The Making of a Knife's Home

    Here at Dove Creek we take great pride in our knives. We think that a beautiful knife should have a beautiful case. All of our knife cases are hand crafted out of solid wood. We would like to share with you some of the processes in which we make these lovely cases.

First, all of the pieces are sawed down to correct size and sanded. 

The next step is adding red felt to the inside piece in order to protect the knife from scratches.

 

Then all of the pieces are ready to be assembled.

We then make up a putty out of the saw dust, to create an exact color match, and fill in the nail wholes.

When the case is completely assembled, the knife's name is burned into the lid for an added touch.

The final step is polishing the case.

Rather than using a stain we use mineral oil to bring out the natural beauty of the wood.

 Here is our finished product with the knife fitting safe and snug in it's new home. This case was made out of walnut to perfectly match the knife's walnut handle.

    We hope you enjoyed seeing how are cases are made. We sure enjoyed making it. This knife and case, as well as many other products, can be purchased at our online store.  

The Rippling Water Blade of Damascus

       In the ancient middle east there a was legend of  an incredibly strong blades made in Damascus. The metal was strong enough to slice through another sword and sharp enough to cut a hair falling across the blade. These powerful blades had a look of delicacy. Many poets compared it too rippling water. The art of making these beautiful blades has been long lost. However, for decades scientists, historians, and smiths alike have been searching for the ancient technique to making Damascus blades. Although the exact method is still unknown, modern Damascus blades have been made since the 1970s by a method called pattern welding. In this method, steel of different carbon contents are folded and twisted together until the blade is solid. It is then ground and polished to reveal the layers of folded steel. Next, the blade is treated with an acid to give the steel layers more differentiation in color. The blade then has the rippling water effect of the ancient blades.

Custom Damascus Skinning Knife

    This knife will be added too our inventory at http://www.dovecreektradingcompany.com/ soon. Keep checking back for more information about this and our other custom Damascus knives.

The Legendary Jim Bowie and His Knife

      The Bowie knife was made famous by Colonel Jim Bowie during the Sandbar Fight of 1827 in Mississippi. In this duel Bowie was severely injured but managed to make it out alive due to his knife that was specifically made for him. Bowie earned quite the reputation for his knife fights and in 1829 spared an opponet's life in a fight. After recovering the man hired three assassins to kill Bowie. In December of 1830, Jim Bowie presented a wooden carved knife model to an Arkansas blacksmith named James Black. Black made Bowie's knife as well as a modified one with a sharpened edge on both sides of the blades curve. The double edged knife became so popular in Sheffield, England, who began mass-producing in by 1850, that it was named the Sheffield Bowie knife. Upon his return to Texas Colonel Bowie was met by the three assasins in 1831. Although the assasins had firearms, Bowie still defeated them all with his knife building his and his knife's fame even more. He later became an American legend after dying at the Battle the Alamo in 1836. Long after his death, his legacy lives on and so does his knife, however; nobody knows what happened to the original knife. In the Historic Arkansas Museum there is a knife with the engraving "Bowie No. 1" but scientists have no way of proving if it is the original.

Colt .45 Bowie Knife, CT306DM, Damascus Blade