JDWARE
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Zulu pattern Slip-Joint Folding Knife with Bark Bull Horn handles. Blade and spring of 3/32” O1 steel with French Grey finish.
Closed length is 4-5/8”” Blade is 3-1/2” Flat ground with a hand rubbed satin-finish, vine file work and thumb grooves. Nickel Silver liners (relieved), pins and file-worked top bolsters. The Silver Escutcheon is made from an 18th century Spanish Half Reale coin.
The handles are Bark Bull Horn. I collect the horns from La Corrida (the Bullfight) here in Merida and in the neighbouring pueblo of Motul. The Horn handles have a lot of character from all of the surface texture and scarring and beautiful coloring
This horn came from a bull fought by the world famous Spanish Rejoneador, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza (a Rejoneador fights from horseback). Below is a photo of Hermoso de Mendoza in action and a photo of me cutting a horn. I boil the horns to clean them and loosen the outer horn from the bone. The horns are boiled again to soften them, then pressed flat, dried and cut.
This knife is “under-bladed” meaning that in the open position, the spine of the blade is just slightly lower than the top surface of the backspring. This is an intentional design element that is typical of old Sheffield knives. Without this feature, over time, as a knife is used, the blade will want to “climb up” over the back spring. The backspring itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. There is no half-stop. The knife opens with a medium-easy pull.
Included is a handmade leather pocket sheath. $375 SOLD (including shipping via FedEx economical insured to US, Canada or Mexico. $15 extra to most of EU. By quote elsewhere)
If you'd like, I can engrave up to three initials in the Coin Silver Escutcheon for an additional $25
I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.
The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican and Spanish Colonial silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are nickel silver and are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.
Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES
If you want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal and credit cards.
Thanks for looking
J
Closed length is 4-5/8”” Blade is 3-1/2” Flat ground with a hand rubbed satin-finish, vine file work and thumb grooves. Nickel Silver liners (relieved), pins and file-worked top bolsters. The Silver Escutcheon is made from an 18th century Spanish Half Reale coin.
The handles are Bark Bull Horn. I collect the horns from La Corrida (the Bullfight) here in Merida and in the neighbouring pueblo of Motul. The Horn handles have a lot of character from all of the surface texture and scarring and beautiful coloring
This horn came from a bull fought by the world famous Spanish Rejoneador, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza (a Rejoneador fights from horseback). Below is a photo of Hermoso de Mendoza in action and a photo of me cutting a horn. I boil the horns to clean them and loosen the outer horn from the bone. The horns are boiled again to soften them, then pressed flat, dried and cut.
This knife is “under-bladed” meaning that in the open position, the spine of the blade is just slightly lower than the top surface of the backspring. This is an intentional design element that is typical of old Sheffield knives. Without this feature, over time, as a knife is used, the blade will want to “climb up” over the back spring. The backspring itself is flush with the liners in the open and closed positions. There is no half-stop. The knife opens with a medium-easy pull.
Included is a handmade leather pocket sheath. $375 SOLD (including shipping via FedEx economical insured to US, Canada or Mexico. $15 extra to most of EU. By quote elsewhere)
If you'd like, I can engrave up to three initials in the Coin Silver Escutcheon for an additional $25
I am a full time knifemaker working in Merida, Yucatan Mexico. I use almost exclusively local handle materials that I gather and mill or process myself. Dense tropical hardwoods as well as wild and ranched deer, cow, bull and water buffalo horns.
The silver escutcheons are made from old Mexican and Spanish Colonial silver coins and are pinned through the liners. You can still see some of the surface irregularities of the coins. All of the pins are nickel silver and are hammered over and left slightly proud of the handle. The decorative file work and carving are precise and carefully done, but you can also see that it was done by hand – I don’t sand or polish the file-cuts.
Please checkout my website for more information about my work JDWARE KNIVES
If you want to purchase this knife or have questions or comments, post here, pm me, or contact me through my website. I accept PayPal and credit cards.
Thanks for looking
J
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