People ask why I don't make folding knives. I DO! What they're really asking is why I don't have many pictures on my website. Unfortunately, I've made a lot of folders during a period when I wasn't taking many photographs of my work. So there are many of them out there, but very few pics of them. It made me realize how important photos are to this business, and from now on, I'll try to photograph as many as I can.

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My lockback folders and knives with mechanisms usually have hardened, close-tolerance machined components, bushings, ball bearings, slides, locks, etc, mostly made of stainless steel. Some also feature adjustable spring tension, adjustable lock tension, and replacable springs.

I make linerlocks, and have a quite few in production right now, so be sure to check back. I use stainless and damascus steels, engrave and etch, and the knives feature anodized titanium liners, close tolerance hardened stainless bushings, gemstone handles, leather sheaths and in some cases harwood boxes and gemstone cases. I use 6AL4V titanium components, anodized for beauty, fully fileworked, with engraving, etching, and carving. I also use stainless damascus steel.

Jay, 

I received my two Gemini’s this week but I have a problem.  One is for me and one is for my good friend for a Christmas gift.  We have been waiting for over a year for the knives to arrive.  How do I tell him that I can’t possibly break up the set and that he is getting a Starbucks gift card instead?  Please help me!

Honestly, thank you so much for the beautiful knives.  They will be a treasured part of my collection (whichever one I decided to keep for myself).  Merry Christmas and May God bless you and yours.

--R.J.

I received Gemini today. It's incredibly beautiful! The pictures didn't do it justice at all. The file work is impeccable, the style of the blade is perfectly curved, and the Siberian jade handle is shockingly green. The knife seems to have been made for my hand. I am pleased I made the decision to buy it. It will become an heirloom to be passed down for generations. Thanks for all your fine work.

Most sincerely, jha

Featured: The Gemini Twins

A pair of matched, yet unique knives. They're based on my Gemini style of folding knife, but with a more pointed blade shape. When combined in the custom stand, they are a magnificent pair of investment grade art.

Click on the thumbnail photo on the left to see the Gemini Twins close up in their stand. The top knife is made of O-1 high carbon tungsten-vanadium alloy tool steel, mirror finished, hand-engraved, and hot blued for a jet black finish. The gemstone on the handle is hard, polished crazy lace agate, a beautiful gem with fascinating patterns, bands, crystal inclusions, and colors. The bottom knife is made of 440C high chromium stainless steel, mirror polished and hand-engraved, with 304 high nickel-chromium stainless steel bolsters, and a lapis lazulii (lazurite) gemstone handle that has a fantastic blue color interspersed with clouds of gray and bright golden points of pyrite. Both knives have matching, yet unique engravings, and the stars and patters are reminiscent of the constellations in the cosmos.

Click on the thumbnail to the right to examine the Gemini pair in the opposite side of the stand. The stand allows the knives to be displayed either in the open (photo above) or closed  position, and each position displays a different side of the knife. The stand is artistically carved and hand-finished American black walnut hardwood, with paduk hardwood pins, finely sanded and oil-sealed. The accompanying descriptive custom nameplate is black lacquered brass set in black walnut.

Click on this thumbnail to the left to examine the rear of the custom knife stand. Simple yet elegant, the stand is carved from solid black walnut hardwood, and assembled without distracting metal fittings to compliment, yet not detract from the fine knives. it allows several display options, and is stable and substantial. The pair of paduk hardwood rods echo the paired theme exhibited throughout the piece.

Below: Please click on the thumbnail photos below for more details of these fine knives. You'll see that they are fully fileworked, along the spacers and along the 6AL4V Titanium liners in microscopic detail. I've anodized the titanium to match the color theme of the knife handles. The thumb openers have been inlaid with the same gemstones as the handle for an elegant touch. These knives were a pleasure to make, and the owner has a set that will continue to appreciate and be admired over the years. Some of my best!

Featured: Izar Folding Knife

"Izar" This is a great design that a client had me adapt from a fixed blade pattern. It's a tough knife; the liners are super high chromium-nickel austenitic 304 stainless steel, and the lock plate and spring are tough, corrosion free 6AL4V titanium. With a stainless steel blade and pivot, this knife is pretty much zero care. I included a cut-in milled lanyard slot in the 440C stainless steel spine of the knife. The hand-engraving is a nice touch that compliments the transparent Indian Green Moss Agate gemstone handle scales. The gemstone has fascinating patterns and intricate lines. This is a tough knife, beautiful, suitable for collection or use!

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