[RESERVED FOR G MULLER] Hand forged Viking friction folder / Pattern Welded 1095 & 15N20 Blade / Black & White Ebony Handle / UK Legal Pocket Knife

Hand forged Viking friction folder / Pattern Welded 1095 & 15N20 Blade / Black & White Ebony Handle / UK Legal Pocket Knife

Blade Material: Low layer laminated 15N20 & 1095
Handle Material: Steel liners, Black & White Ebony handle, stainless steel pins
Blade Length:  70mm
Tang Style: Extended folding tang with scrolled thumb-tab
Blade Thickness: 3mm
Handle Length: 100mm
Total knife length: 170mm


This knife is a UK legal folding knife that is inspired by Anglo-Saxon and Viking age folding knives found at various archaeological sites around Europe. This particular blade is a forged from laminated 15N20 and 1095 steel in a random pattern - replicating the historical 'piled steel' method but with modern alloys. The thumb tab has been forged into a scrolled serpentine pattern with a notch carved into the spine of the handle so that it lays flush when the blade is in the open position.

The handle is made from steel liners and backspacer with black & white ebony scales. It has been assembled with stainless steel pins that have been countersunk and hand-peined to rivet the handle together.

The knife is accompanied by a hand-sewn leather pocket slip that has a brass eyelet allowing you to attach the knife to a lanyard for belt or neck carry. The leather has been sealed and waterproofed with a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax from our own apiaries.

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All my knives are forged by hand using traditional bladesmithing methods at Willslock Forge in Staffordshire, England. Each knife has been forged from high carbon steel. I usually use either 1080, 01 or 1095, and sometimes antique historical steels such as crucible steel or shear steel.

I usually forge as close to finish as possible, creating the knife shape and setting the bevels on the anvil. For all of my historical work, my aim is to make my knives with minimal use of power tools, and I take a lot of inspiration from historical knifemaking and smithing techniques.

The handles are all carved by hand and made from locally sourced wood, bone and antler - I avoid using any plastics, resins or synthetic materials.  Wherever I can, I try to repurpose salvaged and upcycled materials in order to create beautiful new knives and tools.  I usually leave a brut de forge, or forge finish, on most of my blades because I like that the hammer marks tell the story of the knife's creation on the anvil, and the forge finish differentiates the knife from all the mass-produced, factory made knives out there.