Dress Liner Lock Folder custom Handle material is stabilized poplar

Handle material is stabilized  poplar

This knife is one of the five knives submitted for my ABS Journeyman Smith test

5 inch integral skinner forged from 1085 round bar

Handle material is dyed and stabilized poplar

Forged out of 3/4 inch round 1085 H steel

Dress Liner Lock Folder custom Handle material is stabilized poplarThis is a liner lock folder ( one of the first 5 to be sold) a lot of the instruction for starting to make liner lock folders came from Rick Dunkerly, so this is one of his designs that I tweaked and modified to my style. The 2 3 4 inch blade of the knife is a modified ladder pattern Damascus out of 1095 and 15n20. The handle is 4 inches with a mokume bolster and carbon fiber scales. The action on this knife is very smooth, there is a video on