Hand-forged Damascus San Mai Slipjoint / UK Legal Folding Knife / Ancient Bog Oak & Stag Crown / Traditional Pocket Knife / UK Legal

Hand-forged Damascus San Mai Slipjoint / UK Legal Folding Knife / Ancient Bog Oak & Stag Crown / Traditional Pocket Knife / UK LegalHand forged slipjoint folding knife with Damascus San Mai blade, Ancient Bog Oak bolsters and Stag Crown scales. This knife is a UK legal folding knife that is part of my new range of folders that feature a type of slipjoint mechanism called a 'cran force' or forced notch slipjoint. Whilst still inspired by Anglo Saxon and Viking age folding knives, these folders are a fusion of the historial designs and traditional slipjoint patterns. I wanted to

Hand-forged slipjoint folding knife with Damascus San-Mai blade, Ancient Bog Oak bolsters and Stag Crown scales.

This knife is a UK legal folding knife that is part of my new range of folders that feature a type of slipjoint mechanism called a 'cran force' or forced notch slipjoint. Whilst still inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Viking age folding knives, these folders are a fusion of the historial designs and traditional slipjoint patterns. I wanted to create a UK legal folding knife that was still strong enough to safely use for heavier duty tasks like bushcrafting and woodworking.

• Blade Material: Hand-forged San Mai Damascus (1084 core + 15n20/1095 cladding)
  
• Liners: 304 Stainless Steel
• Scales: Scottish Stag Crown
  
• Blade Length:  70mm cutting edge (75mm total)
  
• Blade Thickness: 3mm
• Handle Length: 100mm
• Total knife length: 175mm

All my knives are forged by hand using traditional bladesmithing methods at Willslock Forge in Staffordshire, England. Each knife has been forged from high carbon steel. I usually use either 1080, 01 or 1095, and sometimes antique historical steels such as crucible steel or shear steel.

I usually forge as close to finish as possible, creating the knife shape and setting the bevels on the anvil. For all of my historical work, my aim is to make my knives with minimal use of power tools, and I take a lot of inspiration from historical knifemaking and smithing techniques.

The handles are all carved by hand and made from locally sourced wood, bone and antler - I avoid using any plastics, resins or synthetic materials.  Wherever I can, I try to repurpose salvaged and upcycled materials in order to create beautiful new knives and tools.  I usually leave a brut de forge, or forge finish, on most of my blades because I like that the hammer marks tell the story of the knife's creation on the anvil, and the forge finish differentiates the knife from all the mass-produced, factory made knives out there.