On
this page you will find some hot links to the finished knife.
HANDLE
MATERIALS
A custom knife
means you are able to choose all the elements which go into making
your knife unique.
This gives you but a few ideas. Talk to your knifemaker for recommendations. |
| EXOTIC
WOODS:
Desert
Ironwood
Pink Ivory
Curly Maple Ebony
Beefwood
Coco Bola
Snakewood
Blackwood
ORGANIC
MATERIALS: Mastodon
Ivory
Big Horn Sheep
Sandbar Stag
Giraffe Bone
Antelope Bone
Impala Bone
Camel or Giselle Bone
Buffalo Horn
Warthog Tusk
Oosik
Mother-of-Pearl |
UTILITARIAN
MATERIALS: Micarta
Stabilized Woods
Synthetic Ivory
DECORATED
WITH:
Silver
German Silver
Stainless Steel Leather
Turquoise
Abalone
Meteorite
Mother-of-Pearl
Synthetic: Ivory
Turquoise
Amber
Abalone |
Stabilized Wood
can be colored. |
Big Horn sheep |
Mastodon Ivory, at least 11,000
years old relic from another age. |
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Stag comes in many shapes
and can be smooth or flat.
It can also be carved
to great effect.
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Bone is stabilized for durability and
can be colored or carved.
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2007 Tommy McNabb
and Carolina Custom Knives.
Any use of this material or photographs will need written
permission.
PO
Box 327; Bethania, NC 27010
Phone: 336-924-6053
FAX: 336-924-4854
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Tommy McNabb
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This enlarged
portion of a knife features a powdered Damascus dragon,
silver wire inlay, Mastodon ivory handle,
Stainless Steel Damascus blade (ladder pattern) and bolsters.
Finished Knife;
8 3/8" overall in length; blade 4 1/2". $950.
| Damascus
is created by folding layers and hammering
the hot metal. Patterns are created in Damascus steel
by fullering, cutting and twisting.
See the short video * of Tommy McNabb
making Damascus.
Shown here are three
examples of Damascus patterns. |
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Handles
can be plain and utilitarian, or they can be exotically carved
bone or stag. Often a handle will reflect the theme of the knife
and the sheath. |
Scrimshaw
(an ancient art form)
adds beauty and tells the story the knife carrier wishes to
reflect.
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| Different
materials can be merged together as in this
exotic handle blending a Stainless Steel Damascus Blade with
Turquoise, Amber, Wood and Silver. |
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The
knife on the right celebrates a 25th wedding anniversary trip
to see the whales and records the event with an engraving on
the blade.
Custom
Engraving can be arranged, as this example of a 25th Wedding
Anniversary Commemorative. |
Whale
Song - ATS-34 Steel Blade; Desert Ironwood Handle with Mother-of-Pearl
whale inlay;
Overall Length is 10 inches; Blade is 5 1/4 inches.
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Engraving
adds an decorative element
to a bolster or guard. Other samples.
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Mother-of-Pearl
Inlay combined with Engraving
is another way to make a knife handle look spectacular.
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Movie produced by Stewart
L Shaw
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