Heorot Knives

08/03/2024

I have been down with the spicy cough all week and not getting much done. but I have updated the sock on my website.

There are new knives for sale and even some blog stuff

Hand made damascus steel knives and other craft.

24/02/2024

All my blades are forged and for this reason they require several thermal cycles. The performance of the blade will depend on achieving the best compromise of hardness and toughness. In order to do this, we follow a precise process. There is no mystery in what we are doing, each steel has extensive data available it has been tested and studied....

All my blades are forged and for this reason they require several thermal cycles. The performance of the blade will depend on achieving the best compromise of hardness and toughness. In order to do…

09/02/2024

17/12/2023

We are one week out from Xmas and as many know this is when people who make things for a living sell them.

It is important that we put money back into community and buy quality items made by the people around you, that will be cherished rather than giving more to corporations for rubbish that they sell.

This year has been hard for Canterbury makers inflation means that there is less money around, a wet spring has ruined markets, and election rhetoric has scared people. so if you could throw some Xmas shopping there way they need it way more than Big Junk does.

Check out your local markets and galleries there is something for everyone.

On although totally unrelated I have a small amount of Xmas stock here great knives for hunting, cooking and reenactors.

02/08/2023

I tapper tangs on all full tang knifes it looks great and improves the balance

01/11/2022

29/09/2022

same knife I have mounted on magnet to get angle so that I can use Tripod I have as suggested made some changes and turned off auto I feel that it is better but will need to clean and try again I want more shiny yet.

28/09/2022

I have been playing with new camera and have a long way to go.
The Knife is a bit of fusion the blade is inspired by the Gaucho Knives of south America and the handle and bolster are inspired by a Kard in the Met. I then pinched the line of the Swedge from Howard Clark.

Swedge or sometimes swage is a knife making that describes the false edge on the spine of the blade.

The Blade is made from 4 bars of twisted crushed Ws ground down from 10 mm to 4 mm to get the twist to really pop.

03/04/2022

I have just completed this small Bird Knife prototype so that the client can see what I intend to do with his special materials.

The Blade is 150 layers of 1084/15N20 damascus Patterned with twised crushed Ws.

The handle is Paper micarta.

Overall length is 210 mm blade 90 mm
harness is 59 Rc

07/09/2021

Carving and BBQ Knife the blade is 1084/15N20 damascus steel and the handle is a beautiful dyed and stabilized Maple burl from Aleksbekwood Most of you have seen this today as the model in discussion on better photos.