The blade is made of hand ground, filed, sanded, and polished o1 tool steel, carved to resemble dragon's wings. Dragon's head is carved from solid brass with stones set in the eyes and ivory fangs. The handle is turned from Indian Rosewood with a stainless insert and a solid brass tail piece all detailed with scales and body lines. It has a 1/16" threaded stainless rod inside and is about 6" long.
Featured in "Knives 98"
This blade is hand filed, sanded and polished chrome moly steel, with a tapered pierced opening and a false hilt and through tang. The hilt is made of heat blued, polished mild steel with stones set in each side. The handle is turned from solid brass and the pommel is turned and carved in the shape of a claw, heat blued and holding a pearl. The match is shown for size.
Damascas
Both of these pieces have damascas blades that are hand filed, sanded, polished, and etched. Both hilts are made of hand filed, polished and heat blued mild steel, and both handles contain file worked brass washers. The sword hilt has ivory fangs and the handle is made of water buffalo horn with a turned, polished,
and heat blued, mild steel pommel with a mastadon tip. The dagger has a walrus ivory handle with a carved brass pommel.
Battle Axe
Head is made of hand filed, sanded, and polished o1 tool steel. handle has a brass file worked washer, then ivory with another file worked washer, then water buffalo horn with a brass turned pommel. it has a 1/16 " stainless rod threaded at both ends.