Chefs knife with gcarta, copper bolster and curly mango handle. Blade is stainless steel (m390).  I did a silver 1/16 pin successfully for first time.  Screwed up a few tries previously  ..read more

Haven’t posted in awhile but have been working alot just not finishing anything lol.  This is a300 layer twist forged to shape.  It’s Turkish walnut with gun blue fittings ..read more

Abre-latas at Winter Cutlery   I just finished up the "Abre-latas" (Portuguese for "can opener") rondel dagger. Full write up and photos linked above.         It's been in process for a good while: Brazilian Ebony takes about 6 months to darken with light and oxygen exposure, but this piece ended up a lovely coffee color with golden grain. It's finished in a house made oil and wax blend ..read more

Forged this knife a couple years ago out of a saw mill blade which I am guessing was L6 steel. Primitive skinner design with an antler handle.   ..read more

I have been rehabbing injuries to R hand and L elbow, so work is progressing slowly.  But, I do have one new one to show, just to prove I'm still around. 4 inch 1080 hunter, acid washed and stone tumbled. Textured brass bolster Antler spacer Ironwood handle with some nice jewel tones. I had an even nicer piece of ironwood on it, but I went to drill a hole in it and it split wide open.  Don't you just love ironwood?         As always, thanks for looking   G ..read more

Here is last week's work..Just finished these little guys. I have to admit that this is the most popular knife I make..I sell them faster than I can make them.. 1095 Electrite steel...Various hardwood grips, Burmese Blackwood,  East Indian Rosewood, Purpleheart, Coco-Bolo, Kingwood and Brazilian Rosewood  on these. Phosphor bronze bolster and pommel plates.   Just have to wait for the leather sealant to finish drying and up they go to our website!!   JPH     ..read more

Hi All,   My apologies for disappearing for the last couple of years.  As is my custom, I got pretty consumed by a couple of other hobbies and haven't made a knife in quite a while.  I've been itching to get back into it, but I've also been wholly consumed by my real job for several months and haven't had the energy to go out to the shop.  I managed to break that cycle a few evenings over the last couple of weeks and turned this little guy out.   The blade is made from a "Micro-mosaic" bar I welded up from 1084 and 15N20 specifically to have a pattern fine enough to wo ..read more

Getting back into the swing as they say...  here are two of my  infamous one piece guards fresh forged in the rough...   Miserable humid and dripping wet in the jungles of central Florida today,,,, been waiting for the last 24 hours for my leatherwork to dry... Oh well.. Don't need no suana.... I just gotta walk outside...   JP (Call me Sweat-Hog) H ..read more

Just finished these. 80crv2 blades and bog oak scales:   let me know what you think ..read more

Finishing this up for some friends' wedding. 1095, antler, bog oak, copper and silver:         Let me know what you think ..read more