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3.5″ Bose/Hampton Trappers

These knives are based on Tony’s Wharncliffe Trapper pattern, a two blade knife.  We made this pair for fundraising purposes for the National Knife Collectors Association.    Tony made the clip knife and I made the Wharncliffe.  They are both covered with Case Chestnut Bone and have a pinned, 410 SS bullock shield, 410 stainless rattail bolsters, and 154CM […]

3 3/4 Ivory Norfolk "0"

This is the first one of these patterns for me and another first;  Two blade knife with pivots on both ends on a single spring.  The Norfolk is a very old pattern first made by Joseph Rodgers and Sons of Sheffield, England in the later part of the 1800s.  Norfolk is the name of the […]

4 1/2" Black "Bose" BackPocket

The Bose BackPocket knife was a design that Tony Bose came up with to provide a big slip joint that would ride nicely in the back pocket of jeans.  He says that he has carried large pocket knives in his back pocket next to his wallet for years and has never lost one.

This knife is […]

3 5/8″ Bone Teardrop Jack

Recently completed, this teardrop jack single blade was the first one of this pattern that I have made.   Tony Bose graciously shares the patterns he has refined over the years and this is one of those.  This knife can be made as a harness jack with a secondary punch blade.

This knife is covered with Case […]

Ivory Wharncliffe Trapper w/caps

This is a Bose pattern Wharncliffe Trapper.  The blades and springs are made of A2 tool steel and etched for effect. The rest of the hardware is stainless steel and the knife is covered with ivory.  This is the first knife I have done with caps…those are the shiney things that look like bolsters on […]