[RESERVED FOR JON] Hand-forged Viking Style Friction Folder with Laminated Iron & Steel Blade & Wenge Wood Scales / UK Legal Carry

[RESERVED FOR JON] Hand-forged Viking Style Friction Folder with Laminated Iron & Steel Blade & Wenge Wood Scales / UK Legal CarryHand forged Viking friction folder Pattern Welded Blade Wych Elm Burl scales with steel liners UK Legal CarryBlade Material: Hand forged 1084 & 15n20 Damascus Handle Material: Steel Liners, Wych Elm Burl scales and Stainless Steel PinsBlade Length: 80mm (75mm cutting edge)Tang Style: Extended folding tangBlade Thickness: 3mmHandle Length: 110mmTotal knife length: 190mmThis knife is a UK legal folding knife that is inspired by Anglo Saxon and Viking

Hand forged Viking friction folder /  Pattern Welded Blade / Wych Elm Burl scales with steel liners / UK Legal Carry

Blade Material: Hand-forged 1084 & 15n20 Damascus
Handle Material: Steel Liners, Wych Elm Burl scales and Stainless Steel Pins
Blade Length:  80mm (75mm cutting edge)
Tang Style: Extended folding tang
Blade Thickness: 3mm
Handle Length: 110mm
Total knife length: 190mm


This knife is a UK legal folding knife that is inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Viking age folding knives found at various archaeological sites around Europe. This particular blade is forged from 1084 & 15n20 Damascus steel. Known as 'piled steel', this type of layered pattern-welding was a common construction method for Viking age and early medieval knives.  With a high-carbon cutting edge and a flat grind, you'll find that the knife has excellent edge retention and is easy to sharpen. The diferential temper on the spine gives the blade extra toughness and flex .

The thumb tab has been forged into a serpentine scroll that slots between the liners when the knife is open. The handle itself is made from steel liners & backspacers with Wych Elm Burl scales. The handle is assembled with stainless steel pins that that have been countersunk and hand-peined.

The knife is accompanied by a hand-sewn leather pocket slip with a lanyard hole, allowing you to attach the knife to a lanyard for belt or neck carry. The leather has been sealed and waterproofed with a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax from our own apiaries.

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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.