Knife: The Deneb is named for a blue-white
supergiant star in the constellation Cygnus. This is a great knife
design, with a practical and graceful drop-point blade married to a
full and rounded teardrop pattern, palm-filling handle. I made this
Deneb in 440C high chromium martensitic stainless steel, mirror
polished for the highest corrosion resistance of any stainless tool
steel while offering high wear resistance and high toughness. The
blade is deeply and evenly hollow ground to yield a beautiful blade,
thin at the cutting edge, yet with a significant spine for strength.
The knife has full filework in a complex offset pattern from the
grind tip to the forefinger placement. The blade has a substantial
choil to terminate the cutting edge, and well-balanced and radiused
grind terminations for clean curves and strength in the
blade-to-handle junction. The knife is bolstered with zero-care 304
high nickel, high chromium austenitic stainless steel in which I
hand-engraved a deep relief pattern I call "cosmic footprint" This
pattern evolves from the curves and patterns in the gemstone, and the
same pattern is reflected in the clean tooling of the sheath. The
bolsters are dovetailed and bed a striking and rare pair of gemstone
handle scales. This gemstone is Seraphinite, named for the Seraph,
the winged angelic beings in service to God, a descriptive
representation of the wing-like feathery patterns within the stone.
This gemstone comes only from eastern Siberia in Russia, and is the
mineral Clinochlore, a member of the chlorite group of minerals.
Though most chlorites are very soft, Seraphinite is harder than
most, and is well-supported by the tang and bolsters of the Deneb.
The gemstone is used in fine jewelry, and has chatoyant (cat's eye)
light play and beautiful patterns with some interesting crystalline
pockets that can be seen with a magnifier in bright light. the
handle feels solid in the hand and lightweight for its size, with
the balance point of the knife just behind the forefinger placement.
Sheath: I wanted a special and unique sheath
for this knife, so I built one in 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, and
hand-carved, hand-tooled, and hand-dyed the cosmic footprint design
in the face, back, and even in the belt loop of the leather, and
hand-dyed it for a punchy, deep look that echoes the engraved pattern
on the bolsters of the knife. The sheath is lacquered and sealed,
and hand-stitched with black nylon for strength. The sheath protects
the wearer and the knife fully, with a dropped front that allows
just enough of the knife handle for unsheathing.
A stout, tough, and beautiful knife with a unique and rare gemstone
handle, suitable for collection, investment, or use.
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