The knife is a American bowie style with coffin handle trimmed in sterling. The ladder pattern Damascus blade was forged by Moran. The grinding and etching was done by Earl Jay Hendrickson. The file work on the back of the blade was by Joe Keeslar. The fossil walrus ivory handle and the sterling silver guard, pins and the sterling handle frame was completed by Greg Neely. The sterling is all hand polished. The leather sheath by Joe Cordova is embossed with the letters ABS and the sheath is also trimmed in sterling. The presentation box was by Hanford Miller. The quarter sawn oak box also displays a silver plate with the names of all of the past and present board members for the first 25 years of the ABS. This is a first for several things. It is the first Damascus blade offered, the first ivory and the first time we have put a display box with the knife. The first 25th anniversary. This is not only a highly sought after collectible, but it is also an historical record of the ABS board.
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This beautiful Damascus folder has been made by Master Smith Don Hethcoat for the Mastersmith Folder Auction at the Blade Show 2001 in Atlanta. The Blade is ladder pattern in 1084 and 15N20. The handle slabs are twist pattern using L601 & 203. The thumb bob is a beautiful lapis lazuli stone and the background is anodized titanium.
This folder is the hand work of Journeyman Smith Boyd Ashworth. This is his entry for the Journeyman Smith 2001 Auction at the Blade Show 2001 in Atlanta. The handle has beautiful pearl slabs.
ABS MASTER KNIFE by Bruce Fuller The ABS Master Straight Blade was made by Master Bruce Fuller at Fullco Forge in Baytown, Texas just 30 miles east of Houston. Bruce attributes his success to the ABS and the school at old Washington, AR. Joe Keeslar taught Basic Bladesmithing and Mike Conner's Handles and Guards. The Texas "Spotted Lopper" has a blade a little under twelve inches and is made of Bruce's spotted Damascus Pattern which consists of 192 layers of L6 and 1084 steel. The fittings are made of nitre blued 1018 steel. The ABS Logo was scrimshawed by his wife Tracy Fuller onto the beautiful walrus ivory handle of this Bowie knife.
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