RAILE CAPER Designed by and made for Dr. Gordon Raile. It has a 3 1/2" blade of hand-rubbed satin finished S30V steel, sanded and polished caribou antler handle scales, nickel silver guard and a black linen micarta butt.   RAILE SEMI-SKINNER Another knife designed and made for Dr. Raile. The 3 3/4" hand-rubbed satin finish blade is made out of ATS-34 stainless. Handle scales are silver-black Pakkawood. $290 with sheath.

FOLDING CARVER Made for Mr. Ed Sims, a carver who wanted to carry a carving knife with him. The 1 3/4" blade is S30V steel and the scales are quarter sawn Pakkawood.

3 3/4" Trapper An elephant ivory trapper made for Mr. James Culpepper. Blades are S30V steel. Closed length is 3 3/4".     Filework on back tie the two springs together. This shows the liners of Hawaiian Koa. In 25 years of using Koa backing I have never had any ivory spit, check or crack.      Model 3 Caper Koa backing used again on this knife.         This model 3 caper was custom made for Mr. Robert D'angelo. He saw the Raile caper above and wanted a smaller one. It is made with S30V steel and is just 5 7/8" long with a 2" cutting edge.   The handle is elephant ivory over Hawaiian koa. The stunning scrimshaw was performed by Elizabeth Dolbare.

A GENTLEMAN'S FOLDER   This is my model C4 folder using Devin Thomas ladder pattern double stainless damascus. The bolsters and pins are nickel silver and scales are mammoth ivory. The blade is 3". This was created for Mr. Jack Rifenbark. A recent comment from Jack: You were right about the Devin Thomas double stainless damascus. It cuts wonderfully.

First miniture Here is the results of a model p162 purchased by Mr. Mike Ley of Colorado and a 2" mini made in its likeness by his request. Both are full tang ATS-34 with nickel silver bolsters and Hawaiian curly koa scales.     Medallion inlayed in Mammoth tooth handle This knife was made for Mr. Ron Bokowy. The blade is 4 1/4" S30V stainless, guard and butt are nickel silver, the narrow tang goes though a solid block of mammoth tooth. Mr. Bokowy supplied the bronze eagle head medallion. The whole handle is protected with layers of super glue, flat filed to a smooth finish, sanded and polished.

This art knife was commissioned by Steve Adams. It is the same 7" blade as THE RADICAL above that is damascus. Steve requested some changes to the blade, which is S30V, a New Zealand red stag segmented handle and stainless guard and butt.

One evening at 11:00 in the UK, Mr. Paul Symonds realized while browsing my webesite that a miniture of one of my Model 146 skinners would look neat with fossil walrus ivory. Here is the result using a fossil walrus tooth, the MS11FW (Mini Skinner-11 pm-Fossil Walrus). This was only the second mini I have ever made. In a different way they are just as difficult and time comsuming as a full size knife.   These knives were made for a group of elk hunters. They all decided to order the same model #2 caper with their choice of handle material. They sent me their elk teeth to inlay on each side of the handle. There were also two others without inlays not pictured. The one on the left is desert ironwood and the other five are California buckeye. All are made with S30V steel. The sheaths have been dipped in a hot solution of Neatsfoot oil with parafin melted in it to weatherize them.     Model Mini A12 This S30V steel knife was created for Bob D'angelo to be just 6 5/8" long with a 2 5/8" cutting edge. The partitioned  handle is Hawaiian curly koa and mammoth ivory.     In 2006 Matt Hansen send me a photo from the back of a magazine and asked me if I could make this knife. The blade is 3 1/2" long with an 8 1/4" overall length. The scales are sambar stag, blade is S30V stainless, nickel silver guard & pins. This has become my Model H114. Priced at $325.   Al,   Just a follow-up email to let you know that the knife arrived safely here today. I'm a bit at a loss of words to describe   how pleased I am with it! What a fine piece of work and craftsmanship. Everything, including the sheath is well-fitted,   solid, and substantial. A well-made thing is a joy simply to hold, and this certainly bears that out.   Thank you again for putting a little bit of yourself into this knife. If I ever need another custom knife, I know who to get a hold of!   Regards, Matt Hansen   Al,   It's been awhile since I've been in touch, but I thought I'd drop you a line because I got to put my Warren custom knife to the test   tonight on dressing out an antelope in Wyoming. It's been about a year and a half since you made the knife for me, and this is the   first big game animal that I've gotten since that time, so I was eager to try it out.   I can't even tell you enough about how well the knife performed tonight. I skinned and boned-out the antelope in the field, and the   knife did everything I asked of it exceptionally well. The short, stout blade was easy to control. The Sambar stag handles stayed   put in my hand, even when they were wet.   As I mentioned to you before when you built the knife for me, this knife is going to be with me for a lifetime of hunts. Tonight was   just the first of many times that it will be put to work.   I'm just so pleased with it, and I had to write and let you know. You did a wonderful job for me! Thank you again so very, very much!   Warmest regards,   Matt Hansen   Lincoln, Nebraska   (writing from Laramie, Wyoming)   A two Stockman knife project for Steve Garrson This is a custom 4 1/4" stockman with mother-of-pearl scales built using the components of a factory made stockman as templates. This knife has stainless steel liners and bolster and S30V steel blade.   ******************************* This is the factory stockman that Mr. Garrson sent me which parts were used as templates to make the new custom with the mop scales. This knife originally had nickel silver bolsters, brass liners and gray colored wood scales . As a customized factory knife, the original blades and springs now have new stainless steel liners & bolsters and stag scales.     A special project knife for Charley Hanson that he wanted made similar in style to a knife made by Kazutoshi Tanabe. The 12" knife has a 6 1/2" blade of 1/4" thick S30V steel. Handle scales are carbon fiber and G10. Price: $950