Johnny Stout: The Protégé (Hi-Res Zoom Image)

maker: Johnny Stout
Instagram: @stouthandmadeknives
Facebook: Johnny Stout
website: stoutknives.com
Model: The Protégé, Linerlock
Blade length: 3 3/8”
Blade Steel: Devin Thomas Fireball Damascus
Handle scales: Fossilized Mammoth Ivory
Engraving: Jim Small (using yellow gold, rose gold, copper, pure silver)






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He's hands down one of the best I have seem...Always amazing work. I'm not a huge fan of fancy (probably because I stink at it) but his still are stunning to me.

I agree with Daniel. I like fancy to a point, but beyond that the search for uniqueness can become a study in palpable ugliness. Johnny Stout finds class and elegance, with a theme, where others seem to grasp at contrast for contrast's sake. Here, the eye can wander along the patterns and engraving and then finds a resting place in the ivory.

Unbelievably well done, Johnny!! :60: