Slip-Joint Pen Knife with Mother of Pearl; blade and spring of 3/32" Ladder Pattern Carbon Damascus steel
Closed length is 3” (without thong loop) The Blade is 2-1/8" and Flat Ground; Fine Thumb Serrations and Geometric file work on the spine of blade; Brass liners; Nickel Silver pins and file-worked top bolsters; The Silver Escutcheon is made from an 1887 Mexican, .902 Silver, Diez Centavos coin. Shaving Sharp.
The Mother of Pearl has nice color and fire, but is not perfect "exhibition grade" pearl - there are a couple of very fine, hairline, surface flaws on the pile side scale.
This knife is “under-bladed” meaning that in the open position, the spine of the blade is just slightly lower than the top surface of the back-spring. This is an intentional design element that is typical of old Sheffield knives. Without this feature, over time, as a knife is used, the blade will want to “climb up” over the back spring. The back-spring itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. There is no half-stop. The knife opens with an easy pull - appropriate for a small Pen Knife. The Liners are not relieved - instead, the blade is .010" thinner than the spring and two .005" bronze washers are fit to protect the blade from rubbing. The blade pivots on a bronze bushing.
Included is a handmade Moroccan leather pocket sheath. $495 (including shipping via FedEx economical insured to US, Canada or Mexico. $15 extra to most of EU. By quote elsewhere.
If you'd like, I can engrave up to three initials in the Coin Silver Escutcheon for an additional $25
I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched Yucatecan deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns from Campeche. Leathers are mostly from Guanajauto and Campeche, Mexico.
The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican and Spanish Colonial silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.
Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES
If you would like to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal.
Thanks for looking
J
Closed length is 3” (without thong loop) The Blade is 2-1/8" and Flat Ground; Fine Thumb Serrations and Geometric file work on the spine of blade; Brass liners; Nickel Silver pins and file-worked top bolsters; The Silver Escutcheon is made from an 1887 Mexican, .902 Silver, Diez Centavos coin. Shaving Sharp.
The Mother of Pearl has nice color and fire, but is not perfect "exhibition grade" pearl - there are a couple of very fine, hairline, surface flaws on the pile side scale.
This knife is “under-bladed” meaning that in the open position, the spine of the blade is just slightly lower than the top surface of the back-spring. This is an intentional design element that is typical of old Sheffield knives. Without this feature, over time, as a knife is used, the blade will want to “climb up” over the back spring. The back-spring itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. There is no half-stop. The knife opens with an easy pull - appropriate for a small Pen Knife. The Liners are not relieved - instead, the blade is .010" thinner than the spring and two .005" bronze washers are fit to protect the blade from rubbing. The blade pivots on a bronze bushing.
Included is a handmade Moroccan leather pocket sheath. $495 (including shipping via FedEx economical insured to US, Canada or Mexico. $15 extra to most of EU. By quote elsewhere.
If you'd like, I can engrave up to three initials in the Coin Silver Escutcheon for an additional $25
I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched Yucatecan deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns from Campeche. Leathers are mostly from Guanajauto and Campeche, Mexico.
The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican and Spanish Colonial silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.
Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES
If you would like to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal.
Thanks for looking
J
