This hand forged and finished fighter style knife features hand forged blade of 80CRV2 high carbon steel that is 7” from tip to guard. The knife has an overall length of 12”. The guard and collar are stainless steel while the hand filed spacer is of Silicone Bronze. The handle features a beautiful example of stabilized Hawaiian Koa wood. As with all blades from Big River Forge this knife has been hand made from raw materials to finished piece by American Bladesmith Society, Master Smith, Charles Carpenter. This knife also includes a beautiful handmade fully lined custom sheath that has also been handmade, and hand stitched by Charles Carpenter. This knife was actually built as an alternate for taking my Master Smith Test. I eventually decided to go with all Damascus blades for the test so this one didn’t get used.
There are now 117 Master Bladesmiths in the world and I am proud and honored to now be on that list. This knife was created to be judged by a panel of seven Master Smiths for the Master Smith test. The standard that must be met for the test is for the design, fit, and finish for each of the five knives submitted to be perfect to exemplary and I am proud to say that I did pass that test earlier this year. Since this knife was one of the knives that was built as a test knife alternate it does have the JS (Journeyman Smith) stamp, and it is one of the last knives that I will ever make that has that stamp as all knives moving forward will have the MS Stamp.
This hand forged and finished fighter style knife features hand forged blade of 80CRV2 high carbon steel that is 7” from tip to guard. The knife has an overall length of 12”. The guard and collar are stainless steel while the hand filed spacer is of Silicone Bronze. The handle features a beautiful example of stabilized Hawaiian Koa wood. As with all blades from Big River Forge this knife has been hand made from raw materials to finished piece by American Bladesmith Society, Master Smith, Charles Carpenter. This knife also includes a beautiful handmade fully lined custom sheath that has also been handmade, and hand stitched by Charles Carpenter. This knife was actually built as an alternate for taking my Master Smith Test. I eventually decided to go with all Damascus blades for the test so this one didn’t get used.
There are now 117 Master Bladesmiths in the world and I am proud and honored to now be on that list. This knife was created to be judged by a panel of seven Master Smiths for the Master Smith test. The standard that must be met for the test is for the design, fit, and finish for each of the five knives submitted to be perfect to exemplary and I am proud to say that I did pass that test earlier this year. Since this knife was one of the knives that was built as a test knife alternate it does have the JS (Journeyman Smith) stamp, and it is one of the last knives that I will ever make that has that stamp as all knives moving forward will have the MS Stamp.
