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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 East Coast Custom Knife Show 2013
Here is a one of the largest Hunter / Skinners I have ever received from Herb ~ it has the best example of Herb’s own beautiful High Contrast RainDrop Damascus of any knife he had at the Show. A large knife with artistic attributes, but I guarantee it will perform as good as it looks.
Herb explained that his Forged High Carbon Damascus blades are over 2,500 layers thick.
The knife has a large Full Grip handle of Fossilized Oosic that measures approx 4 1/2″ around at the back end. The Oosic (also known as baculum) is used for copulation in a variety of very large underwater species of animals. A very unique material that was thousands of years in the making!
The handle is flanked by Nickel Silver Spacers and a dark 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.
The Heavy Leather RH Belt sheath has an African Ostrich Skin inlay along with Custom Tooling around the mouth of the Sheath. Nice snug fit and a wonderful compliment to the knife.
BIG thick Blade, Big Thick Handle.
If you have large hands, or wear Gloves while hunting this is the knife for you!
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