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Art Folders
These are previously sold knives Click on Images to Enlarge
These are previously sold knives Click on Images to Enlarge
 The Chain Dragon
This folder is 6 1/2''
open. It has a picture Damascus blade and bolster. Its handle is carved mammoth ivory. |
 Blue Fire This
is a classy gent's folder with gold inlaid pattern mosaic Damascus
blade and bolster. It has a carved mammoth ivory handle with engraved backbar.
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 Dreams of Shallot This knife is the first in a new series I started 2006. Based on the poem by Alfred
Tennyson (The Lady of Shallot,) the blade & bolsters are fairy
Damascus with gold inlay. The handle is carved mammoth ivory over
abalone.
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 Dueling Dragons This dragon folder won "Best of Show"
in 2002 at the Oregon Knife Makers Show. It's a good example of the dragon
series with its picture mosaic blade and reptilian style of carving and file work.
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 Last Bat
The Last Bat is the final folder I made in this series. The handle
is carved mammoth and fossil walrus ivory. Its blade and bolster are
picture mosaic. There is extensive carving throughout this piece. I
am planning a new bat series with different mosaics.
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 Visions of Shallot Second in the fairy series, this was my main feature at the Blade Show in 2007. It has a fairy Damascus blade & bolsters with gold inlay. The handle is two pieces of carved mammoth ivory.
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 Footprints
This was one of my folders on display at the forged blade EXPO in Reno in 2008. The footprints are mosaics I made using my niece's feet as a model when she was about 10 years old.
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 Bats In The Night
This is a quintessential batwing folder, which I have been making for years. It seemed appropriate to feature bats in them. This example has gold inlay and a carved mammoth ivory handle.
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 Night Flight
This is the first knife in the new bat series. It has mosaic damascus bat images throughout the blade and bolsters. The handle is carved mammoth ivory. The thumb stud has a gold inlaid bat and the backbar is engraved in a unique gothic style.
This piece is in a private collection.
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 Conquered Kings
This art folder has a picture mosaic blade featuring
composite damascus with skulls twisting though the blade. It has damascus
Bolsters with inlaid fine silver skulls and 24 k gold inlaid crowns, sword and
spear. The handle is carved, hot blued steel. The spine of the blade and
backbar are also engraved. It is in a private collect |
 Dark Rising
This art folder has picture mosaic damascus bats in the blade and bolster. The handle is highly carved mammoth ivory. The screws, backbar, and thumb stud are all engraved.
This piece is in a private collection.
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 Ancient Ocean Ancient Ocean is an exquisite batwing folder
that continues a dramatic
aquatic theme throughout the knife -- from the inlaid fossil brain coral
to coral strands and detailed engraving of baculite patterns. All of
these tell the story of a time when Western Montana was once covered in
waves.
The mosaic Damascus blade shows alternating complex radials designed to compliment the twisted pattern of fossil brain coral set into the handle. The damascus has been blued and shows off blue and gold tones. A faceted Montana garnet thumb stud provides easy opening of the blade. A window frame on each side of the scales reveals an inlaid fossil brain coral. Entangled, carved seaweed tentacles travel over the window frames. The bolster area of the handle is engraved in a fossil baculite. pattern. The straight shells have a dramatic pattern throughout. These fossils were found by Shane near his family ranch. The screws throughout have been meticulously textured. The entire all-steel handle in framed with 24kt gold inlay. 15N20 carbon steel liners have been textured and heat blued. The backbar and spine have been engraved in a line of circles, similar to the baculite columns. The engraving continues on the inside of the backbar and is completed with Shane's mark, "ST". Silky smooth action with a very satisfying click upon engagement. Description by Bladegallery. |
 Steps of Sparta is undoubtedly Mastersmith Shane Taylor's most dramatic and successful knife to date.
The damascus blade is incredibly complex. A twisted firestorm surrounds a twisted skulls pattern damascus central bar. By using 1084, 15N20 and 1080 carbon steels along with nickel, Shane has created damascus with a depth of grays, silvers, and blacks rarely found. Both the blade and step down are inlaid with 24kt gold. The carbon steel handle has been antique gun blued and has a Greek Key pattern inlaid around the revealed window. The never ending pattern symbolizes eternity. Gothic fleur-de-lis are inlaid in 24kt gold at the front and rear. One fleur-de-lis acts and the automatic blade release. The right window frame reveals an engraved Persian messenger galloping on a horse, entering Sparta. According to the story of Leonidas, the messenger demanded that Sparta submit to Xerxes I, King of the Persian Empire. The horse's bridal and the messenger's crown are inlaid in 24kt gold. In his outstretched right hand, the messenger holds a foreboding threat of three skulls suspended by a golden rope. The left window frame is an engraved close-up of the three skulls. Each of the skulls wears a golden crown. The detailed rope is also inlaid in 24kt gold. The background displays a meticulously engraved Greek temple. After delivering his threat, the messenger quickly met his demise at the hands of King Leonidas. The screws throughout have been engraved and are heat colored to match the inlaid gold. 15N20 carbon steel liners have been textured and heat blued. The backbar has been engraved in a Greek Key pattern. The engraving continues on the inside of the backbar and is completed with Shane's mark, "ST". Silky smooth action with a very satisfying click upon engagement. The blade can be opened either manually or by pressing the gold release. Description by Bladegallery. |
 Your Time Is Up
Is
a step-down folder . It has 24k gold and fine silver inlay and
The theme of this knife was in spired by a bad dream I had a number of years ago.
I drew what I had seen dreamed and my wife convinced me to make a knife out of it.
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