Knife maker: Birger Dahl Jepsen

Blade: Hand forged blade in laminated steel.

Blade smith: Johan Hamre, Norway.

Handle: Danish elm-root.

Front plate: Danish elm-burl.

Sheath: Spanish semi tanned leather, pauted.

Strap: Compressed leather

Strap button: Spanish semi tanned leather

With the shape I have given this knife, I have intended an all-round utility-knife. It must feel good in the hand, and preferably be quite durable. The blade is relatively broad, and therefore I have made a fairly broad and narrow handle. You see, it’s important for me to try to create a consistence between the lines of the blade and of the handle, so the knife - apart from feeling good in the hand - also is pleasing to the eye.

The dense pattern in the wood is more than sufficient decoration for me, but I couldn’t help playing on with "the invisible line", that also could be found on my former "knife of the month".

The idea for this came from the many "split" handles, in which knife makers very carefully have cut the handle, either to put together 2 different kinds of wood, or to make inlays in silver or fibre plates.

The thing is that I don’t own a saw that can do the job, but as I hand carve my handles anyway, maybe I could make some lines during the carving ?

So this is what I have done. And I’m quite pleased with the result myself. Because of the dense pattern in the wood, the result doesn’t "pop up". Most people won’t discover the line until they take a closer look at the knife. And the edge that the line is creating on the handle, helps giving a good grip.

It is also these lines that have given me the idea for the upper end of the handle - which can also be found at the top of the sheath - and furthermore I try to emphasise it in the pauting made on the sheath.

The result ?

Be your own judge.

I’m quite pleased.