Cow bone handle forged blade in shape of a whale
Above- fossil walrus ivory pistol grips for rugar black hawk
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New page now devoted to just blank blades to buy
New page now devoted to just blank blades to buy
:eft top fossil walrus tusk bottom handle is cave bear fang with bronze blade
neck knife with sheath above
Above moose leg bone sheath
handle fossil walrus 3,000 year old artifact
Bone knife from shoulder blade of a wolf rawhide off moose handle
Crystal blade
Below moose agate knapped blade
Below rainbow obsidian blade
Left wolf leg bone handle copper forged in the steel
Left Peru blue opal and mammoth tooth handle
Right Boulder opal handle with mammoth ivory sheath
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Hunter skinner camp knife. Blade is exceptional quality Damascus, many layers. Steel created by Tony M. 1095 high carbon with nickel steel. I ground it down - shaped the blade and did a special etch to bring out the Damascus contrast with very deep cutting so pattern is almost sculpted into the steel. A bird and flowers were etched into the steel as well. Very unique look. The handle is unusual fossil blue walrus ivory . Color comes from the unusual minerals in the blue clay it settled in for thousands of years. Guard is custom cast bronze from an old barge propeller that went up and down the Yukon River for 50 years. One side has a 3D detailed bear the other side has a 3 D detailed mink. The end cap is wild Dall sheep horn with brass dragon fly pinned on. The knife weighs 7 ounces. Over all length is 8 inches. Cutting edge is 4 inches blades is 1 inch wide. Edge was hardened extra hard while back was left soft so the edge cuts well but blade is not brittle. A K fwi2 1210 is the code to refer to if inquiring. $420
Blade of bronze off a barge propeller that spent 75 years going up and down the Yukon River. Acid etched tundra flower. Handle is 40,000 year old cave bear (Short Faced Bear) also from the Yukon River. Guard is from a piece of mammoth tooth found near the cave bear. Possibly the bear killed the mammoth and died himself of the wounds. Thus all these materials in the knife belong together and tell a story.
Pocket knife - alligator tooth 4 inches around the curve folded. 3 ½ inches open - 2 inch cutting edge. Basic friction lock mechanism. Adjustable folding tension. 01 tool steel acid etched one side with bear track the other side with a flower. Bronze fish inlayed and pinned for decoration. Has a loop so it can be hung as a neck knife - loops does not interfere with use. Or screw eye loop can be removed if desired for only a pocket knife.