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One aspect of typical Western knife construction has always bothered me - especially
after I encountered Japanese weapons. A Western knife is a solid object - the
guard is soldered to the blade, the grip is glued to the guard and tang, and the
pommel is bolted on. To disassemble the knife requires destroying it. As part of
my long road to fabricating replica Japanese blades, I came up with the
'NamBam' concept. The current series is
NamBam II and is more evolved design. Follow the link to see why
these are hunting knives with a difference. If you are the owner of one of these pieces, you may want to take a look at the manual for these blades. |
cast silver with lion's head pommel, namban breakdown style |  |
"Nikolai Stefanovitch Compositov IV" = Nambam 2 - copper habaki, cast silver pommel & handle throat ring with dragon menuki and bahia grass seed embroidery, nickel silver guard with vine file pattern, blade spine with same, sheath with silver chape and throat ring with dragon menuki. This is a prize winning blade and is named as it is since it is a nickel-1095 twist composite of 4 bars with an O1 edge bar - and was made by me (Stephen=Stefan). This is one FANCY blade! |  |
Knives that have been sold but might give you some ideas for an order...