Large Heavy Lockback Folding Knife with Guayacan handles. Blade and spring of 3/16” O1 steel. Finished in French Grey.
Closed length is 4-9/16” Blade is 3-3/8” Flat ground with a hand-rubbed, French Grey finish. The French Grey finish provides some protection from oxidation, but the knife should be kept lightly oiled or waxed. Geometric File Work on Blade and Lock Bar. .065" Nickel Silver liners (relieved), Nickel Silver pins and file-worked top bolsters. The Coin-Silver Escutcheon is made from a US Silver Quarter.
The handles are beautiful, dark, finely grained Yucatecan Guayacan (Lignum Vitae). Guayacan is considered to be the hardest and heaviest wood in the world. I collect the wood from Guillermo Piste - a wood turner in the pueblo of Dzitya. Local sawyers bring him logs they cut, and he gives me small pieces that are unsuitable for turning into bowls.
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 Lock Bar. 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 Lock Bar. The Lock Bar itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. The knife opens with a medium-easy pull and locks with a definitive snap. The Lock requires a firm push to release.
Included is a handmade leather pocket sheath. $495 SOLD (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 deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.
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 nickel silver and 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 want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal and credit cards.
Thanks for looking
J
Closed length is 4-9/16” Blade is 3-3/8” Flat ground with a hand-rubbed, French Grey finish. The French Grey finish provides some protection from oxidation, but the knife should be kept lightly oiled or waxed. Geometric File Work on Blade and Lock Bar. .065" Nickel Silver liners (relieved), Nickel Silver pins and file-worked top bolsters. The Coin-Silver Escutcheon is made from a US Silver Quarter.
The handles are beautiful, dark, finely grained Yucatecan Guayacan (Lignum Vitae). Guayacan is considered to be the hardest and heaviest wood in the world. I collect the wood from Guillermo Piste - a wood turner in the pueblo of Dzitya. Local sawyers bring him logs they cut, and he gives me small pieces that are unsuitable for turning into bowls.
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 Lock Bar. 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 Lock Bar. The Lock Bar itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. The knife opens with a medium-easy pull and locks with a definitive snap. The Lock requires a firm push to release.
Included is a handmade leather pocket sheath. $495 SOLD (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 deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.
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 nickel silver and 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 want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal and credit cards.
Thanks for looking
J
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