neo tribal

I forged this 8.5in butcher knife from a piece of Texas Edition Chevy Silverado leaf spring, left some of the forge finish and acid etched it, then attached some leopardwood scales my wife picked out. This was my first time using leopardwood, and the open grain structure was a bit annoying to...

This rustic/neo-tribal bird-and-trout knife was hand-forged in Illinois, USA, from a racecar coil spring, and mounted in a leg bone from a locally-harvested whitetail deer, with leather and copper spacers. The slightly drop-pointed blade is 3.75" long, with a squared spine for use with a...

This acid-washed semi-tactical vest bowie was hand-forged in Illinois, USA, from a spring steel railroad track clip, with black burlap micarta handle scales, black vulcanized liners, steel pins, and a steel lanyard tube. Asking $150.

Hello, everyone! I actually joined this forum way back in 2009, but I never really posted much of my work, besides leatherwork, and somewhere along the way I fell out of the habit of logging in, and life carried on. A couple years ago, I moved back to Illinois after living in Phoenix, AZ, for...

It's been a while since I did an integral socket handle, which is something I picked up from Tai Goo and James Helm, and my wife wanted a gift for a friend of hers, so I used a railroad track clip/anchor to forge out this left-handed clip point, wrapped the socket handle in jute that I burned...

This is my Rustic Utility knife meets ResinWood project. I won this handle material in Tracy's Give Away. I had never used ResinWood before, it works like white oak and has the attitude to be used as a Neo Tribal handle material. It looks natural, and is very nice as a finished product. Kinda...