mysterious knife identification and discussion

A druid

A druid

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I was at a local knife show today, and it was shown, a very odd knife.

I wish i had picture but I don't, the blade was supposed to be "crucible steel" but not cpm supposedly carbides of some kind or stamped into the blade which was steel not titanium. Some kind of steel with a added carbides. creating some kind of a dimensional structure.

the blade itself was a rather custom looking leaf shaped. the opening notch was a stamped birds wing about an inch and a half long and half inch deep, stamped deeply about a millimeter or so into the steel.

the knife was stamped boyd in on the reverse side to a stamped bos I'm assuming this is a reference to the heat treat. both stampings on Tang of blade were also very deep.

I didn't get it, it was about $70 and had an extremely ugly frn/ nylon handle. the pivot pin was patina so it is probably fairly old, seem like it been sitting in a case for quite awhile.

I don't know if I missed a great find, should've ask a few more questions, for the price I'm assuming it must've been a production piece.

Just odd got me curious
 
Might have...depends on model and condition.


Sounds like the maker could be David Boye - the steel is probably dendritic (cast) steel.

The heat-treat is by Paul Bos.

Do a search on google.com for the above and you'll find more examples of his work.

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I'm sure it was a Boye. He used the eagle's wing, also a whale, also a petroglyph-like archer, I believe. The images aren't stamped, they were cast in when he formed the blade itself.

Some of his knives were dendritic (cast) steel and some were dendritic cobalt. He still sells the cobalt-bladed knives at his website: http://boyeknives.com
 
it was definitely an doye knife, the picked up a lot of interesting history in the search. It doesn't look like it would make a great user. in the couldn't find anything close to useful about the resale value. I mostly user who collects by just having too many knives. so it doesn't look like the knife for me. thanks for the info. if I get back to that store........... I don't know what I'll do
 
Awesome user in my mind- I have used mine every day (mostly) as a work knife in an oilfield warehouse. I almost cried as I read your description- I would have bought it very quick. The only downside is the steel is soft so not ideal if cutting on bone, stone ect.
 
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