Hand-forged Roe Deer Antler Friction Folder / 15n20 blade / Roe Antler Handle / UK Legal Carry

Hand-forged Roe Deer Antler Friction Folder / 15n20 blade / Roe Antler Handle / UK Legal CarryHand forged Style Viking Friction Folder Carbon Steel blade with Roe Antler handle UK Legal CarryBlade Material: 80crv2Handle Material: Scottish StagBlade Length: 70mmBlade Thickness: 3mmHandle Length: 105mmTotal knife length: 180mmThis knife is a small UK legal folding knife that is inspired by Anglo Saxon and Viking age folding knives found at various archaeological sites around Europe. The 70mm blade is hand forged from 15N20 carbon steel, whilst

Hand-forged Style Viking Friction Folder / Carbon Steel blade with Roe Antler handle / UK Legal Carry

Blade Material: 80crv2
Handle Material: Scottish Stag
Blade Length:  70mm
Blade Thickness: 3mm
Handle Length: 105mm
Total knife length: 180mm

This knife is a small UK legal folding knife that is inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Viking age folding knives found at various archaeological sites around Europe. 

The 70mm blade is hand forged from 15N20 carbon steel, whilst the handle is carved from a single piece of Roe Antler antler.

This knife comes with a custom fitted leather neck pouch, hand-sewn with artificial sinew and sealed/waterproofed with a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax from our own apiares.

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All my knives are forged by hand using traditional bladesmithing methods at Willslock Forge in Staffordshire, England. Each knife has been forged from high carbon steel. I usually use either 1080, 01 or 1095, and sometimes antique historical steels such as crucible steel or shear steel.

I usually forge as close to finish as possible, creating the knife shape and setting the bevels on the anvil. For all of my historical work, my aim is to make my knives with minimal use of power tools, and I take a lot of inspiration from historical knifemaking and smithing techniques.

The handles are all carved by hand and made from locally sourced wood, bone and antler - I avoid using any plastics, resins or synthetic materials.  Wherever I can, I try to repurpose salvaged and upcycled materials in order to create beautiful new knives and tools.  I usually leave a brut de forge, or forge finish, on most of my blades because I like that the hammer marks tell the story of the knife's creation on the anvil, and the forge finish differentiates the knife from all the mass-produced, factory made knives out there.