This is a beautiful drop point hunter with all the extras. Its drop point blade is 5” long and has been hand forged by me from 1084 and 15N20 high carbon steels. The overall length of the knife is 9.75”. The guard and collar are also hand forged Damascus. The three spacers are all silicon bronze they consist of two small spacers that have been highly polished and one larger that has been hammer textured and antiqued. The handle on this hunter is a beautiful example of fossilized Walrus Ivory. Every piece of this hunter was hand made from raw materials to finished product by American Bladesmith Society Master Smith Charles Carpenter.
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 this knife as well as the others passed that test earlier this year. This is the opportunity to purchase a functional piece of art that has been judged to that standard by the panel. Since this knife was one of the knives that earned my MS (Master Smith) ranking 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 is a beautiful drop point hunter with all the extras. Its drop point blade is 5” long and has been hand forged by me from 1084 and 15N20 high carbon steels. The overall length of the knife is 9.75”. The guard and collar are also hand forged Damascus. The three spacers are all silicon bronze they consist of two small spacers that have been highly polished and one larger that has been hammer textured and antiqued. The handle on this hunter is a beautiful example of fossilized Walrus Ivory. Every piece of this hunter was hand made from raw materials to finished product by American Bladesmith Society Master Smith Charles Carpenter.
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 this knife as well as the others passed that test earlier this year. This is the opportunity to purchase a functional piece of art that has been judged to that standard by the panel. Since this knife was one of the knives that earned my MS (Master Smith) ranking 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.
