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1095 CARBON STEEL BLADE, FOUR EQUAL EDGES, THIS IS THE PATTERN THAT THE EELS KNIVES WA TAKEN FROM. MADE IN SILOAM SPRING, AR, WATER STREET SHOP circa 1990 10.50" X .204" X 1.0"	I BUILD TWO OF THESE FRICTION FOLDERS FOR A MAN WHO WAS INTO MUZZLE LOADING REENACTMENT ACTIVITIES. HE WANTED A FOLDER AND DREW ME UP A PHOTO. THIS KNIFE OVER ALL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH A LITTLE WATER ETCH ON THE BLADE EDGE. MARKED NEWT LIVESAY ON THE MARK SIDE OF KNIFE, AND WICKED KNIFE CO, USA '92' 1095 ON THE SCALE SIDE OF THE BLADE. MADE FROM AN ELK ANTLER TAPER THE KNIFE OVER ALL IS 9.0 INCHES, WITH A 3-3/16 INCH BLADE. THE ANTLER IS LINED WITH STAINLESS STEEL. THE SECOND KNIFE THE BEST I REMEMBER WAS A LITTLE SMALLER. PHOTO IS MARKED WRONG - IT SHOULD READ 1992. NICE OLD FOLDER, BUT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO CARRY IT IN MY POCKET.
THIS IS A ONE OF TWO DAGGER MADE IN 1991. ONE WAS STOLEN FROM THE COLLECTOR BEFORE HE DIED. KNIFE IS HAND STAMPED N LIVESAY & WKC '91'. Double ground on the slab side of blade with a deep single hollowing out the back side or slab side of blade. Desert Ironwood handle scales. 9.50" x .224" x1.125" (Near new condition)
ONE OF MY THE EARLIEST ATTEMPTED TO WELD 1095, AND 300 SERIES STAINLESS STEEL AND MOLY WIRE. NICKEL SILVER GUARD WITH FOSSILIZED WHALEBONE FILLED WITH TURQUOISE CHIPS. STRANGE KNIFE IN MY OPINION - ONE OF A KIND. OAL 9.125" MADE IN SILOAM SPRING, AR, WATER STREET SHOP circa 1990 date on photograph is wrong should read 1991. (Like new condition but with a cold flow crack in blade)	ONE EVENING IN THE SHOP I WAS GIVING SOME LOCAL BOY SCOUTS A TOUR. ONE COMMENTED ON HOW MUCH EQUIPMENT YOU NEEDED TO MAKE A KNIFE. I TOOK A LITTLE PIECE OF STEEL, AND TOLD EVERYONE TO WATCH. I TURNED OUT THIS LITTLE FRICTION FOLDER IN ABOUT ONE AN HOUR USING A STONE GRINDER, WIRE AND CLOTH BUFFING WHEELS, ACETYLENE TORCH, AND A TABLE SAW. THE BLADE OF THE LITTLE KNIFE IS 1095. THERE IS NO NAME MARKED ON THE KNIFE. MADE FROM A MULE DEER ANTLER, KNIFE'S OVER LENGTH IS 5-3/4 INCHES, WITH A 2-5/16 INCH BLADE. THE DECORATIONS ON THE THUMB LOCK WAS JUST A QUICK DOODLE THAT SEEMED TO TURN OUT KIND OF NICE. MADE SOME TIME IN 1990 OR 1991?
LINER LOC FOLDER WITH TITANIUM SCALES, AND A BLADE OF 440C. MOOSE HEAD LOGO. KNIFE MADE IN 1997 IN SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. OAL IS 7-1/4 INCHES, BLADE IS 3.0 INCHES. KNIFE HAS A RIGHT HAND THUMB SCREW. USED, BUT EXCELLENT CONDITION.
ANOTHER NICE A NICE SPRING BACK FOLDING HUNTER MADE IN THE RAINES ROAD SHOP IN 1993. ELK STAG HANDLES, NICKEL SILVER BOLSTERS, YELLOW BRASS LINERS. OVER ALL LENGTH 9.1/2 INCHES, AND THE BLADE LENGTH IS 4-1/16 INCHES. BRAND NEW UNUSED - MINT
MORE EARLY FILE KNIVES MADE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA I MADE THESE KNIVES ON A TAIWAN STONE GRINDER THAT I CONVERTED TO TAKE A LAPIDARY WHEEL THAT I WRAPPED SANDPAPER AROUND. BOTH KNIVES ARE HOLLOW GROUND, WITH POLISHED BLADES, AND USED BY EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION. TOP KNIFE: NO NAME, BUT IT IS ONE OF MY KNIVES. OLIVE WOOD WITH IRONWOOD CAP AND GREEN PAKKA WOOD SPACER HANDLE SCALES. BOTTOM KNIFE IS ACID ETCHED WITH MY BRAND NEW AT THE TIME MOOSE HEAD LOGO. DESERT IRONWOOD WITH PAKKA WOOD CAP HANDLES, MIRROR POLISHED.	A NICE SPRING BACK FOLDING HUNTER MADE IN THE RAINES ROAD SHOP IN 1993. THIS KNIFE ORIGINALLY HAD A 1095 BLADE IN IT, BUT WAS SEND BACK TO THE SHOP FOR A D2 TOOL STEEL BLADE IN 2000. THE BLADE THAT IS IN THE KNIFE IS THE SECOND BLADE, AND IS IN UNUSED CONDITION. HONEY BONE ELK STAG HANDLES, NICKEL SILVER BOLSTERS, STAINLESS STEEL PINS, AND YELLOW BRASS LINERS. OVER ALL LENGTH 9.1/2 INCHES, AND THE BLADE LENGTH IS 4-1/16 INCHES. MARKED LIVESAY MARK SIDE, AND D2 ON SLAB SIDE OF BLADE.. SOMEONE HAS HAMMERED ON THE BLADE PIN TRYING TO TIGHTEN IT UP WHICH THEY DID.
A LIVESAY TACTICAL LINER LOC FOLDER MADE WITH TITANIUM HANDLE SCALES, AND A D2 TOOL STEEL BLADE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SPECS WERE ON THIS KNIFE. THIS IS A PHOTO I HAD, BUT THE KNIFE AS FAR AS I KNOW WAS STOLEN FROM THE RAINES ROAD SHOP WHEN IT WAS ROBBED. MOST OF OUR TOOLS, GRINDERS, ALL OUR METAL STAMPS, AND NUMEROUS KNIVES WERE STOLEN.	ANOTHER NICE A NICE SPRING BACK FOLDING HUNTER MADE IN THE RAINES ROAD SHOP IN 1993. THIS KNIFE HOW EVER IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER MADE WITH TWO BLADES. IT HAS TURQUOISE & MALACHITE STONE HANDLES, NICKEL SILVER BOLSTERS, YELLOW BRASS LINERS. OVER ALL LENGTH 9.1/2 INCHES, AND THE MAIN BLADE LENGTH IS 4-1/16 INCHES. BRAND NEW, MIRROR POLISHED, UNUSED - MINT
LIVESAY BOOT KNIFE. MOST LIKELY ONE OF EARLIEST KNIVES MADE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA I MADE THESE KNIVES ON A TAIWAN STONE GRINDER THAT I CONVERTED TO TAKE A LAPIDARY WHEEL THAT I WRAPPED SANDPAPER AROUND. THIS KNIFE IS HAND SIGNED WITH AN ENGRAVER N. LIVESAY, OAL 6.125", CONVEX GRIND, PAKKA WOOD HANDLE, MIRROR FINISHED. (Near new condition)	ONE OF A NUMBER OF FILE KNIVES MADE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA I MADE THESE KNIVES ON A TAIWAN STONE GRINDER THAT I CONVERTED TO TAKE A LAPIDARY WHEEL THAT I WRAPPED SANDPAPER AROUND. THIS KNIFE IS ACID ETCHED LIVESAY PHX. AZ (PHOENIX. ARIZONA.) OAL 10.750", HOLLOW GROUND. CARIBOU HANDLE, MIRROR FINISHED. (Near new condition)
THREE FILE KNIVES FROM THE PHX. AZ. (PHOENIX. ARIZONA.) SHOP. TOP TO BOTTOM. PAKKA WOOD, IRON WOOD, WALNUT. ALL THREE WERE OVER ALL LENGTH IS ABOUT 6-1/2 INCHES, WITH 2-5/16 INCH BLADES. SATIN POLISH BLADE. ALL NEW UNUSED CONDITION.	ANOTHER FILE KNIVES MADE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA I MADE THESE KNIVES ON A TAIWAN STONE GRINDER THAT I CONVERTED TO TAKE A LAPIDARY WHEEL THAT I WRAPPED SANDPAPER AROUND. THIS KNIFE IS ACID ETCHED LIVESAY PHX AZ (PHOENIX. ARIZONAz). OAL 10.50", HOLLOW GROUND. PAKKA-WOOD HANDLE, MIRROR FINISHED. (Near new condition)
A CUSTOM A2 LAMINATED TOOL STEEL BLADE SKINNER. THIS KNIFE HAS A NICKEL GUARD, AND A BROWN AFRICAN WOOD (?) HANDLE OF SOME TYPE, AND A CREAM COLORED SPACER. MOOSE HEAD LOGO WITH THE DATE OF 1991. VERY DEEP, THIN HOLLOW GRIND. OAL 9-3/$ INCHES,4-7/16 INCH BLADE SATIN POLISHED BLADE.	BELOW ARE FOUR OF THE TWELVE BLADES THAT COME IN A PACKAGE FROM THE OLD KOVAL KNIFE COMPANY. MR. KOVAL WAS THE FIRST GUY I EVER PURCHASE A BLADE OR ANY KNIFE SUPPLIES FROM. I BOUGHT A BOX OF THE RUSSELL SKINNERS FROM HIM FOR ABOUT $2.00 PER BLADE AND PUT HANDLES ON THEM. MOST ARE HAND SIGNED WITH A CARBIDE BURR, BUT A FEW HAVE MY NAME AND THE PHOENIX ARIZONA ACID ETCH. I HAD RECEIVED MY ETCHER ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY WAY THROUGH THE BOX OF BLANKS. TOP KNIFE IN THIS SET OF FOUR IS ACID ETCHED. NUMBERS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ALL HAVE THE HAND SIGNATURE ON THE BLADE. THE PREHISTORIC WHALE BONE CAME OUT OF SOME GOLD DIGGING ALONG THE BEARING SEA. I TRADED FOR SOME BONES, AND RECEIVED A COUPLE OF PIECES OF RIB BONES. NICE TEXTURES, BUT IT HAD TO BE STABILIZED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY POROUS. MADE IN THE WINTER OF 1988-89, PHOENIX, AZ.
A NICE LITTLE 1095 TANTO WITH APPLE WOOD HANDLE SCALES & SHEATH MADE AT THE WATER STREET SHOP IN SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. OAL IS 10-7/16 INCHES BY 1-1/8 INCHES WIDTH AND IS .204 INCHES THICK, WITH A 6-1/16 INCH LONG BLADE. THE KNIFE HAS NO MARKING BUT IS ONE THAT I MADE IN SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS IN ABOUT 1992 -1993.
THE TOP BOWIE KNIFE WITH THE WHITE COREAN HANDLE SCALES WAS THE LAST KNIFE THAT I MADE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. IT IS HAND ENGRAVED WITH A CARBIDE BURR WITH MY SIGNATURE, AND THE DATE OF 3-1990. THE KNIFE IS ALSO STAMPED FROM THE FACTORY WITH THE NAME WESTERN USA W49 AND THE LETTER K . WHILE IN LIVING IN PHOENIX I BOUGHT AND SOLD HUNDREDS OF WESTERN CUTLERY COMPANY BOWIE BLADES. THE BLADES WERE REJECTS FROM THE WESTERN COMPANY IN COLORADO THAT I PURCHASED FROM THE COMPANY FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH. I RE-HANDLED LESS THAN 35 OF THESE KNIVES. SOME OF THOSE THAT I RE-HANDLED HAD THE WESTERN LOGO ON THE BLANKS, AND SOME DID NOT. MOST WERE SERIAL NUMBERED AND DATED. THIS KNIFE HAS A REALLY NICE SCRIMSHAW OF A WHALING SHIP ON THE HANDLE THAT I DID AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH. THE BOWIE WITH THE PAKKA-WOOD HANDLE SCALES AND THE BRASS GUARD IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PHOENIX ARIZONA WESTERN / LIVESAY COMBOS. THIS KNIFE IS ONE OF THOSE KNIVES THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY MARKING ON IT OTHER THAN A HAND SIGNED N. LIVESAY, AND THE DATE OF 1989 AND # 8 of 10. THIS BOWIE HAS FILE WORK ON THE HANDLE TANG. MANY OF THESE KNIVES HAD FILE WORKED GUARDS, SPINES, AND ON THE HANDLE TANGS.	THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE TITANIUM PROBE STAMPED WITH METAL STAMPS THE NAME NEWT LIVESAY .001 AND THE WORDS TITANIUM PROTOTYPE ALL ON THE MARK SIDE OF THE BLADE. ON THE SLAB SIDE OF THE BLADE WICKED KNIFE CO USA. THIS KNIFE IS GROUND ONLY ON THE MARK SIDE OF THE BLADE AND IS FLAT ON THE BACK OR SLAB SIDE OF THE BLADE. IT HAS TWO FLAT SIDE GRINDS THAT BEGIN 4-7/16 INCHES UP THE BLADE FROM THE TIP, AND TAPER DOWN TO A TIP THAT IS 3/8 WIDE. THIS DESIGN IS OFF THE EELS PATTERN WITH A CUT OFF TIP DESIGNED FOR PRYING UNDER MINES AND OR OTHER TOTALLY NON-MAGNETIC WORK. ONLY NINE OF THESE KNIVES WERE EVER MADE. ALL WERE MADE IN THE RAINES ROAD SHOP OF SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.
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