Description
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 ~
Here is a Massive Bullnose Skinner from Herb that has high contrast Sole Authorship Birds Eye Skinner Damascus. This is a great looking knife knife with artistic attributes, but I guarantee it will perform as good as it looks.
Herb explained that his Hand Forged High Carbon Damascus blades have over 2,500 layers. This one is Especially Striking due to the beautiful & intricate Birds Eye Pattern. This Big Blade is one of the Thickest that Herb has Forged for me ~ measuring a Whopping .180 Thick!
The knife has a comfortable Full Grip handle Crafted from an Extra Large South African Gemsbok Horn ~ HERE is a link to some information on this majestic animal.
This knife is Sized for a Large to XLarge Grip, or would work well if you wear gloves.
Gemsbok Horn is very dense and has beautiful Natural Ridges that work alternately as Finger Grooves. On this knife Herb has also added a Subtle Top Guard and 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 handle is flanked by Nickel Silver Spacers and a Stabilized Maple Burl forward spacer which adds a dash of contrast to the handle.
The Heavy Leather RH Leather Belt sheath has exotic Lizard Skin as the inlay.
Complete with Hand Written COA
Don’t miss out on this one!
