Mark Waite Custom Handmade Knife. Birdseye Redwood Hunter/Skinner

Blade : 1/8 full tang, hollow ground, mirror polished, razor sharp, 440c Stainless Steel Heat Treated to Rockwell Hardness 59. Handle : Presentation grade, stabilized, book matched, dovetailed birdseye redwood accented with yellow brass pins and lanyard tube. Bolsters : Hidden pinned yellow brass accented with red micarta spacers.

This knife comes with a handmade leather sheath. This means that I grind my blades free hand without jigs or fixtures: they are not premade blade blanks. Everything is done freehand from cutting out the blades, hand grinding them, heat treating, fitting the handles, to making the mosaic pins that I embellish the handles with. I don't use any milling machines or lathes, but hand make and fit all the components that go into every one of my knives. I have been making knives since 1994 when R. Nolen walked into my Body Shop to have his Suburban repaired. Since that time, it has been a hobby until 2004, when I went into making knives full time.

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