I am happy to introduce a new style of construction, The Slip Lanyard guard full-tang design. It allows for a full-tapered tang knife to have a built in lanyard guard without having the complication of a mortised tang. These first prototype iterations employ a ductile iron guard which is pinned to the tang and then overlapped by the handle for a clean design. As with all things there is nothing new under the sun, and this may have been done before. This is just a design that came organically from what I wanted to accomplish.I will be exploring different materials besides ductile iron in the future.

Now to specifics. The blade is 100% hand forged to shape, and fully hardened then differentially tempered 1075 steel which results in exceptional toughness.The blade is tapered from tip to heel for optimum balance.I chose marblewood for its exceptional toughness and beauty and it is epoxied and pinned with brass with a museum fit. This ensures that you will never be hindered by a sharp tang that becomes bothersome by shrinking wood which would leave it exposed. The sheath is 7oz vegetable tanned leather which is wet formed and hand stitched by me here in my shop. The finish is what I call “Pinto Bean” which is done in stages.

The overall length of the knife is 11”. Tip to guard is 6.5”. Handle is 4.75” from front of guard to heel. Blade width is 1&3/8ths inches and is 3/16ths of an inch thick.