Don Cowles' 30 year knife making career has been interrupted by a number of temporary jobs. He has been an engineer, teacher, policeman, paramedic, bartender, therapist, guitar repairman, winery manager, and a technical writer, among other things. In the last year, he has devoted full time to the craft of making cutlery of his own design, focusing primarily on smaller straight knives.

Starting with bar stock of the best available knife steels, he hollow grinds, polishes, and heat treats his own blades. Handles are then attached and shaped by hand, of materials both plebian and arcane. He takes great pleasure in watching the metamorphosis occur from raw materials to finished useful and attractive tools. He does some limited scrimshaw (and makes his own scrimshaw tools), and hand-stitches top quality sheaths that are custom-fitted to each knife. Customer input is welcome on material selection and design, within the framework of what he does best.



 

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