Scott Sawby
Sawby Custom Knives presents quality, handmade cutlery since 1970. Scott -
Custom Folding Art Knives
KMG
Sawby specializes in custom folding knives with special and unique locking - Self-Lock & Button Lock Mechanisms
mechanisms. Marian Sawby is an excellent engraver and details his knives. -
Folding Knives & Art Knives for Sale
Randall Knife Co.
"It was a terrible thing at close range. (Your knife) would cut a man's head -
Outdoor
&
Survival Knives
nearly off with a quick swing.. I used that knife to open cans, cut wood and it -
Skinning, Hunting
&
Fishing Knives
stayed sharp. I was offered all kinds of trades, but I wouldn't part with it." -
Military
&
Bowie Knives
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Richard Van Dijk
R. Van Dijk is a full time knifemaker working in Dunedin, New Zealand. He -
Fine Damascus Bowies
&
Dirks
has 30 years experience of jewelry manufacturing and repair. He forges his -
Executive Knives
&
Art Blades
own Demascus and differentially heat treats each blade.
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Knives Available for Sale
Richard Mize
All my knives are completely hand made by me with traditional craftsman- - Fixed Knives
Gallery 1
ship and materials. I prefer a knife that has a traditional, old time feeling, so I - Fixed Knives
Gallery 2
use primarily carbon steel, hardwoods, brass, bone, and stag.
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Dirks
Ricardo Vilar
"I’ve been making knives since 1993 when I sold my first knife. In November -
R. Vilar Knives (English)
ABS, SBC
2001 the ABS Mastersmith Jerry Fisk, was at my shop giving a course to 14 -
Fixed Blade Knives
Brazilian knifemakers.Since then I only make hand forged knives." -
Tomahawks
R.D. & Steve Nolen
Nolen Knives was started in '68 by R.D. and Jim Nolen. Jim had been a past - Custom Hunting Knives
KMG
Regarded by many as the president of the KMG. After Jim's death in 1980, George Nolen joined R.D. -
All kinds of Fixed Blade Knives
"Father of Modern Hunters" Nolen Knives, at present, is run by R.D., George and R.D.'s son, Steve Nolen. -
Special Custom Presentation Knives
R.J. Martin
R.J. Martin is an engineer turned knifemaker who now uses his skills and -
Framelock Folding Knives
design concept to make knives instead of helicopters! He makes folding knives -
Flipper Folding Knives
and fixed blades using CNC technology. Modern, high-tech knife designs. -
Fixed Blade Knives
&
Survival Knives
R.M. "Butch" Hanby
The on-line home of the Cherokee hand crafted knives of R.M. Butch Hanby of - Bowie Knives & Fighting Knives
Buffalo "Waller" Knife Works. Knives used by professional hunters, guides, - Hunting Knives & Skinners
pilots and military personnel across the globe as life-saving, working tools. - Survival Knives
R.R. Ledbetter
R.R. Ledbetter is a member of the American Bladesmith Society.
ABS
This site is not currently available. We will check back.
R.W. Wilson
The first knife RW Wilson ever made was for himself. Since that first effort in -
Hunting Knives
1968, he has made over five hundred knives which have been sold to
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Tomahawks
outdoorsmen and collectors.
Rainy Vallotton
Rainy Vallotton Custom Knives has been in business since 1991. He is the
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Custom Folding Knives
inventor of the first Double Action scale release. These knives are the finest in -
Special Presentation Knives
custom technology.
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Limited Edition Costom Knives
Rade Hawkins
Rade Hawkins has been a featured knife designer for many years in popular -
Fixed Blades
&
Folders
print publications, such as Blade Magazine, Knives Illustrated, Field & Stream -
Personal Protection Knives
and has been featured on knifemaking shows seen on PBS
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All Knives Available Now
Ralph Boos
"I personally am intrigued by detail and accuracy in miniature. Some of my -
Miniature Japanese Weapons
pieces have taken me a year or more to create, I even created a 1/19th scale
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Miniature Medieval Weapons
WW II German Mauser K98 rifle which took me two years to make."
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Miniature WWII Weapons
Ralph D'Elia, jr.
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Ralph Turnbull
Ralph Turnbull strives to deliver a high quality product that captures both -
Custom Fixed
&
Folding Knives
artistic merit and practical utility. Turnbull is well known for his trademark -
Butterfly Knives
&
Catepillar Style
butterfly knives as well as his fancy folding knives.
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Knives Available for Sale
Ram Maramba
Ram Maramba is a part-part-time knifemaker in Allen, TX. He has been
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Fixed Blade Knives
making knives for about three years; the first two in Larry Davidson's shop -
Custom Folding Knives
and one in his own, creating knives mainly in the tactical realm.
Ricardo Vilarde
R. Vilarde studied knifemaking under Steve Johnson. " Obviously, my style is -
Integrals
&
Full Tang Knives
a combination greatly influenced by Johnson and Kressler. My hope is to
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Custom Interframe Knives
incorporate the best of both their styles to produce knives of excellent quality" -
Knives Available for Sale
Reese Weiland
Reese Weiland is a custom knifemaker who makes Fixed, Folding Knives and -
Art Knives & Folding Knives
KMG
swords. He has been a member of the Knifemaker's Guild since 1988. There - Fighting & Hunting Knives
are several designs to choose from. He will also work with custom orders. - Folding Art Knives
Raymond Smith
I prefer to make knives that are functional and that relate to the older patterns. -
Fixed Blade Damascus Knives
ABS
I make Traditional, Roger's Rangers and Pipe Hawks as well as Fort Megs - Hand Forged Hunting Knives
Hatchets. Slip joint folders, in Barlow style, are another favorite.
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Custom Knives Available for Sale
Raymond Richard
Raymond Richard of "Off-Beat Forge" specializes in custom Tomahawks as -
Custom Knives
well as hand forged custom knives, mainly fixed blades, of various styles. -
Hand Crafted Tomahawks
True tools for the avid outdoorsman.
Raymond Coon
Raymond Coon has been making knives using his own Damascus since 1984. -
Damascus Tactical Knives
Styles include fancy folding knives, daggers and other fixed blade knives as -
Custom Folding Knives
well as axes. Very nice work. -
Damascus Daggers
Ray Rogers
Ray Rogers is a full time knifemaker who specializes in liner lock folders and -
Custom Fixed Blade
&
Folding Knives
professional chef's knives but also makes a few sporting knives. His knives are -
Custom Kitchen Knives
made one at a time to the customer's order.
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E-Tour His Knife Shop
Ray Kirk
Kirk is a full time knife maker and have passed the American Bladesmith
-
Custom Tactical Knives
ABS
Society's requirements for Master Smith. won the first cutting contest at
- Hand Forged Damascu Knives
Mesquite with knives made from his custom Damascus Mix.
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Hand Forged Knives For Sale
Randy "R.K." Stevens
This site is not currently available. We will check back.
Randy Doucette
Doucette is self-taught knife maker with a background in machining and Tool -
Custom Tactical Knives
Die. The knives he maks are crafted one at a time. His specialties are designing -
Custom Folding Knives
functional, original knives, file work blade tangs and grinding blade bevels. -
Damascus Knives
Rick "Bear Bone" Smith
One of my specialties involves crafting authentic period style knives for
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Custom Fixed Blade Knives
Cowboy Action Shooters, Old West collectors and 1800 reenactment groups -
Leather Sheaths
I make knives from the materials that were available during those eras.
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Price Breakdown
Richard Wright
Richard Wright made his first Automatic Folding Knife in 1991 and has been a -
Damascus Auto Folders
fulltime knifemaker ever since. The folders he makes are all one of a kind and -
Custom Switchblades
range in design from large folding fighters to small gents pocket knives.
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Knives Available for Sale
Richard Spitzl
Richard Spitzl's Fine Handcrafted Knives is a beautiful web site, only problem -
Custom Fixed Knife Gallery
is that it is all in German. Spitzl has a shop, Knives Spitzl [Messer Spitzl]
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Hand Crafted Broadsword
located outside of Munchen, in Southern Germany.
Richard Self
I've been a wood worker most of my life. I decided in 1991 to try to make
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Custom Fixed Blade Knives
knives, and made my first one out of a band saw blade. From there it just
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Custom Folding Knives
grew to what you see now.
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Knife Gallery
Richard Epting
I build folders and fixed blades using high carbon steel and my own damascus -
Damascus Fixed
&
Folding Knives
I enjoy working with natural materials such as mastodon, pearl, coral, stag -
Furnature and Leather
and exotic hardwoods. All of my knives are made by me from start to finish." -
Knives Available for Sale
Richard A. Ramsey
R.A. Ramsey studied oil painting, woodcarving and jewelry making before -
Custom Hunting Knives
entering into knifemaking. He also worked as a welder for 23 years prior to -
Hunters, Skinners & Bowie Knives
knife-making career. He attended the American Bladesmith School in 1991
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Knives Available for Sale
Rich McDonald
Rich McDonald is inspired by designs from America's early history. Here, -
Hand Forged Custom Knives
ABS
you will find the finest in forged cutlery and hand-crafted leather items. - Hand Forged Tomahawks
Rich McDonald is a member of the American Bladesmith Society -
Knives Available for sale
Ricardo & Roberto Lala
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Rudy Zirlin
Rudy Zirlin recieved blacksmithing training in Zlatoust, the most famous arms -
Custom Steel
&
Damascus Knives
& armor making center in Russia). Rudy is an influencial artist at the Tikotin -
Custom Swords
&
Axes
Museum of Japanese art (2002) andthe Israeli National Maritime Museum.
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Tsubas for Samurai Swords
Ross Tyser
Ross Tyser started making knives in 1995. work primarily in the “stock
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Custom Hand Forged Knives
ABS
removal” method. Utilizing 440-C stainless barstock. Tyser is a member of the -
Fine Damascus Knives
AKA
Arkansas Knifemaker's Association and the American Bladesmith Society.
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Knives Available for Sale
Roger M. Green
Site not currently available. We will check back.
Rick Dunkerley
Rick attained the American Bladesmith Society Mastersmith rating in 1997, -
Damascus Fixed
&
Folders
ABS
and in 2002 was selected to the Board of Directors of that organization. He has -
Custom Damascus Patterns
been a full-time knifemaker since 1996
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Knives Available for Sale
Rick Eaton
I prefer one-of-a-kind art pieces. My specialties are art folders and art daggers. -
Custom Fixed
&
Folders
With folders, he offers several models with a step-down on the handle front, -
Knifemaker's Awards
which gives the illusion of being a fixed blade. Awesome custom art knives. -
Knives Available for Sale
Rick Frigault
Rick Frigault is forty four year old knifemaker from Niagara Falls, Ontario. All -
Custom Tactical Knives
CKG
his knives can be made in ATS-34, 440C, D-2 or Damascus steels while handles -
Custom Hunting Knives
consist of G-10, Micarta, Antler, Ivory, Ironwood and other stabilized woods. -
Contact Information
Rik Palm
Rick Palm prefers using high carbon steels because it allows me to forge, heat -
Custom Knive Gallery
ABS
treat, and fit-n-finish a complete knife from start to finish. All of my knives are -
Knifemaker's Information
"One of a kind creations". Some are single edition designs.
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Knives Available for Sale
Rob Brown
Rob Brown works from his shop in South Africa building knives to order, one -
Utility
&
Hunting Knives
at a time. His aim is to produce a wide variety of investor class, quality fixed -
Boot
&
Fighting Knives
blade knives for the collector and discerning user.
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Historical Knives