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Neil McKeeBorn in 1947 and growing up in a hunting and fishing family from South Dakota, every kid I knew had a pocket knife and all the adventure movies and books we read had knives as an essential tool. The magazines of the times also covered the knives of those hunters and fishermen in the articles -- so a knife was an essential tool for a man or a boy.

It was only natural that my early knife interests should include early American styles from Natty Bumpo and later blade styles from Nessmuk, DeWeese and Russell. Two years in Japan and a small but sketchy Scandinavian family history gave me an interest in other ethnic pieces as well.

In 1997, I met with a Montana knife maker and was soon on my way to a professional knife making career. As my wife Jo Ann and I were in the rondesvous circuit, I began with early American patterns, later moving onto styles such as Nessmuk, De Weese and Russell.

My interest in engraving met with success after I took a formal class from Rick Eaton in January of 2004. In 2007, I traveled to Italy and met Firmo and Francesca Fracassi, Gian Franco Pedersoli, Gian Carlo and Stephano Pedretti, as well as going to Creative Arts and visiting the Piotti firearms company. The hook was set! As a result I have looked for more and more ways to create a palate for engraving in my knives. The study of the floral patterns in engraving and leather work has been complimentary and has improved my work in both areas. I am the sole author of my work and will continue to improve in all aspects of knife making. My first love will always be for the early American pieces from my childhood but my passion for engraving requires that I seek new ways to express my art.

Affiliations:

  • Montana Knifemakers Association (MKA) - Vice President, 2002 - present
  • Firearms Engravers Guild of America (FEGA) - 2006 - present
PREVIOUSLY SOLD ITEMS
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Bitterroot Hunter with African Blackwood
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Bitterroot Hunter with Curly Koa
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Bloodwood Hunter
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Bocote Nessmuck
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Bone Handled Dagger
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Buffalo Horn Nachez Bowie
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Buffalo Hunter
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Buffalo Skinner
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Camp Knife
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Copper Neck Knife
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Cord Wrapped Camp Knife
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Damascus Belt Knife
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Damascus Belt Knife
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Damascus Cowboy Bowie
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Damascus Drop Point
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Damascus Hunter
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Deweese Hunter with Koa Wood
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Drop Point Indian Knife
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Early French Trapper
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Ebony File Knife
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Elk Antler Natchez Style Bowie
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Elk Handled Neck Knife
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Elk Horn Nessmuck
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Elk Hunter
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Elk Neck Knife
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Elk Rifleman's Belt Knife
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Engraved Antique Bowie
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Engraved Black and White Ebony Hunter
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Engraved Bocote Utility
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Engraved Boot Knife
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Engraved Dress Knife
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Engraved Elk Neck Knife
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Engraved Gents Woods Walker
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Engraved Lacewood Utility
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Engraved Nessmuk with Ebony
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Engraved Woodswalker
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Fiddleback Tomahawk
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French Trade Primitive Folder
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French Trapper's Folder
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Frontier Trap Spring Knife
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Frontier Trap Spring Knife with Elk Antler
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Gents Wood Walker
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Gents Woods Walker
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Giraffe Woods Hunter
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Grassfire Bowie
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Green River Skinner with Black and White Ebony
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Green River Skinner with Walnut
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Grouse Hunter
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Hard Rock Maple Engraved Hunter
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Hunter's Camp Knife with Maple
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Indian Dagger
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Indian Knife with Reproduction Cheyenne Sheath
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Iron and Elk Indian Knife
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Large Elk Hunter
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Lightning Strike
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Lil Hunter
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Masur Puukko
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Medicine Shield Bowie
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Montana Elk Hunter
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Natchez Style Bowie with Walnut
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Nesmuk with Walnut
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Nessmuk with Olive Wood
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Olive Wood Nessmuck
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Period Bowie
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Period Neck Knife
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Red Rose Kiridashi
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Riflemans Knife
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Sambar Stag Green River Skinner
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Small Cowboy Hunting Bowie
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Snakewood DeWeese
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Snakewood Deweese
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Snakewood Gent's Hunter
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Stag Puukko
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Straight Back Hunter
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Stylized Tanto
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Whitetail Hunter
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Woodcraft Hunting Knife
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Woodcraft Style Hunter with Desert Ironwood
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Woodcraft Style Hunter with Thuya Burl
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