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HERB DERR
I have been a Dealer for Herb Derr Custom knives for over a decade, long before I had a website I sold Herb’s knives at Gun & Knife Shows, most often to repeat Customers. Herb’s pieces are sole authorship ~ he forges his own Damascus, grinds his own blades, makes his own Leather Sheaths and still finds time to Teach courses at a Community College on how to make Damascus.
Fort Henry Custom Knives is proud to be a Dealer for Herb Derr
~ Direct from the Maker from the BLADE Show 2018 ~
Here is another Sole Authorship piece from Herb, it is a Long Hunter that he has forged with his RARE Random Pattern Damascus. This is a knife with artistic attributes, but I guarantee it will perform as good as it looks.
The handle is made from Fossilized Sea Cow Rib bone. Herb has worked with the natural shape of the Fossil to narrow the handle near the Finger Guard but leave it plenty thick at the butt, very hand filling and comfortable. The Rib Bone has beautiful natural colors and intricate grain.
The rich colored handle is flanked by Nickel Silver Spacers and a Stabilized Spalted Maple forward spacer for color.
On this knife Herb has also added some Vine Filework on almost the entire length of the Spine which looks great but serves a dual purpose of also replacing Thumb Ridges for grip enhancement.
Herb explained that this particular high contrast Carbon Damascus blade is over 2,500 layers thick.
The Heavy Leather sheath has the Skin of an Australian Cane Toad as the inlay.
The Cane Toad is a prolific poisonous Pest ravaging the Australian Continent – read the entire history HERE Herb also added some Custom Tooling around the mouth of the Sheath. Nice snug fit and a wonderful compliment to the knife.
Don’t miss out on this one.
