Have the yen to build our your collection? Just need a sharp new blade? Check out these new knives for May and build out your wish list.
Eyes always peeled, we’re on the look out for the latest and the greatest. We think we’ve found a bevvy of them this May. So, with out further adieu, here’s our latest round of new knives to add to your wish list.
Pearce Richardson Silver Swan
Model type: Chef’s knife
Blade length: 8”
Blade material: Mosaic damascus of 1084 carbon and 15N20 nickel alloy steels
Blade grind: Flat
Scales: Turkish olive wood root burl
Bolster: Mild steel
Overall length: 13.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $6,500
Knife to know: The maker’s mark on the blade is brass inlaid; Pearce Richardson is an apprentice smith in the American Bladesmith Society
Maker: Pearce Richardson, icarusforge.com (SharpByCoop image)
Daniel Keown Big City Fighter
Knife type: Slipjoint
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade steel: AEB-L stainless
Blade grind: Hollow dagger
Handle frame: 416 stainless
Scales: Mammoth ivory
Bolsters: 416 stainless
Liners: Integral
Closed length: 3.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,800
Maker: Daniel Keown, (SharpByCoop image)
Josh Hults Camp Knife
Blade length: 4.5”
Blade material: 1085H carbon steel
Blade grind: Flat-ground integral
Scales: G-carta
Bolster: Forged integral
Overall length: 9.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $500
Knife to know: Josh Hults is a journeyman smith in the American Bladesmith Society
Maker: Josh Hults, southern-forge.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Josh Wisor Dress Slipjoint
Blade length: 3”
Blade material: Feather damascus
Blade grind: Flat
Handle frame: Stainless steel
Scales: Mammoth ivory
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,300
Knife to know: Josh Wisor is a journeyman smith in the American Bladesmith Society
Maker: Josh Wisor, wisorforge.com (SharpByCoop image)
Erik Greiner Hunter
Blade length: 4.25”
Blade material: 80CrV2 carbon steel w/hamon
Blade grind: Flat w/secondary edge bevel
Scales: Dolf wood
Spacers: Oryx horn and warthog tusk liners
Guard: Antiqued brass
Overall length: 8.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $450
Knife to know: Erik Greiner is a journeyman smith in the American Bladesmith Society
Maker: Erik Greiner, greinerblades.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Rudy Dean Fighter
Blade length: 11.75”
Blade material: 136 layers of colored damascus
Blade grind: Full flat
Scales: Stag
Guard material: Nickel silver
Spacer: Nickel silver
Overall length: 17”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $1,750
Knife to know: Rudy Dean is a journeyman smith in the American Bladesmith Society
Maker: Rudy Dean, rudydeancustomknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Honoré Vilain No. 7 Slipjoint
Blade length: 3”
Blade steel: RWL-34 stainless by Damasteel
Blade pattern: Clip point
Handle frame: Z40 stainless
Scales: Vintage rag Micarta®
Liners: G-10
Bolsters: Integral
Closed length: 4.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: Contact maker for pricing
Maker: Honoré Vilain (SharpByCoop image)
Jason Coy Clip-Point Hunter
Blade length: 4.5”
Blade material: 80CrV2 carbon steel
Blade grind: Flat
Scales: Walnut
Handle pin: Bronze, domed
Guard material: Bronze
Spacers: Black fiber and copper
Overall length: 9.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $500
Maker: Jason Coy, jasoncoyknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Gary Langley Subhilt Fighter
Blade length: 6.25”
Blade steel: CPM 154 stainless
Scales: Mammoth ivory
Guard & subhilt: 416 stainless
Overall length: 11.5”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: Contact maker for pricing
Knife to know: Gary Langley is a voting member of The Knifemakers’ Guild
Maker: Gary Langley, gllangley.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Bubba Crouch Trapper Skinner
Knife pattern: Trapper skinner
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade material: Copper san-mai by Baker Forge
Blade grind: Hollow
Scales: Barky mammoth ivory
Bolster: Integral
Liners: 416 stainless steel
Backspring: Heat-colored CPM 154 stainless
Closed length: 4.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,200
Maker: Bubba Crouch (Jocelyn Frasier image)
Eliot Maldonado Folding Fighter
Blade length: 3”
Blade material: Mosaic damascus by Curt Zimmerman and Kelly Vermeer Vella
Blade grind: Hollow
Blade pattern: Clip point
Blade opener: Flipper
Bolster material: Same as blade
Bolster design: Double keyhole
Scales: Koa
Handle hardware: Titanium
Lock: Linerlock
Closed length: 4”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $2,200
Maker: Eliot Maldonado (Jocelyn Frasier image)
William Zermeno Folder
Blade length: 3.5”
Blade steel: CPM 154 stainless
Blade @thickest: 3/16”
Blade grind: Hollow
Handle frame: 160 titanium milled out
Scales: FatCarbon®
Handle screws: Titanium
Lock: Framelock
Lock stabilizer: Titanium
Pocket clip: Titanium
Closed length: 5.25”
Maker’s price for a similar knife: $550
Maker: William Zermeno, wdzknives.com (Jocelyn Frasier image)
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