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Hey guys, some of you may have heard that I am now licensing and making my version of Tom Maringers famous Vorpal knives. Here is a thread with some more info. http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-vorpals-are-coming-pics-added-5-17.1488030/ My versions are made using Tom's original...

I do a lot of shiny knives anymore. I had to get back to my roots. : ) 8.5" Acid washed Kuzuri tanto in CPM 3V with black stingray and a special slim "rivetless" sheath. This is a very tight package for carrying a blade sash carry with Kydex. This is very well balanced fighter/cutter...

This weekend! Come on down. The OKCA knife show is coming up in Eugene OR this weekend. The show is starting to get even better over the last few years with lots of great west coast and other makers making a strong showing. OKCA April 8-9th 2017 Eugene OR...

Hey guys, I was inspired by all of the cool Maringer pieces I've seen online lately to try and build my version. I went old school with flared brass tubes and green micarta scales. The 8.75" blade is of course 3V with my high performance heat treat. It balances perfectly at the ricasso. The...

It's been a long while since I have done my Wingman model a year or more ago. I have updated it and added several new blade profiles. The handle, which is inspired by the Loveless NYS/hideout handle, is the same on all 4 versions. The steel on these is CPM 3V with my custom high performance heat...

It's been a while since I built any of these, so I figured I would share a couple pics. :cool:

Blasted and tumbled.

More military fighting knives! This time the simplest and smallest of them. These are my take on the classic OSS thumb and lapel daggers. For these I used 1/8" CPM S30v and gave them a low profile chisel/dagger grind. I also did a couple with a single edge that should be legal to carry most...

Hey guys! To continue my road down the rabbit hole of battle blades. I decided to design a full tang, modern version of the infamous M3 trench knife. For these I shortened the blade to 5" for an oal of 9 3/4". The steel is .227" CPM 3V with my custom HT. The handle is Tero Tuf with flared...

Hey everyone. I have been doing a lot of one offs lately, mostly based on historical blades or military knives. On this one I wanted to do one of the most recognizable Bowies out there. I have seen quite a few takes on Bill Bagwells Hells belle. On mine, I wanted to keep the classic styling but...

Hey all, this is probably my last finished blade of 2016 and I thought I would share it. It is a one off Ko-wakizashi. This blade has the most sori I have ever done in one of my large blades, which I think really, really makes the look. The 13" blade is CPM3V of course with my high performance...

Hey all! Finally got around to finishing this one up. This is the biggest blade and only tanto (with a tsuba) I have done in this Hartsfield style finish/grind. The high performance CPM 3V blade is 12" long. The grind is a little different. At a glance it looks normal, but part of the Shobu...

Here are is pair I finished for a customer a few weeks ago. I find this handle blade size combo, 4" blade and 4" handle, to be a really nice size for edc. The fist one is the 4" kraiken version, and the second is a compact version of my Dokusei. I am calling it the fugu. :cool: Both are double...

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Hey guys, so I just finished up this 9.5" tanto. This model version I call my Ronin Tanto, I know others use the name also. But it makes sense for my me, my processes and style. I have been making this model for over a year now, and I think I finally have the designed tweaked just right. The...

Here is the final pic from Caleb, figured it needed to be in here as well. :cool: click image to enlarge

Just finished up this 7" Ronin tanto order and I figured I would share a pic. I am really loving this blade length on the this design, The balance is so perfect on this. Balances right on the guard and feels very fast in hand. I used black Timascus for the menuki, and Shark skin on the kevlar...

Up for grabs is one of my Oregonto kwaikens of the 4" variation. This smaller version is easy to carry IWB, and still offers plenty of blade length for most any task. The blade steel as with most of my knives is CPM 3V. My custom high performance Heat treat (including liquid nitrogen cryo)...

Here goes for the sheath! Someday I will have a large table for laying out sides of leather, until then I get help. : ) Here are all the components cut and ready. Shark and bison. Time to make the belt stud. Cutting up a chink of Zirc. Squaring up. Drilling for mounting hardware...