Drop Point Knives
Here are a variety of drop
point blades, some in classic designs and some right out of my
imagination. Like the Bowie knife, drop points are a timeless style and alot
of fun to make.
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"Mammoth & Box Elder" Drop Point
This drop point has a 4 3/4"
blade of 3-bar composite, high carbon damascus steel. The contoured guard
is nickle-silver. The handle is dyed Box Elder Burl wood with a throat of
Mammoth Leg bone (both are
stabilized) and black spacers with a stainless steel pin. This knife comes
with a tooled leather blade
sheath in a "Quilt" pattern. The knife's total length is 9 1/4"
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $450.00
"Badger" Drop Point in Ironwood Burl
The blades cutting edge is approx. 3" with an overall length of approx. 7 3/16". The handle scales are
A-grade Desert Ironwood Burl with stainless steel handle bolts. The knife comes with a tooled
leather pouch sheath with a belt loop.
Drop Point "Pocket Knife"
This slender drop point has all the
cutting potential of a hunter but, sits comfortably in your pocket for
EDC carry. The 3 11/16" blade is forged from 52100 high carbon steel with an
antiqued finish.
The guard is nickle-silver with a black fullered spacer and the handle is
stabilized Brown
Ebony with a stainless steel pin. This knife is 8" total length and comes
with a tooled
leather pouch sheath with a pocket clip.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $375.00
"Iron & Stag" Drop Point
This drop point knife has a sharper
profile close to a spear point design with a top bevel that cuts down
the face of the blade but, not far into the thickness allowing for an
easier cut without loosing strength.
The blade itself is 4 3/8" of 400+ layer high carbon/wrought iron damascus
steel. The guard and
butt-cap are nickle-silver with a handle of Sambar stag and a throat of
grade-A Desert Ironwood
Burl with nickle-silver spacer. The knife has an overall length of
9" and comes with a tooled
leather blade sheath with an Alligator inlay and belt loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $450.00
"Bear" Hunter- Drop Point
rest (9 1/2" overall). The contoured guard is etched "wagon wheel" wrought iron. The handle is
Curly Maple with a throat of California Buckeye Burl (both stabilized) with a black spacer
and stainless steel pin. The leather pouch sheath has a full carved, colored Brown Bear
that wraps around the sheath into the belt loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $500.00
Amboyna Drop Point Hunter
This knife has a 6" drop point blade
of 608 layer "Thunderhead" high carbon damascus steel, overall.
The contoured guard is nickle-silver. The handle is stabilized Amboyna
Burl wood with a throat
of Obsidian stone, a black spacer and stainless steel pins. The knife
comes with a
tooled leather blade sheath with a "Striking Eagle" carving.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $550.00
Drop Point "Pack Hunter"
This small
pack/pocket hunter has a 4" blade of high carbon "frontier" damascus steel
3/16" thick with a
top bevel down the entire spine length. The knife has an guard and butt-cap
of nickle-silver and a handle
of Sambar stag with a throat of stabilized/dyed green Maple Burl wood and
green spacers. The overall
length of this knife is 8 1/4". The knife comes with a leather "pack/pocket"
sheath that has a
Pig-skin overlay on the face and a nickle snap.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $400.00
"Mountain Primitive" Drop Point
9 1/2" total length. The blade is soaked/scrubbed in white vinegar repeatedly for an antiqued finish. The
guard and pommel are forge piened wrought iron and deeply etched. The tang goes straight through the