The E-show, part 2

Is there light at the end of the Corona tunnel? There might be.
As you can read elsewhere in this issue, the first knife show in the Corona era has been held, in Prague. It was quieter than usual, but it is an important beginning. Who is next? For Europe, we are looking with anticipation at the two upcoming big fairs, the FiCX and the SICAC. Both in Paris, both planned for 11 and 12 September. Their Facebook pages, at the time of writing, still give a “go”. But how? That will be a big challenge, especially since international participants or visitors still face travel restrictions.

So for the moment, we will continue our articles on the “E-show”. Many knife makers have responded to our e-mail for pictures of their latest work. Surprisingly, there are a lot of 'new' faces among them, knife makers of whom we have never shown anything in European Blades Mag. before. Hopefully, we will be able to meet many of them in person.
The nice thing about this E-show is that the knife makers themselves have sent the photos. Sometimes they had them made professionally, sometimes they made them themselves. The resulting composition and backgrounds are at least as diverse as the knives.
This E-show will continue in the next issue, for which photos and information can be sent in until August 10. We hope to be back to normal by September, that is to say, as far as normal goes by then.

A dagger by Dutch knife maker Aad van Rijswijk, made from N690 (Böhler) steel. The handle is Buffalo

horn and Mammoth ivory. Engraving by Pascal Jacoby. The overall length is 37cm.

Mark Bennet (Off World Knives) is, in his own words, a beginning knife maker from the UK who lives in

Slovakia. He made this fixed blade from O1 steel with a Leopard wood handle on red G10 liners.

Italian maker Denis Mura named this knife “Li Wenliang”, in honour of the first Chinese doctor who died in

Wuhan from the Coronavirus. The 16cm blade is made from 1084 steel with a thickness of 6.4mm. The

handle is Sambar, and the guard and butt cap are made from Copper. The overall length of the knife is 30cm.

The leather sheath with inlay is by Kiara.

The “Badguy” is one of Franck Souville’s signature knives. This one has a 80CrV2 blade, a H7 spring

and G10 handle scales.

Ing. Aleš Vondráček from the Czech Republic made this Rolling lock folder, with a 94mm blade from

Futuron Forge Damascus with an Elmax core, Zircuti bolster and pocket clip, Titanium liners and

stabilized Mammoth Ivory handle scales.

Swiss maker Andre Perret numbers his knives. Pictured here is his number 326, a back lock folder which

has a Zladinox blade and handle, with Mammoth ivory inserts.

A Chef’s knife by Belgian maker Clem Vanhee (Atelier 185). De blade is homemade Damascus from

1.5634 (75Ni8) and 1.2442 (115W8), the handle material is Royal Ebony. The overall length of the knife

is 33cm.

The “Suojâleijee” (protector, or defender) by Finnish knife maker Pekka Tuominen. Suojâleijee is an Inari

samí language, actually the smallest in Finland. The knife has a 127mm Damascus blade from 15N20,

1080 and 80CrV2 steels. The guard is Nicorros, the handle is African blackwood. Pekka also made the

leather sheath.

The "Télémaque" by French knife maker Pascale Sabaté is a folder with an stainless 14C28 blade, and

scales from stabilised blue Poplar, stabilised beech and sculpted Ebony.

A hunting knife by Polish maker Maciej Starzyk. The blade is Zladinox ZDI-1016 Damascus, the handle

materials are Cocobolo, Black Oak and Apple-tree.

A liner lock knife by French maker Tim Bernard (l’Atelier Névé) with a Bertie Rietveld Damascus blade

and handle scales of dyed Carbon fibre.

Italian Alfredo Faccipieri made this western Chef’s knife with a 26cm blade of Damasteel THOR, a

stabilized Birch burl handle with a Bronze insert and a Damasteel guard. The overall length is 39 cm.

The “Taurus” folding knife by Carlos Queirós (Minotaur Knives) from Portugal. The blade is Elmax stainless

steel, the collars, spacers and backspacers are Copper, the bolsters Carbon Fibre and the handle scales

are Fat Carbon (Copper). The blade pivots on stainless steel ball bearings and has a ceramic detent ball.

A frame lock folder by French maker Christophe Lemaire. The blade is SHV stainless steel, the handle is

Titanium with “Arctic Storm” Carbon Fibre.

The “Big Wolf” by Italian maker Milko di Paco. The framelock folder has a 95 mm RWL 34 blade, Titanium

handle and pocket clip, and Damascus washers and backspacer, all with a satin finish. The overall length

of the knife is 220mm.

Czech knife maker Aleš Karban made this big hunting knife with a 305 mm Damascus blade from Ni, 14209,

19418, 11375, with a cutting edge from 14100 and 12060 steel. The guard is stainless steel, the handle is

Bahia Rosewood and Bog oak (Morta). The wooden case is made from 200 years old Bog Oak with forged

fittings.

Italian maker Carlo Trevisi baptised this knife “Wild life”. The blade is AISI 440 C, the bolster Titanium and

the handle scales Ivory. The scrimshaw and engraving were done by Elena Bosio. The overall length of the

knife is 20.4cm.

German knife maker Karl-Heinz Koob designed this “Harpargornis Venator”, which would fit great into

Jurassic Park. The knife is made from CPM 420 V steel and has Mammoth Ivory Bark handle scales.

The special handle profile is according to customer requirements. The engraving is by German Michael Oke.

Luxemburg knife maker Marcello Moruzzi presents this “Squalo”. The knife has a 1.2842 + 75Ni8

Explosion Damascus blade and Olive wood handle. The overall length is 215mm.

A dagger by Finnish make Jari Liukko. The blade is 15N20 and 80CrV2 ladder Damascus. The guard,

ferrule and pommel are from 80CrV2 with pieces of bronze. The handle is made from Ebony.

The "Petit-Duc" (scops owl) by French maker Nicolas Kowal (la Forge K). The frame-lock folder has a

77mm RWL 34 blade with a matte finish, Handles from Fatcarbon blue-storm and Titanium liners, and

a carbon fibre pocket clip. The overall length is 185mm.

Ismet Mehičić from Croatia has been interested in knives all his life, but it is only after his retirement that

he found more time for them. This is one of his hunting knives, with a 17cm N690 blade and a handle

made of Deer antler, leather, epoxy and Brass.

The “Talar No. 24” by French knife maker Anthony Brochier is a slipjoint folding knife with a mosaic

Damascus blade, mounted on beryllium bronze friction washers. The Bolsters and the handle inserts are

mosaic Damascus as well, and the scales are Mammoth ivory crusts and pulp.

Milos Kislinger from the Czech Republic made this linerlock folder with a wild Damasteel blade. The bolsters

are from stainless Damascus which he forged at the shop of Chad Nichols. The knife has a Titanium frame

with Mammoth tooth handle scales. The blade pivots on ball bearings.

The "Model 512" by Sergio Console. This liner lock folder has a 92 mm Inox Damascus spirograph blade,

Zirconium bolster engraved with gold and silver, Carbon Fibre lighting strike bronze handle.

The “Calendar” is a collaboration of Lithuanian knife maker Markas Kaushinis (Marco Knives). The blade

is mosaic Damascus by Gregory Verizhnikov (Ukraine). The handle is Walrus tusk, engraved by Artūras

Davainis (Lithuania). The guard was engraved by Donatas Andrijauskas (Lithuania) and the sheath was

made by Vytas Valantis (Lithuania).

Greek knife maker Panagiotis Evripiotis sent in two examples of his work, and since European Blades has

not had much work from Greek artisans until now, we will show them both. The upper knife is a fixed blade

fromUddeholm Sleipner steel with an acid stonewashed finish. The bolster and pins and copper, which was

textured and “aged”. The handle is a resin material that is infused with carbon fibre strands and copper

flakes.
The lower knife is a frame lock folder with an Elmax blade and Grade 5 Titanium handle, pocket clip and

backspacer. The handle has copper inlays and has been sandblasted and stone washed.

A Dagger Flipper by German maker Jürgen Schanz. The blade is Damasteel Damacore Odin, the handle

is titanium with Ivory inlays.

Polish knife maker Bernard Górny made this knife entirely from Mosaic Damascus (NCV1 and 15N20)

with a Buffalo Horn handle.