ML Knives Blog

 "IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE I HAVE POSTED ON THIS BLOG. THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST BLOGS I STARTED AND STILL HAS MANY VALUABLE POSTS AND INFO ON MY WORK ON IT. I HAVE DECIDED TO START POSTING A...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2024/02/long-time-coming-classic-blades-and.html

All  new Blog updates will be posted to the new blog HTTP://WWW.ML-KNIVES.COM/BLOG/ I think this will be better and easier for everyone if the posts are on the website. I will keep this bl...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-website-update-and-information.html

Posted below is a recently completed custom ordered Woods and bush knife. This bush knife has a scandi grind with a pattern aged blade and beautiful hard grained ironwood handle. The spine...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/woods-and-bush-knife-scandi.html

Recently completed custom work is this mini kephart with a tiger maple handle and brass pins/lanyard. The spine also has hand  file worked thumb stops. This knife was set up to wear as a n...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/mini-kephart-set-up-for-neck-knife-carry.html

Below is a custom order knife. I just found photos of this as pics were taken when snow was still on the ground. This is one of my vintage aged frontier style belt knives from an original de...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/belt-knife-with-vintage-age-and-tooled.html

I had a chance to get out and do a little fishing recently and I wanted to show you what I carry most times. My country bag  that has a fishing kit inside, an ultra light rod a reel and my ...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/fishing-with-my-country-bag-and-carry.html

Just completed for a customer is this straight back style knife with a beefed up 3/16" spine. This knife was part of a set, larger and smaller knife but at the time of this post I only have...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/hard-using-bush-knife-with-straight.html

This is a custom order vintage style hunting and skinning knife. The handle is antiqued bone with five steel pins, both hand hatched and carved. The blade is short of 4" and has been patina...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/vintage-aged-bone-handled-hunter-knife.html

Posting this week is a custom straight back design with a blade about 5" long both pattern and patina aged. The handle is a one of a kind piece of high grain stabilized red wood burl and the...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/straight-back-knife-with-high-grain.html

Posted below is a recent set of custom ordered kephart knives. Both have scandi grinds with tiger maple handles. Pattern and patina aged blades. The hand stitched sheaths are dangler set ...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/scandi-kephart-knives.html

A recent custom knife posted bleow with a blade a bit over 4 inches long, with both pattern and patina aged finish. The spine was hand file worked and the handle is aged tiger maple. The ...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-custom-drop-point-knife-with-tooled.html

This week I am posting a set of beautiful kepharts knives. These were made for a custom order and have beautiful tiger maple handles. Both sheaths were hand stitched and antiqued. I a...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-set-of-custom-kephart-knives.html

Below is one of my recently completed custom order camp and field knives. The handle is tiger maple with brass pins and rear lanyard hole. Something that was custom ordered on this knife ...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-camp-and-field-knife-with-customized.html

One of the main things when it comes to knife sheaths, in my mind, is not only making a sheath that looks great but is also functional. The most important aspect is a full solid welt. For a...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/importance-of-good-welted-knife-sheath.html

This is a recently completed custom piece. The knife itself is a classic spear point design with a blade over 4 inches long both with  pattern and patina aged finish. The spine was hand fi...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/frontier-spear-point-knife-with-custom.html

Some recent custom work posted below. This is a nice sized carry knife with a 2 plus inch pattern and patina aged blade. The handle is aged bone with a beautiful color. The sheath was ant...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/custom-vintage-style-carry-knife.html

This knife was a custom order based off of one of the knives that was listed on Available Knives Gallery 1 of my website. The design was based off of an original vintage belt knife but th...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-frontier-style-belt-knife-and.html

This weeks latest addition of custom work is a nessmuk knife. This nessie has a pattern and patina aged blade at about 4 1/8" inches long. The handle is antiqued stag with three vintage cop...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/vintage-aged-stag-nessmuk-with-copper.html

This week I am posting a custom order Hudson Bay Camp Knife. This is one of my Swept blade versions with a pattern and patina aged finish blade. The handle is tiger maple with brass pins o...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-custom-order-hudson-bay-with-tiger.html

This week I am posting on of my custom kephart knives with a tiger male handle.  This custom order also Has a file worked spine and pattern aged blade. A Custom hand stitched sheath was made...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/fire-set-and-kephart-knife.html

This week,s post is a custom frontier style long knife with a blade that is a bit over 9 inches long.  The blade also has a nice pattern and patina aging. The knife was handled with beautif...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-custom-stag-handled-long-knife.html

This week I'm posting a custom order Vintage style straight back knife with a blade that is about 4 1/2" long. The finish is a pattern and patina aged finish and the spine has been file work...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-straight-back-custom-knife-with.html

This weeks post I am posting a custom carry knife that was set up for a neck carry knife but can also be carried on the belt if wanted. The blade on this knife is about 2 plus inches and the...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-neck-knife-custom-with-stag-and.html

A recent custom order is posted below. This is one of my kephart fishers with a blade and handle that were customized to be a bit smaller than I normally make. The handle is black walnut w...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/customized-kephart-fisher-with-2-sheaths.html

This week I am posting a custom neesmuk knife set I recently completed. The knife has a beautiful tiger maple handle with brass pins and the blade has my pattern and patina aged finish. F...

http://mlknivesblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-custom-nessmuk-knife.html