Cunninghammer
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- May 7, 2024
- Messages
- 54
Banged out two orders this week for some mutually pleased clients- and that is a wonderful feeling!
The Willow Bow Drop Point was forged from a 52100 ball bearing like Ed taught me, and heat treated in his same fashion. I liked the hammer marks and the client did too, so left them on for a unique finish and somewhat of a nod to my Behring Made days. After extensive manilla rope cuts, brass rod edge flex and hard stab tests, I milled, filed, cold-forged and staked the brass guard to the tang before filling any gaps and making a smooth transition with solder. The spacers are mirrored willow bow sheep horn collared by black fiber spacers that top a premium willow bow sheep horn handle- it truly fits like a glove and would carve up even an honest man. Overall length measures 8 1/2" and it comes in one of my hand stitched custom leather pouch sheaths.
Originally what was going to be a single utility chef knife became a set when the leftover from the [Alabama Damascus] billet looked like a charcuterie cleaver. My amigo who wanted the utility liked my idea and gave me the green light on a matched set. Plain and simple, fun stuff. I've never used olive wood and while it doesn't have the tight grains we all love in burls and such, it was really agreeable to work with (and what he specifically wanted, despite my suggesting otherwise). Not sorry with the subtle figure yielded, they feel great in hand, and of course the blades are sharp as hell.
I can make more like them, and keep an inventory of others on my website at www.CunninghamCustomShop.com. Thanks for looking!
Grant Douglas Cunningham
406-561-6212
cunninghamcustomshop@gmail.com
@grunningham
The Willow Bow Drop Point was forged from a 52100 ball bearing like Ed taught me, and heat treated in his same fashion. I liked the hammer marks and the client did too, so left them on for a unique finish and somewhat of a nod to my Behring Made days. After extensive manilla rope cuts, brass rod edge flex and hard stab tests, I milled, filed, cold-forged and staked the brass guard to the tang before filling any gaps and making a smooth transition with solder. The spacers are mirrored willow bow sheep horn collared by black fiber spacers that top a premium willow bow sheep horn handle- it truly fits like a glove and would carve up even an honest man. Overall length measures 8 1/2" and it comes in one of my hand stitched custom leather pouch sheaths.
Originally what was going to be a single utility chef knife became a set when the leftover from the [Alabama Damascus] billet looked like a charcuterie cleaver. My amigo who wanted the utility liked my idea and gave me the green light on a matched set. Plain and simple, fun stuff. I've never used olive wood and while it doesn't have the tight grains we all love in burls and such, it was really agreeable to work with (and what he specifically wanted, despite my suggesting otherwise). Not sorry with the subtle figure yielded, they feel great in hand, and of course the blades are sharp as hell.
I can make more like them, and keep an inventory of others on my website at www.CunninghamCustomShop.com. Thanks for looking!
Grant Douglas Cunningham
406-561-6212
cunninghamcustomshop@gmail.com
@grunningham
