I began my knifemaking career in 1978. Since then I have specialized in many types of knives, including art knives, working knives, edged fetishes, fantasy knives, and neo-tribal knives. On the technical side, I enjoy working with meteoritic damascus steel, mokume gane, fabricated silver and gold, traditional Japanese alloys, like shakudo and shibuichi, reticulated silver, relief carving and sculpting. My current shop is a very basic set up. I rely primarily on a charcoal forge, hand hammers and simple hand tools. I pride myself in forging blades very closely to shape, to minimize stock reduction. I take every effort to assure proper forging, geometry and heat treating on each knife I make. The emphasis of my work is on innovation, concept, design, technique, and original hand craftsmanship. I also offer lessons and instruction for knifemaking and metalsmithing at my shop, in the beautiful Sonoran desert, just outside Tucson Arizona.
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Bowie with stand, 1988- blade is meteoritic damascus steel of iron meteorite, A6 steel and wrought iron. Fittings are sterling silver. Handle is ebony wood. |
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Burning Blade, 1992- blade is meteoritic damascus steel with iron meteorite, A6 steel and wrought iron. Handle is aluminum with acrylic paint. Guard is brass with acrylic paint. Wall mount frame is aluminum with acrylic paint. The knife dismounts from the frame and is completely functional. |
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Neo-Tribal beer bottle cap knife, 1994- blade is damascus steel of beer bottle cap iron, rusty nails, iron meteorite and cast iron sewer pipe. Guard is beer bottle cap iron. Fittings are copper and silver. Handle is ebony with amethyst settings. |
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Neo-Tribal RR Spike Knife, 1999- blade is forged from a railroad spike, with an integral socket to receive the handle. The handle is acacia (desert rosewood). The handle is held in place with a silver pin through the steel socket. |
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