War Horse Neck Knife with Damascus

Product Description for War Horse Neck Knife with Damascus

Maker: Daniel Winkler, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 96472
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 2.75 in.
Total length: 6.00 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.90 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.20 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.17 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.06 in.
Item weight: 2.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 6.0 oz.
Blade: Damascus forged from carbon steels
Bolster: Sinew
Handle: Ancient walrus ivory with Scrimshaw by Linda Karst-Stone
Sheath: Karen Shook frontier style painted rawhide neck sheath with tin cone, antique glass trade beads and horse hair decoration
Description: Daniel Winkler and Karen Shook work together to create knives that have a timeless beauty that will quickly become family heirlooms. Their name is well known in re-enactment circles throughout the world and movie buffs may recognize their work in films such as Last of the Mohicans. Their knives have an authenticity rarely found in other maker's work.
Finding Daniel and Karen's knives has become increasingly difficult. This Neck Knife was made in the late 1990s and has been meticulously cared for. By all appearances, it could have been made yesterday.
This knife has a tremendous sense of presence. The damascus blade was forged to shape from carbon steels. The distal tapered blade provides a perfect balance. Like many knives of the American frontier, the flats feature a rasp texture. Frequently, early American knives were re-purposed, worn out files and rasps turned into knives. Here, Daniel has forged a rasp texture into the steel.
The handle is formed from ancient walrus ivory. The ivory was scrimshawed by renowned artist Linda Karst-Stone. A detailed Native American war horse is depicted on the maker's side.
The knife is accompanied by a sheath by Karen Shook. The frontier style sheath is formed from rawhide and hand painted by Karen. Very few sheaths were painted over the years by Karen due to the immense difficulty of the process. Leather fringe is decorated with antique glass trade beads, tin cones, and horse hair.
This is an exceptionally rare find from Daniel and Karen -- in fact, it was rare to find knives of this stature by them even when their work was more generally available.


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