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A bunch of other stuff I made in my career before 2017. Some handle and carving close-ups here too.
A bunch of other stuff I made in my career before 2017. Some handle and carving close-ups here too.
Mastersmith Test set
This is my Mastersmith test set. I earned my MS rating in June 2010 and won the BR Hughes award for best Mastersmith test knife (the dagger.)
(Point Seven photo)
MS Dagger
My Mastersmith test dagger that earned me the BR Hughes awards in June 2010.
(Point Seven photo)
Journeyman Test set
This is my J.S. test set with two alternates (the integral camp and small B&T knife.) I could be wrong, but I think I'm the only J.S. to test with two daggers.
(Point Seven photo.)
W2 Fighter in display stand
Weighted Koa display stand for this guy - with change tray - just for fun.
handle set
carved chef handle
spine shot
Matching handle set
W2 fighter
Box Elder Burl handle with Koa cap on this rare beauty.
Punch Knife
One of my favorite pieces. I should make more of these... If only anyone wanted to buy one...
Punch Knife in Stand
That has got to be the coolest paperweight I have ever made!!!
Damascus EDC
Photo by Kyle Royer
Red Kiba
AEB-L neck-knife. Laser-cut skeleton handle w/red paracord wrap. HT by Peter's.
Lisch, Rader knives
One of my photos of the set.
Orange/Black Kiba
AEB-L neck-knife.
Ivory and Koa Suji
Another view of the Koa and Ivory handle.
Ivory and copper spacers w/ivory pin
Two display stands
I found these in my photo archives and forgot I made them. Wow! I need to make more of these elegant display stands for my swords.
Black Kiba
AEB-L neck-knife.
Koa handle
Curly Koa, Box Elder Burl and Koa end-cap on the Honesuki.
Koa handle
Koa, Box Elder Burl and Koa endcap on this great little handle for the boning knife.
Desk Stand
Damascus chef
Here is the handle on that one. Curly Mango with Box Elder accent and beautiful Koa endcap.
Maple Burl handle
W2 chef with Mango handle
Love how this turned out.
Three Knives
Pearwood Chef on top. 52100 blade w/mustard finish. A W2 Kuhkri with Maple burl w/box Elder burl handle in middle - Mokume spacer behind forged integral bolster on this guy too. And a (very rare) paring knife with damascus blade and Koa handle.
Wavy Maple Handle
"Wavy Maple" handle.
Handle
Handle from the 8" Maple chef.
Handle close up
Love how this light and dark Koa works together. And, I wish I could re-produce this damascus, but I have no idea what I did to make it like this. Truly one-of-a-kind.
two handles
Flying dragons handle
Damascus by David Lisch, of course. Koa and Ivory handle.
My wedding ring
I made this for myself with Dave Lisch's mosaic damascus.
Handle
Got to love the Koa and Ivory.
Feather chef
An amazing piece of Feather damascus created by David Lisch is the backbone of this baby. I hope to get more of this for future collaborations.
Chef handle
Display box
52100 Bowie
A great Bowie I made and is the last of my J.S. knives that I've sold. It was an alternate test knife for my mastersmith test (didn't need to use it.) Glad it found a new home.
(Bladegallery photo)
Blood Red Skies
Non-traditional Damascus Tanto w/Bloodwood stand.
(Blade Gallery photo)
Mini-CRU belt knife
My Carbon River Utility belt knife w/kydex sheath. Ipe' handle.
(Blade Gallery photo)
Pay-it-forward dagger
A forged-integral 1086 dagger I made for a charity started on Blade Forums. 100% of the proceeds went to the Wounded Warriors Foundation. Koa and Blackwood handle w/damascus pommel.
Small Tanto
This is a small "Stick-Tanto" with display stand.
Small stick-tanto
This is the "Stick-Tanto" open.
Sword tip
Just a little shot of damascus on the tip of a Dha.
Ktichen Mag-stand
Seeing this magnetic stand reminds me that I need to make this available to more of my kitchen knife customers. Isn't this great? The bar across the bottom is solid hexagonal brass. Very solid.
Caffrey Broaches
I made these up for Ed Caffrey because he gave me a damascus hammer at a show. I knew he wanted some scrapers and I made them up out of my damascus and put on fancy Black Palm scales w/hidden pins.
Ivory cap
A very nice Fossilized Walrus Ivory end-cap for one of the Chef knives I recently made.
Magnetic block.
Another pic of the mag-block.
Knife handle
Nice shot of some Curly Koa.
Dagger in stand
A nice little damascus dagger with sword-in-the-stone style display stand.
Dagger pommel
Davis Fighter
A small "fighter" with damascus blade by John Davis.
Davis Hunter
A collaboration piece with damascus from John Davis. Handle is Maple Burl with Curly Maple inserts.
Damascus Bowie guard
A Bowie handle
CRU knife
One of my original, "Carbon River Utility" knives.
CRU knife
Damascus close-up
Inlay handle
Knife
Schempps Cane
This is a sword-cane knob using some of Ed Schempps very cool "basket weave" damascus.
Sedition
Desk stand
Carbon River Utility knife
This was one of my Mastersmith Test knives. The forged integral style knife is my favorite and I'm really happy how the Curly Koa and Box Elder Burl handle turned out.
(Blade Gallery photo)
Damascus Integral Camp-knife
Just a nice all around worker. Handle is Curly Koa. Spacers are Copper and G-10. I don't make sheaths any more, so don't even ask :-)
(Blade Gallery photo)
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utility handle
santoku handle
Light Koa handle
Box Elder Burl
A great end-cap shot for ya from my ultra-rare W2 bowie.
end-cap
Ivory
Teak Burl Santoku
My first Teak Burl handle on this Santoku. Looks great with the African Blackwood if I do say so myself. W2 blade w/hamon line.
Maple and Koa handle
Maple and Koa, w/G-10 and copper spacer.
Blue Kiba
AEB-L neck-knife.
Koa handle
Close-up of a very nice piece of Koa. End-cap is a two-wood blend with a little sculpting.
Box Elder Burl handle
Close up of the handle on the W2 chef.
3V camping/tactical knives
Some of the high-performance knives I made with Defiance Knives.
Mango handle
Handle for stainless Gyuto. Curly Mango from Steve Hughes (www.sheltonpacific.com) with Box Elder accent. Cap is Walnut burl. Spacers are G-10 and copper.
Damascus EDC.
Koa and damascus on this little guy. Forged integral guard.
EDC Koa handle
Ivory, copper and G-10 spacers. Accent is Ivory with Koa endcap.
W2 Chef handle
That Bog Oak has really cool brown streaks running through it. (I didn't quite capture it here... sorry.)
12" Feather-Chef handle
Handle is Maple Burl with Blackwood accent; cap is Box Elder Burl.
Maple Burl Handle
Maple Burl, Box Elder accent and Koa endcap.
Other side of Mosaic damascus chef
Note: "D. Lisch" logo on right-hand side of all blades I make featuring David Lisch's damascus.
W2 Hamon
On of my best Hamon lines on this W2 slicer.
Photo by Steve Hansen
Neck Knives
Just a couple 52100 neck-knife prototypes I made up. These are laser-cut and my wife, Kim, is helping me with the heat-treating, some of the initial grinding and sheaths. Experimented with G-10 inserts here.
Wooden bowl
Here is a bowl that I put together for Kim to turn. I loved that project and we will make more like this later.
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Lisch damascus feather
Koa Funayaki
My first finger choil/furl with forged integral bolster on this little Funayaki. Koa and Koa handle.
Just lovely
bolster shot