Just a simple forged hunter

[Durwood]

I got this on Saturday from a friend of mine that more or less dropped out of the knife making business a few years back. His name is Daniel Ehrenberger and he was once on the verge of being a mastersmith. He mainly specialized in large bowies and hunters. I had him make several of these in various handle materials, but they all seem to slip through my hands over time He had this one in progress and I finally got him to finish it-I'm keeping this one! It is 7 7/8" overall and the steel is 1095. It has a tapered tang too. Nothing fancy, but it's wicked sharp. I do need to get a sheath made though, because I got tired of waiting on him to make one

 

[lotoblades]

Nice looking knife,good size and good steel!

 

[fewpop]

Sweet lookin' blade! :thumbup:

 

[Durwood]

Here's an example of some of Daniel's fancier work. This one sold on Ebay a while back for right at the $1000 mark...I wish I had bought it It was to be one of his Mastersmith test knives, but he didn't get all five done. The judges said he would have passed

 

[jd_elam]

I like the smaller one. Looks like it would be a good size carry knife.

 

[STDK]

Beautifull, love the bone handles on that one. First class work.

 

[marcinek]

That drop point hunter is perfect, Durwood, perfect. Knives like that one are really growing on me.

Simple, understated, great looking, multifunctional tools.

I challenge somebody to come up with something you couldn't do with that knife (not including things you shouldn't do with any knife).

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

The drop point is sweet and a good, useful configuration.

That Damascus bowie is drop dead gorgeous!

 

[Danbo]

Yep, Daniel was getting pretty good. Then, he dropped off the knife planet. Is he going to continue making knives?

 

[Durwood]

Danbo, sadly, I have to say I think it would be very unlikely to see much if anything from Daniel in the near future...maybe in a few years. Daniel definately had an eye for design and flow, and though some of his last several pieces (Sorry Daniel) were a little shoddy, he was capable of making a dang fine knife. I keep pushing Daniel to make a few knives, but he keeps resisting. I've even tried to get him to do some stock removal...

Daniel says that he sees himself eventually making a few damascus hunters again---Time will tell. Another source has told me that Daniel let his ABS membership expire and therefore his is technically no longer a journeyman smith....I told him to pay the dues.:grumpy: