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Miles custom knives
I had draw the pattern for each blade using no templates so each is unique from the beginning. I usually choose either D2 steel, or high carbon 1084 to 1095. When I use damascuss steel, I aquire that from well known makers. I do all the work myself of shaping, normalizing, hardening, tempering. I usually have a harder edge with softer back. I triple temper and I cryo treat all blades with dry ice and acetone. I often hammer copper and or brass into the steel during forging for decoration. I use a flex test and edge test. Edge test is brass rod swipe and get minimum 200 strokes, compare this to 20 to 50 strokes for normal factory blades. I hand draw designs for acid etching, and do the etching myself. I often provide a sheath for knives that require one. If not I sell them separate for $25. Handle material is usually Alaska materials I gather and handle myself, mammoth ivory, local wood burls or local rock like jade. I custom cast guards and pommels from own hand carved originals and molds. I do all my own stabilizing of handle material. |
Knife skinner chain saw steel 517
$275.00
$250.00
knife made from chain saw chain. Damascus pattern not strong, but very functionally tough knife. Rockwell 61. Comes with sheath that has otter design. Custom abstract design bronze guard. Copper hammered into steel while forging.
Knife boot knife blank eagle theme
$95.00
$65.00
Custom blank knife blade D2 steel. Finished, Add a guard maybe, no handle needed unless desired. Handle has feather head etch. Overall 4.5 inches long x 1/2 wide x 1/8th thick. Would work for boot or neck knife or hidden knife of any kind. Rockwell 59.
Utility opal handle knife
$400.00
$350.00
Custom knife with sheath. 4 x 1 x 1/8th inch thick D2 steel from industrial planer blade. Nice crisp detailed etch of chickadee bird on one side, open flower on the other. Interesting stone Peru blue opal handle . Australia opal set in pin centers. Mammoth ivory spacer is the brown. Custom copper guard is crude flower. Copper from 1920 waterpipes in Nenana Alaska. Rockwell 59, back softer. Double temper and deep cold cryo treated. Sheath has blade of grass carved in. Handle, being stone, is heavy, but functional.
Dagger of fossil bone
$420.00
$395.00
Custom knife using 40,000 year old fossil bone for sheath and handle. Dagger shape sharp both sides. D2 stainless steel, flower them etched with copper centers. Light in weight. Handle fossil wolf rib bone sheath prehistoric bison bone. Mammoth ivory end caps on knife and sheath are pinned. I had in mind a renaissance dagger, for reenactment people. Sheath a work of art in itself with sterling silver lace, bronze leaf solder pinned on. Very sturdy and usable. Rockwell 60 blade.
Knife skinner willow handle
$350.00
$320.00
Custom d2 steel skinner knife. 5 inch cutting edge Bronze abstract design guard. Nenana Aalaska river diamond willow wood handle, copper rivets. Copper hammered into steel when forged. Light etch of Dall sheep head on one side and eagle feather on the other side. Comes with seath tht has flower carved in. Very functioaqnl knife that ballances well and can see many years of hard use.
Knife dagger bear pommel
$175.00
$150.00
Custom knife of 1095 high carbon steel. double edged rockwell 59. Poplar wood handle from Tanana River. Custom cast for this knife- a bear of bronze from old barge propeller. 5.5 inch cutting edge. Light in weight. Narrow to hide in tube type sheath.
Custom fossil knife with sheath
$450.00
$390.00
Knife is Damascus steel ½ x 4.5 inches long. Acid etched flower theme. Rockwell 59. Handle is 40,000 year old young bison rib bone from the Tanana River. Guard is mammoth ivory from same area as handle. Custom end cap Indian head of bronze that was a barge propeller on the Yukon River. Sheath is rib bone form larger bison with stabilized dyed birch for it’s back. Brass fish pinned and inlaid, silver band and pins keep it stable. No loop, meant to be kept in drawer or supplies box.
Custom skinner knife mammoth ivory sheath
$495.00
$425.00
Knife is D2 steel 7 inches overall, 4 x 1 blade. Rockwell 59. #930 in my permanent records. Flower etch theme copper flower centers. Rated 400 on my brass rod text (see what test is, above under explaining the general info on my knives). Handle is dyed stabilized Alaska birch burl wood. Custom copper guard 1920’s Nenana water pipes. Sheath is mammoth ivory off the Cosna River, 40,000 year old. Back is local birch wood. Silver band on top, brass pins. Note animal track pins.
Knife owl fossil theme
$395.00
$350.00
Custom knife fossil bison bone handle. 4 x 2 inch feather Damascus blade with custom owl etching. Extra long 5 inch handle - so great for someone with big hands or wanting that extra length. 40,000 year old bison rib bone handle found on the Tanana River. Custom cast eagle head guard and owl head end cap. Comes with custom sheath.
Hunter skinner knife D2 steel
$350.00
$250.00
All custom 5 x 1.25 inch blade. Made from D2 that was an industrial wood planer blade. D2 is a hard chrome tool steel semi stainless. Double temper Rockwell 58, tested to 300 on brass rod swipe test. (300 strokes on a brass rod and still cuts paper). Alaska poplar wood handle with Alaska birch end cap. Custom cast guard and a inlaid bronze leaf. Freehand acid etched blade has 3 bear tracks on one side, 'Alaska' on the other. Opal chip layer under guard adds a shine. Comes with hand made sheath. Somewhat rustic look, lacks a level of high finish, like guard casting not perfect, so price reduced.
Knife utility whale theme
$350.00
$295.00
Overall 10 inches with 5 x 2 inch blade of high carbon 1084 steel. Rockwell 61 softer back for less brittle and offers flex. Good skinner or all around camp knife. Outline is a whale, note the eye of the whale in the blade. copper and brass have been forged into the steel. Deep etching of fish on one side, eagle on the other. Custom cast fish guard of copper and bronze from a boat propeller. Alaska birch wood stabilized and dyed. Custom silver tube rivets. No sheath - email me can provide custom one for $25.
Custom knife damascus steel skinner
$350.00
$320.00
3.5 x 1.5 blade is custom damascuss steel. copper and brass forged into steel. Acid etched with birds and 'Alaska'. Custom cast otter guard made of boat propeller bronze. Handle is resin with Alaska spruce needles and pine cones. Custom rivets of silver and copper. No sheath- custom sheath $25 if wanted.
