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An avid hunter, Mastersmith Aaron was never able to find the perfect skinning knife. However, despite a lifetime of working with knives it wasn’t until 2003, when he lived in Florida, that he visited Cliff Parker's shop in Zephyrhills. He was so impressed with Cliff’s picture mosaic damascus that he was inspired to begin making his own knives.
In 2003, Aaron attended the Knifemakers Guild Show in Orlando, FL. and met fellow maker Corbin Newcomb, who generously invited Aaron to spend a week at his shop in MO, learning to make knives. He jumped at the offer, of course, and found Corbin to be very generous with his knowledge of damascus and forging. Aaron says, “It was a great learning experience and very memorable.”
At the end of 2003 Aaron moved to Redding, CA, where he lives and works today. He built many of his own tools including an air hammer and hydraulic press – all to facilitate creating knives. He considers sole authorship a point of pride – he forges all his own blades, makes all his own damascus and does all his own leather work. He was awarded the title of Journeyman Smith in 2009 and became a Mastersmith in 2013. Attending a class on making folders taught by Mike Vagnino in 2001 brought to life a new aspect of knife-making.
Aaron prefers to use natural materials – his knives are truly one-of-a-kind. He uses the best techniques available for heat-treating – including triple tempering and triple quenching. He hopes that his knives will feel like a natural part of the new owner’s hand, and does all his making with the expectation that the knife will be passed down from generation to generation. Aaron has been a full-time maker since July 2012.
Back Pocket Slipjoint with G-Carta |
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Belt Knife with Black Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Black Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Black Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Burgundy Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Green Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Green Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Natural Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Natural Canvas Micarta |
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Belt Knife with Natural Canvas Micarta |
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Black and Silver Bowie |
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Black Sheep Horn Damascus Hunter (4 1/4 in) |
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Black Sheep Horn Damascus Hunter (5 1/8 in) |
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Bocote Hunter (JS Test Knife) |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Black Canvas Micarta |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Black Canvas Micarta - Copper Finish |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Checkered Black Canvas Micarta - Black Finish Blade |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Checkered Black Canvas Micarta - Copper Finish Blade |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Checkered Burlap Micarta - Black Finish Blade |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Checkered Green Canvas Micarta - Black Finish Blade |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Checkered Tan Canvas Micarta - Black Finish Blade |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Green Canvas Micarta |
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Bodyguard Belt Knife with Natural Canvas Micarta |
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Boning Knife - Hankotsu - with Sculpted Ironwood |
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Brut de Forge Belt Knife with Ironwood Burl |
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Brut de Forge Hunter with Ironwood |
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Brute de Forge |
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Brute de Forge Bowie with Wrought Iron and Stag |
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Brute de Forge Camp Knife |
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Brute de Forge Dagger with Mammoth Ivory |
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Brute de Forge Hamon Kwaiken with Ironwood and Mammoth Ivory |
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Brute de Forge Hunter with Snowflake Damascus |
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Brute de Forge Ironwood Chopper |
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Brute de Forge Pronghorn Camp Knife |
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Brute de Forge Skinner with Bocote |
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Brute de Forge with Blue Mammoth |
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Brute de Forge with California Sycamore |
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Brute de Forge with Cocobolo |
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Brute de Forge with Ebony |
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Brute de Forge with Ebony and Damascus |
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Brute de Forge with Ironwood |
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Brute de Forge with Ironwood |
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Brute de Forge with Ironwood and Damascus |
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Brute de Forge with Redwood Burl |
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Buckeye Burl Skinner |
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Captain Steller's Bowie (JS Test Knife) |
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Chef's Knife (11-1/2 in) with Damascus and Ancient Oosic Artifact |
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Chef's Knife (6 in.) with Maple Burl |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Amboyna Burl |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Blue Maple |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Curly Koa |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Curly Maple |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Maple Burl |
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Chef's Knife (6-1/4 in.) with Masur Birch |
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Chef's Knife (7 in.) with Curly Koa |
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Chef's Knife (7 in.) with Maple Burl |
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Chef's Knife (8-1/2) with Curly Koa |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Amboyna Burl |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Amboyna Burl |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Blue Maple |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Blue/Yellow Maple |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Ironwood |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Ironwood |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Maple |
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Chef's Knife (8-3/4 in.) with Red Maple Burl |
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Chef's Knife (9-1/2) with Maple |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke Gyuto) with Camel Bone (7 in) |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke Gyuto) with Maple Burl (6-1/2 inches) |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke Gyuto) with Redwood Burl (8.6 inches) |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke) with African Blackwood (7 in.) |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke) with Cocobolo (8-1/2 inches) |
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Chef's Knife (Kiritsuke) with Redwood Burl (7 in.) |
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Chef's Knife (Santoku) with Giraffe Bone (7 in) |
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Chef's Knife (Santoku) with Honduran Rosewood and Ebony (7-1/8 in) |
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Chef's Knife with Feather Pattern Damascus, Quilted Buckthorn and Ebony (7-3/4 inches) |
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Chef's Knife with Ironwood (6 in) |
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Chef's Knife with Ironwood (9 in) - 52100 |
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Chef's Knife with Spalted Maple (7 in) |
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Clip Point Bowie with Stag, Walrus Ivory and Stacked Leather |
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Clip Point Damascus Long Hunter |
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Clip Point Skinner with Stag |
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Damascus & Stag Bowie |
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Damascus and Stag Hunter |
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Damascus and Stag Long Hunter |
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Damascus Belt Knife with Ironwood |
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Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Bark and Forged Wrought Iron |
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Damascus Bowie with Snakewood |
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Damascus Bowie with Stag and Wrought Iron |
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Damascus Chef Knife (10-3/4 in) - Gyuto - with Curly Koa |
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Damascus Chef's Knife (11-1/2 in) with Figured Pink Ivory Wood |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Amber Stag and Oosic (9 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Bubinga (7 in) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Cocobolo (11-7/8 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Ebony and Snakewood (7-1/4 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Giraffe Bone (9 2/3 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Ironwood (10-1/2 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Ironwood (9-3/4 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Snakewood (9-3/4 inches) |
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Damascus Feather |
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Damascus Kwaiken with Sheep Horn |
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Damascus Petit Gyuto/Utility Knife with Buckeye Burl (6-1/4 in) |
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Damascus Utility Knife with Oosic and Mammoth Ivory |
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Deer Crown Hunter |
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Dino Slipjoint with Black and Red Paper Micarta |
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Double Blade Dogleg Trapper with Amber Stag |
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Drop Point Hunter Amboyna Burl |
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Elk and Canarywood Clip Point Hunter |
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Feather Pattern Damascus Bowie with Stag |
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Feather Damascus Bowie with Hippo Tooth |
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Feather Damascus Chef's Knife (10-1/2 in) with Oak Burl |
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Feather Damascus Drop Point Hunter with Stag and Oosic |
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Feather Damascus with Sambar |
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Feather Pattern Damascus Bowie with Sambar Stag and Wrought Iron |
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Field Knife with Sambar Stag, Mammoth Ivory, and Stacked Leather |
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Field Knife with Stag |
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Field Knife with Stag and Stacked Leather |
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Field Knife with Stag and Stacked Leather |
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Firestorm Damascus Kwaiken with Alligator Leather |
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Firestorm Damascus with Elk Antler |
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Fluted Dagger with Ancient Walrus Ivory |
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Forge Finish Bowie with Ironwood |
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Forge Finish Bowie with Stag |
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Forge Finish Hamon Bowie with Oosic |
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Forge Finish Hamon Utility with Ironwood |
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Forge Finish Skinner with Elk Antler |
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Forge Finish Skinner with Sambar Stag |
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Forge Finish Skinner with Sambar Stag |
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Forged Clip Point Hunter with Stag, Walrus Ivory, and Wrought Iron |
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Forged Recurve Hunter with Green Curly Maple |
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Fusion Tanto |
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Hamon Bowie with Hippo Tooth |
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Hamon Kwaiken with Alligator and Kangaroo Leather |
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Hamon Kwaiken with Alligator Wrap |
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Hamon Kwaiken with Beaver Tail Leather |
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Harpoon Tip Bowie with Ironwood |
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Hippo Tooth Camp Knife with Damascus |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter with Feather Damascus |
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Hippo Tooth Hunter with Firestorm Damascus |
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Hippo Tooth Skinner |
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Hippo Tooth Skinner with Feather Damascus |
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Honey Badger - Black |
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Honey Badger - Bronze |
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Honyaki Belt Knife with Green Curly Maple |
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Honyaki Bowie with Ironwood and Walrus Ivory |
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Honyaki Chef's Knife (11-1/2 in) with Ironwood |
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Hunter with Lignum Vitae |
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Hunter with Stag |
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Integral Brut de Forge Chef's Knife with Stag and Sheephorn - 52100 |
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Integral Damascus Hunter with Stag and Wrought Iron |
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Integral Hamon Hunter with Sambar Stag |
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Integral Hunter with Stag and Wrought Iron |
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Integral Mosaic Damascus Chef's Knife with Mammoth Molar (10") |
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Ironwood Hunter |
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Ironwood Hunter |
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Kingwood Hunter (JS Test Knife) |
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Lacewood Hunter |
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Ladder Pattern Fluted Quillion Dagger |
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Loveless Style Bowie with Sambar Stag |
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Mosaic Damascus Belt Knife with Ancient Walrus Ivory |
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Mosaic Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Ivory and Wrought Iron |
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Mosaic Damascus Bowie with Sambar Stag |
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Mosaic Damascus Bowie with Sambar Stag |
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Mosaic Damascus Chef's Knife (9-3/4 in.) with Ringed Gidgee |
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Mosaic Damascus Chef's Knife (9.2 in.) with Curly Koa |
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Mosaic Damascus Chef's Knife/Gyuto (10-1/4 in.) with Curly Koa and Mammoth Molar |
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Mosaic Damascus Slicer (10-2/3 in.) with Maple Burl |
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Olive and Antler Hunter |
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Olive Wood Hunter |
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Oosic Artifact Forge Finish Skinner |
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Oosic Feather |
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Oosic Twist |
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Paring Knife (4 in) with Snakewood and Mammoth Ivory |
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Paring Knife (4.2 in) with Ironwood |
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Paring Knife with Olive Wood (4-1/4 in.) |
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Pronghorn Hunter (4") |
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Pronghorn Hunter (5 1/2") |
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Pronghorn Hunter (5") with Sheep Horn and Wrought Iron |
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Rosewood and Stag Hunter |
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Rosewood Skinner |
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Sambar & Ivory Hunter |
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Sambar and Ironwood |
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Sambar and Ironwood |
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Sambar and Mammoth |
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Sambar Stag Hunter |
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Sheep Horn Hunter (4") |
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Single Blade Dog Leg Trapper with Stag |
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Slicing Knife with Ironwood and Sheep Horn - Honyaki - (6-3/4 inches) |
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Slipjoint Trapper with Stag |
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Snakewood Hunter (JS Test Knife) |
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Snowflake Damascus Bowie with Blue/Green Mammoth Ivory |
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Snowflake Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Ivory |
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Snowflake Damascus Slip Joint Folder with Ancient Mammoth Ivory |
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Stacked Handle Hunter |
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Stag Feather |
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Stag Feather Clip Point Hunter |
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Stag Hunter |
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Steak Knives (Set of 4) with Black G-10 - Black |
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Steak Knives (Set of 4) with Black G-10 - Burgundy |
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Still Water Skinner |
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Still Water Skinner with Feather Pattern Damascus |
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Swayback Slip Joint Folder with Jigged Bone |
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Swayback Slip Joint Folder with Mammoth Ivory |
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Tactical Brute de Forge |
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Texas Toothpick with Ancient Walrus Ivory |
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Texas Toothpick with Damascus and Ancient Walrus Ivory |
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Trapper with Walrus Ivory |
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Turkish Twist Bowie with Oosic |
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Two Blade Coffin Handle Jack |
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Two Blade Coffin Handle Trapper with Mammoth Ivory |
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Utility Knife (6-1/4) with Ironwood |
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Utility Knife with Desert Ironwood |
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Utility Knife with Feather Pattern Damascus and Curly Koa |
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Utility Knife with Red Narra |
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Utility Knife with Stag and Stacked Leather |
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Utility Knife with Ziricote |
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Utility with Oosic, Snakewood, and Mammoth Ivory |
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Walrus Feathers Dagger |
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Walrus Ivory Wharncliffe Trapper |
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Walrus Rasp |
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Wolf Tooth Damascus Bowie (MS Test Knife) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Giraffe Bone (9-1/2 inches) |
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Damascus Chef's Knife with Ancient Walrus Bone (10-1/2 inches) |
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