Do any of the ladies make knives?

[BrewCity59]

Haven't been able to find anything on this subject. Trying to get my wife a little more interested in the knife world. Can anyone tell me who some of the lady knifemakers are out there?

 

[Phillip Dobson]

Haley DesRosiers for one, and Elizabeth Loerchner. I'm sorry I can't think of more.

 

[ohen cepel]

Audra Draper comes to mind.

http://www.draperknives.info/

 

[BrewCity59]

Thanks Phillip and ohen -- That's a great start to my list!

 

[jklein7401]

Heather Harvey does some very fine work. Elizabeth Loerchner is making some beautiful pieces.

Jon

 

[caseyp]

British knife maker Grace Horne has some very interesting pieces.
http://www.gracehorne.co.uk/about

 

[Lorien]

Chantal Gilbert
Harumi Hirayama
Julie Warenski

and there's a friend of J. Knight's whose name I can't remember who makes some neat forged stuff

 

[2toes]

Dellana is another

 

[jdm61]

Dee Hedges who just got her JS stamp this past June.

 

[Kohai999]

Lora Sue Bethke(married to Steve Schwarzer, now)
Sharla Hanson
Dee Hedges from Australia(Just got JS stamp at Blade 2010)


There are not many female knifemakers, but Julie Warenski-Erickson is very, very talented and one of the most lovely.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

 

[Lorien]

^ ah, Dee, that's who I was thinking of

 

[mohd]

Astonishingly so many :thumbup:
Before I only knew about Audra Draper

mohd

 

[BrewCity59]

Great feedback!! Thanks, guys!!

 

[Charles Vestal]

Barbara Baskett, just to add one more.

 

[Bobby Branton]

Carolyn Tinker was the first I believe. She was a member of the Knifemakers Guild.
BB

 

[ddd]

Haven't been able to find anything on this subject. Trying to get my wife a little more interested in the knife world. Can anyone tell me who some of the lady knifemakers are out there?

I have featured quite a few women custom knifemakers in my
books. Here are two of them forging the steel for their blades.
Heather Harvey from South Africa and Dellana from WV (USA)...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

Heather Harvey (from "The Art of Modern Custom Knifemaking" 2006)

Dellana (from "The Art Knives of Van Barnett and Dellana" 2011)

 

[ddd]

And here is Audra Draper (WY, USA) forging her knife...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

Audra Draper (from "The Art of Modern Custom Knifemaking" 2006)

 

[Marcel54]

One more: Gail Lunn.

Something interesting about Heather Harvey. She is a Mastersmith as is her husband Kevin. When they do collaboration knives/swords under the name Heavin Heather is in general the one who makes the damascus and Kevin the other parts. I think that's cool.

Marcel

 

[BrewCity59]

Wow...with all this new info. on "Lady-Smiths", my wife is gonna let me buy another knife!!!.............maybe!

 

[Thomason]

Lynn Dawson