The Latest.

NEW KNIVES!Scans of some of the latest.

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#161: Pretty marble handle with white, red and gray merle. Rare gray striped obsidian, 9.5" $155 p.p. #160, Marble handle, reddish with a little white (much harder than other marble, may be granite or similar), blade is of rare tiger stripe to midnight lace obsidian with a gold sheen in bright light, 10", $155 p.p. #159: White/yellow onyx-like stone, obsidian blade that looks like clouds in moonlight in a partially cloudy sky (without stars!), 10", $130 p.p.

#158: Tan with white marble handle, blade of rare tiger stripe with a gold sheen in bright light, 8.5", $155. #157: Tan/creme marble handle with blade of midnight lace obsidian with exceptional swirl, 9". Knife has excellent balance and feel in hand. $180 p.p.

#155: Dark green curly maple handle, obsidian blade with a slight rainbow sheen in bright light, and an unusual texture for obsidian. 10.25", $110 p.p. #153 (SOLD)has a dark red/cherry curly maple handle and black obsidian blade with a metallic with pink sheen in bright light. 10.5". #154 (SOLD) has a dark green curly maple handle and black obsidian blade, 11"

#152: Dark green curly maple handle with squared edge top and bottom, black obsidian blade. 9.75", $110 p.p. #156 has a dark red-cherry curly maple handle with black obsidian blade, 10.5", $110 p.p.

#146 (SOLD)has a curly maple handle with a blade of extremely rare obsidian from Lassen Creek CA that has a brilliant silver sheen when viewed in bright light. To the best of my knowledge, only one large chunk with this sheen has been found. 14 inches.

#149 (SOLD) has an osage orange handle with a black obsidian blade that has a nice pink sheen when viewed in bright light. 10 3/4 inches. $135 p.p. #145 (SOLD) has a handle made with off-white/yellow onyx, the blade is obsidian from Davis Creek CA and has stunning green-gold-rainbow sheen when viewed in bright light. 12 3/4 inches.

#147 (SOLD) has a black cherry handle with tiger stripe obsidian blade. 9 3/4". #148 (SOLD) has an osage orange handle and black obsidian blade. 10".

#151(SOLD) has a curly maple handle and midnight lace obsidian blade, 10 1/4". $100 p.p. #150 (SOLD)has a curly maple handle with a black obsidian blade. 10 1/4". $100 p.p.

#143 (SOLD) is a translucent black with gray swirls obsidian- like clouds on a moonlit night. The blade is narrower than my norm, but has a very nice flake pattern. The handle is a marble that is tan with olive hues, red lines and a quartz streak. 10" long. $125 p.p. 142 (SOLD) has a blade of creme-tan vitrolite, the old store front glass from the middle 1900's. The handle is Verde Antique serpentine/marble from Vermont. 10.5", $135 p.p.

(SOLD)The glass for this blade was created by my friend, John Cappelini, who has been mixing glass colors in a kiln for the purpose of creating special material for knapping. This time he created a landscape in glass, with land, sky and a brilliant sunrise. I had to have it, and the glass cost me far more than I've ever paid for material for any other blade. That wonderful landscape didn't flow with any knife design I could think of- until I turned the world upside down! I'm most pleased with the way the colors flow within the knives' outline. The Vermont Verde Antique serpentine/marble handle is made from the most highly featured example of that material I could find. Total length 13". $200 p.p. with display case, $175 without.

#140 (SOLD) has an obsidian blade with a pale sheen, and an interesting black/gray/blue chatoyant granite handle. 10"long. #138(SOLD) has an obsidian blade with a pale sheen in bright light and a red/white/gray/black marble handle. 10 3/8" long. $135 p.p. #139(SOLD) has a Burns Green obsidian blade with a handle of verde antique serpentine marble from Vermont. The knife has more of a green color than shows in the scan. 10 3/4", $155 p.p.

A friend has put in a lot of time expirementing with ways to melt different color glasses together. It's a complicated and difficult process, but I got my hands on some of the successes. This glass doesn't flake as well as homogeneous glass, but it sure is different. #134 (SOLD) has a pink/blue-gray blade and an orange-ish/tan marble handle. 9 1/2". $145 p.p. #136(SOLD) has aqua, white, chartruese, black, olive and blue with a highly featured Picasso marble handle. 11 3/4". $165 p.p. # 135 (SOLD) has the same colors as 136 and a Vermont Verde Antique marble handle with black, green and gray. 11". $155 p.p.

133, 132 and 131 top to bottom. A try at a new design. 133 has a cobalt glass blade from a studio light lense made by Corning in 1938 for the budding color movie industry in Hollywood and a handle of Vermont Verde Antique Marble. Length is 10". 132 (SOLD) is another Corning glass blade, in sky blue, and a pink and white marble handle. Length is 9 1/2". 131 is black obsidian with a light Vermont Verde Antique marble handle. 9 1/4". $130 each (SALE-$100) p.p.

129(SOLD) Mahogany obsidian and Vermont Verde Antique marble, 9 1/2". 130- Red Vitrolite (old storefront glass) and pink and white marble handle, 10 1/2". (SOLD)

127(SOLD)-Lace obsidian and culy maple handle, 12" $130 p.p

117(SOLD) has a blade of spectacular silver sheen obsidian that looks like plain smoky black until it is viewed at the right angle to light and a brilliant silver sheen appears. It doesn't take much light to get this effect. The handle is Vermont Verde Antique serpentine/marble. The knife is 9" long. $135 p.p. to USA. 118 (On HOLD) is rainbow obsidian, with bands of light blue, green and purple that appear in bright light. The handle is a light variety of Vermont Verde Antique. The knife is 10 3/4" long. $135 p.p. USA.

126 SOLD has a midnight lace obsidian blade and fossil stone handle. It's 10 3/4" long. $130 p.p. USA. 120(SOLD) has a blade made or pink carrera glass, the old storefront material from the first half of the last century. The handle is a reddish marble. The knife is 11 1/2" long. $145 p.p. USA.

SOLD Old Glory waving in glass. The blade is 5 1/2" X 1 1/2". $55 p.p. USA

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