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OK, With a title like that you want to see some proof! Here's two examples....
Robbin continues to be a much-heralded and equally elusive knifemaker. He has taught other makers at the ABS school in Arkansas, he continually runs a blacksmithing course at a Youth Camp in the Summers, and simply has devoted his entire life to this craft. He hails from MD, and considers Darryl Meier and Don Fogg among his close personal peers.
His style is unmistakable. Octagonal handles of presentation walnut or maple grace almost every piece he makes. He forges his own damascus, and has been since the SEVENTIES!
Rob gave me permission to post this one. No, it's not mine.
Expect an article by Don Fogg about it sometime. He was commissioned to forge a full knife, but with another covert dagger completely hidden inside it! Rob was able to forge/weld/shape the san-mai ladder-pattern big blade with a hollow core, and then fitted this damascus dagger inside it. He had to make and force a special mandrel inside, to diamond-shape the hollow of the blade. There is a steel sleeve inside the handle to the buttcap.
Detail of the buttcap and handle fit:
Another view:
Now if THAT wasn't enough, Here's what he can do with an anvil, a hammer, and a forge!
Yup, that's all one piece from the head of the hammer. He says it's a full 1/4" thick at the base of the blade! Now that's knowing how to move some metal!
Just a fun and great example of what can and is being done while we weren't watching! I have a full page/album of his knives in my own photo collection below. Follow the links. Rob Hudson email
Coop
Robbin continues to be a much-heralded and equally elusive knifemaker. He has taught other makers at the ABS school in Arkansas, he continually runs a blacksmithing course at a Youth Camp in the Summers, and simply has devoted his entire life to this craft. He hails from MD, and considers Darryl Meier and Don Fogg among his close personal peers.
His style is unmistakable. Octagonal handles of presentation walnut or maple grace almost every piece he makes. He forges his own damascus, and has been since the SEVENTIES!
Rob gave me permission to post this one. No, it's not mine.
Expect an article by Don Fogg about it sometime. He was commissioned to forge a full knife, but with another covert dagger completely hidden inside it! Rob was able to forge/weld/shape the san-mai ladder-pattern big blade with a hollow core, and then fitted this damascus dagger inside it. He had to make and force a special mandrel inside, to diamond-shape the hollow of the blade. There is a steel sleeve inside the handle to the buttcap.
Detail of the buttcap and handle fit:
Another view:
Now if THAT wasn't enough, Here's what he can do with an anvil, a hammer, and a forge!
Yup, that's all one piece from the head of the hammer. He says it's a full 1/4" thick at the base of the blade! Now that's knowing how to move some metal!
Just a fun and great example of what can and is being done while we weren't watching! I have a full page/album of his knives in my own photo collection below. Follow the links. Rob Hudson email
Coop
