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Lawrence, Alton                   Altom Lawrence is a Journeyman Smith and owns a machine shop called - Custom Knives                                   ABS
                                                                     Riverside Machine Shop. Here, he does work for other knifemakers and sells      - Forging & Knifemaking Equiptment
                                                                     supplies as well as knives. See the On-line Catalog for available knives.                - CNC Machine services
Kinsey, Alvin                          Began making knives in 1994. Alvin makes hollow ground blades from bar       - Kerambits - Hook Point / Full blade
        stock.  Offers liner-lock folders, several straight knives, or will make a custom  - Liner Lock Folding Knives
                                                                     knife from your own design.  Makes a mean meat clever!  RENEW DOMAIN!     - Glass Beaded Hunters / Meat Clevers
Keller, Bill                                                                        - Amazing Art Folding Knives
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Leger, Bob                            "Knives made by hunters for hunters since 1978." If your looking for a great,       - Custom Folding Knives
                                                                    functional custom hunting knife at an extremely reasonable price, knifemaker   - Bowie knives, Skinners & Hunters
                                                                    Bob Leget is your man.  An array of hunting knives of all types and styles.          - Custom Filet & Utility Knives
Lyttle, Brian                       Brian Lyttle is a true artist.  His custom knives are nothing less than a       - Custom Sgian Dubhs & Dirks  CKMG
                                                                    treasure.  The patterns and styles he presents is limitless, and he forges  some   - Folding Knives, Carving Knives
                                                                    of the finest dirks, daggers and Sgian Dubhs we've ever seen! Raw Talent!           - Bowie knives, Tantos, Dress Knives
Kain, Charles                    Charles Kain, to me personally, is today's ultimate knifemaker as far as    - Fantasy Folding Knives & Art Knives
  "Jinn Trilogy - Best in Show!"        custom fantasy knives are concerned.  Since 1998, he has been making knives     - Damascus Art Knives & Swords
    Badger Knife Show - 2006             and forging his own damascus. His designs will seriously blow your mind.        - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Johansen, David            David Johansen started making custom knives in December of 2003. Although   - Hunting Knives & Fighters           PKA
                                                                    relatively new in the field, it can be easily noticed that David has a very good    - Neck Knives & Kitchen Knives
                                                                    eye for detail. I myself will definately be keeping a close eye on his progress.       - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Long, Don                                       Don Long is the owner and operator of Idaho Custom Knives, and he special-     - Elk Antler Custom Knives
                                                                    izes in hand made elk antler knives.  He offers apporoximately 75 different          - Custom Hunters, Skinners & Bowies
                                                                    blade and handle designs. All knives are heat and cryo tempered,                           - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Lyle, Ernest                    
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Jacobs, Frank                            Mr. Jacobs started out as a knifemaker and after becomming frustrated with      - Custom filet knives & capers
Quality Knife Making Materials    the quality of available handle material, he began processing his own woods      - Stabilized & Dyed Wood
                                                                   and mosiac pins - now his main business, making his knives hard to come by.   - Blade Blanks & Mosaic Pins
Lunn, Gail & Larry         Larry Lunn began making custom knives in the late 80's.  Gail Lunn started      - Folding Knives by Larry               KMG
                                                                   doing the same in 2000.  Gail makes mostly folders while Larry does folders,       - Straight Knives & Katanas
                                                                   straight knives and katanas.  Both make super quality, one-of-a-kind knives.       - Knives by Gail Lunn
Lombard, Garry                  Garry Lombard is from South Africa and has been a voting member of the        - Custom Folding Knives            KMGSA
                                                                    KMG since 1983.  His knives exhibit lines that flow so gracefully, it can take        - Custom Presentation Daggers
                                                                    one much practice to be able to look away.  Exquisite presentation daggers.       
Keyes, Geoff                          Geoff Keyes, owner of the 5 Elements Forge, has a deep understanding of the      - Bowie Knives & Fighting Knives  ABS
                                                                   "magic" of the elements. Having wanted to be a wizard since a young age, he      - Hunting Knives & Utility Knives
                                                                    now is one - a wizard of the forge. Awesome. 100% hand forged knives.                - Damascus Knives & Kitchen Knives
Lightfoot, Greg                      Greg Lightfoot of Lightfoot Knives & eXtreme Jewelery has been making awe-  - Tactical Knives          CKMG
       some tactical knives for over 18 years. His motto,"Innovation, not Imitation,"     - Tactical Fixed Blades & Folders
       has been key to his earning the respect as one of the top makers in the world.     - HOG Hunting Harness Carry System
King, Harvey jr.                    Harvey King has been making knives since 1988.  He is a member of the ABS,      - Custom Fixed Blade Knives           ABS
      the PKA and a voting member of the Knifemakers Guild.  He makes fixed blade  - Hunting Knives & Bowie Knives  PKA
       knives, hunters, skinners and fighters from D2 tool steel.  Great prices.       - Skinners, Field Knives                    KMG
Kerr, Hugh                                   Hugh Kerr has been making knives for over 10 years.  His focus is fixed blade      - Custom Hunting Knives 2, 3, 4   KMG
                                                                   knives, primarily small drop point hunters, but he does make a few folders.        - Custom Folding Knives
       He uses ATS-34 or 440C steels for his blades.  Quality knives at great prices.       - Filet Knives & Caping Knives
Lipson, Ira                                        Being lefthanded, Ira Lipson was frustrated with the availability of knives for  - Custom Left Hand Knives
      left-handed people.  He started by converting production knives for left hand     - Tactical Folding Knives
      use.  Now, Southpaw Knives makes custom left-hand knives, as well as right.    - Echo Tech Series & DAC Series
Ibsen, Jonas                          J.I. Knives is ownerd and operated by Danish Knifemaker, Jonas Ibsen. Jonas       - Scandenavian Style Knives
       makes custom scandenavian stylr knives as well as Sgian Dubhs.  He will also   - Sgian Dubhs
       accept custom designs.  Sadly, there are no pictures of his work on the site.          - Custom Fixed Blade Knives
Laroche, J.M.                        Jean Marc laroche is a knifemaker and sculpture who makes extraordinary
       fantasy knives.  Unfortunately, due to copyright problems, his site is unavail-
                                                                   able at the moment.  We will check back often!
Jobin, Jaques                     Custom art and fantasy knifemaker Jacques Jobin started making knives in         - Fantasy Knives - Deep Space Series
      1985 as a hobby - and couldn't stop!  Living in Canada, Jacques makes about       - Custom Art Knives & Folding Knives
      30 knives a year of his own design.  His Deep Space knives are awe inspiring!      - Custom Hunting Knives & Swords
Jagoda, Peter                      Peter David Jagoda received his Masters in Fine Arts in '72.  Since then, he has   - Utility Knives, Chef's Knives
       been a full time studio artist specializing in metalsmithing. Knives are made     - Hand Made Jewelery
                                                                   with 440C & D2 using the stock removal method.  Blades tempered elsewhere.   - Furniture & Lighting
Luman, James                      This site is called KnifeScales.com and features knives by David M. Smith and   - Custom Knives by David M. Smith
       James Luman, as well as some very uniques knife scale materials. Mr. Smith      - Custom Knives by James Luman
       makes fixed blade knives using 440C and Damascus made by Mr. Luman. - Other Fixed Blade Custom Knives
Kilcup, Jason                      Jason Kilcup is a member of the Canadian Knifemakers Guild and has been         - Custom Hunting Knives             CKMG
       making custom hunting knives on a part-time basis for over 16 years.  He           - Hatchets & Tomahawks
       also makes excellent hatchets, tomahawks, pipe pieces and war clubs.                   - Native Americsn War Clubs
Lairson, Jerry                       ABS Master Smith Jerry Lairson has been making custom knives for over 45        - Custom Hand Forged Knives       ABS
       years.  Above all, he believes in quality.  All of his knives are hand-forged,           - Bowie Knives, Fighters & Hunters
      thouroughly tested and100% soul authorship.  MEGA-Performance knives!         - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Largent, Jim                          Jim Largent of the Profesional Knifemakers Association makes gorgeous hunt-   - Custom Hunting Knives                PKA
       ing knives - the kind that can be identified as his without looking twice. It's no  - Custom Damascus Knives
       wonder he's won award after award - 16 over 13 years to be exact - for them.    - Custom Fixed-Blade Knives
Kubasek, John                  John Kubasek has been making custom knives since 1988 and has been a mem-  - Linerlock Folding Knives             KMG
       ber of the Knifemakers Guild since 1999.  John specializes in linerlock folders      - Folding Art Knive
       with 64L4V Titanium frames.  Awesome custom folding knives & linerlocks.      - Folding Tactical Knives
LeBlanc, John                         John LeBlanc makes several different types of knives as well as handmade            - Linerlock Folding Knives
       tools used in knifemaking and utility items used in cooking.  Examples of a          - Utility Knives & Paring Knives
       linerlock, a paring knife and miniatures are included on this makers page.           - Handmade Knifemaker's Tools
Jensen, John Lewis            John Jensen is an artist - a truly visionary metalsmith - whose knives are, in      - Sculptural Art Knives                   KMG
       the only way I can think to describe them, mind numbing.  He makes 8 -12          - Hand Forged Art Knives      ABS
       pieces a year which end up in the hands of the luckiest few. Awe Inspiring...       - Available (If You're REAL LUCKY...)
Lundemo, John                   "And then there was steel.." This is John Lundemo's opening quip for his site,      - Custom Swords - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
       Looking for a Sword?                  Odin Blades.  John is a true bladesmith, forging each and every amazing blade   - Broad Swords & Forged Blades
       This is your last stop!                 by hand. Swords that any medival army would kill to possess. Awesome A+.     - Custom Knives, Daggers, Dirks
Loose, Jonathan A.             Bladesmith Jonathan Loose has a deep interest in history and archaeology and - Damascus Dirks & Daggers            ABS
                                                                   claims this has brought him to "the medium of metal." His works are 100%          - Hand Forged Damascus Jewelry
                                                                   hand made works of art. Historical dirks & daggers of hand forged damascus.    - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Jolley, Josh & Bob              Josh and Bob Jolley of R.J. Custom Knives are a father and son team who make   - Bowie Knives & Fighting Knives
       high performance fixed blade knives. Rob has been making knives for over 25     - Hunting Knives & Fishing Knives
      years and now makes knives with his son. Super bowies, fighters and hunters.  - Custom Knives Available for Sale
Khalsa, Jot Singh                Jot Singh Khalsa made his first knife in 1977. Since then he has been perfecting  - Hand Made Custom Swords       KMG
       his talents to make high quality art knives, both folding and fixed-blade. He       - Fixed Blade Art Knives & Folders
       also makes jewelry which can be found here. Indian Kirpans & Koftgaris.            - Kirpans & Koftgaris & Available
Largin, Ken                           Ken Largin & Paula Anzel are the team that make up Kelgin Knives.  Ken has      - Kelgin Custom Knives & Design
       been making knives for years and discovered Paulas natural talent at a grinder - Grinding Info & Meteorite Damascus
       in 1994.  You must read the history! Great custom knives at great prices!              - 3 Day Knifemaking Classes
Lambert, Kirby                     Kirby Kambert is one of the most well known Canadian Knifemakers today.       - Tactical / Art Folding Knives   CKMG
                          Constantly striving to make a superior knife, he uses today's most innovative    - Fixed Blade Tactical Knives
       steels such as CPM s30v / 154cm and BG-42. Also makes high carbon blades.      - High Carbon Japanese Style Blades
Knives, Kramer                         Mr. Kramer has been making high-performance custom kitchen knives and         - Custom Kitchen Knives
       cutlery for over 10 years.  Using 52100 as well as pattern welded steel, Mr.          - Damascus Kitchen Knives
       Kramer is one of the few that makes kitchen knives worthy of a fine collection.   - European Line & Meiji Line
Krein, Tom                                   Tom Krein owner of Krein Knives makes knives by the motto, "Form follows        - Custom Tactical Knives
       function." While these knives look fantastic and would fit into many a custom   - Custom Combat Knives
       collection, they're meant for the field and designed to stand up to the toughest.  - Hatchets, Axes & Kerambits
Kris Cutlery                                 Kris Cutlery offers swords that are simple in design and functional.  Every           - Japanese Swords & Blade Blanks
       sword is made of hand forged 5160 carbon steel.  Blades are either diferentialy  - Chinese Martial Arts Weapons
       tempered or to one hardness depending on the size and style. Great weapons!   - Medieval Weapons & Phillippine
Kemp, Larry                                    Larry Kemp started making knives in 1991 using the stock removal method.      - Hand Forged Hunting Knives      ABS