copyright 2006

    Knife making terms

1. Normalizing
2. Belly
3. Bevel
4. Blade Spine
5. Butt/Pommel
6. Butt Cap
7. Choil
8. Edge
9. False Edge
10. Guard
11. Hilt
12. Lanyard Hole
13. Clip Point
14. Drop Point
15. Hook Blade
16. Hollow Grind
17. Flat Grind
18. Concave Grind
19. Convex Grind
20. Chisel
21. Slipjoint 
22. Locking Liner
23. Blade Steels
24. Heat-treating

Knife making suppliers

1. Jantz 
2. Texas
3. Sheffield 
4. Pop's 
5. Trugrit
6. Knife Kits
7. NorthCoast

    Top Knife Makers

1. Edmund Davidson
2. Jay Fisher
3. Harold Woods
4. Craig Barr
5. Frank Jacobs
6. Don Fogg
7. Johnny Stout
8. David Jenkins

              During the Shenandoah Valley Knife Collectors Show, my passion for art and high quality knives was recognized when I had the Horner of winning the 2006 Best Hi-Art knife. This was a very prestigious honor for me since Edmund Davidson was one of the judges.