Sooo, here are my knives. They are all made from HSS steel - specifically from sawblades used to cut mild steel - so they are hard to machine, but the payoff is that they can chop nails without any real damage! All except the Falcon are chisel ground.

Talon - my first project



Hideaway straight, sheath with button holes. Kudos to FrontSight for invention of two-finger capsule!



Double-edged karambit, bankerai scales, brass pins. My pride and joy.



Falcon, my newest blade, no sheath made yet. My first take on a normal, symmetrical grind. It was easier than I expected.


I would like to make myself a ginunting, but I lack a suitably long piece of steel. Still searching for one, though...

Steven wrote on Nov 27^th, 2006 at 8:59am:


yeah no kidding where can i get one ??

Nice blades Stenny. I really like your designs

Whee, so many positive responses! Thanks all for your kind words.
Yeah, I made these myself - I began with a rougly cut piece of HSS steel(these saw blades are so tough that oxy-acetylene torch can't cut them, plasma cutter had to be used!). Then angle grinder, Dremel, lots of sweat and some blood(and lots of swearing). I melted three HSS drill bits when I was drilling holes for pins in the karambit. The handle part is annealed, but it barely helped...
My metalworking experience is very limited, almost none. I just took my time with these knives and I think it shows .
Karambit? I can serve with a plasma-cut blank, I have a spare one. But the finished knife... well, pay me about 300 dollars and wait for a half a year - then, maybe, you can have one. Bankerai is a nasty thing to work with, splinters don't fester out, you have to pick them out with a needle and tweezers, one by one... Am I graphic enough? I hate that wood for working, but it has a nice texture and it doesn't warp with time.
The Falcon will be probably up for selling or trading, I just don't have the "bond" to it. It is a pretty nice knife, in all probability it can be stabbed through a car door without severe damage and it is sharp enough to shave, but I am not very attached to it, so if somebody would offer me something interesting...

Neat-o,
I am quite taken with the hideaway. I am surprised that you are new to knife making, they look professional. Great designs, looks like nice craftsmanship. Even the sheaths are great and that is an art in itself. You are talented.
You should share your talent with the world.
You should send a piece of your talent (like the hideaway)to Canada, to someone who will show it off and appreciate it(like me).
That would give you a great feeling of satisfaction.

(Seriously though, excellent work I am impressed.)

so with the hideaway, did you figure out the finger hole or find a way to get the pattern from the maker? 

very nice knives.

yes, that is what i meant by the way, about the handle being in line with the edge.  i understand about bashing your knuckles on a cutting board etc, but i don't have that problem as i often cut in the air for that sort of thing (super dangerous towards the thumb style)

yeah be carefull siguy wouldn't want you missing a thumb(or part off it)

If you did send the HAK you would feel better about the world in general...