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A new iKC calendar and a new year of knives!

Can't believe we are entering a another decade. I hope everyone has a great new year. As I open up a new iKC calendar, thought it would be a great idea to choose a knife a month to showcase. Here's my knife of the month for January (I wonder what yours might be?!). This is the last knife I purchased in 2019. It's a utility / hunter by TK Steingass - spalted hackberry handle with a 4.5" 1095 blade with hamon.

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Permalink Reply by Lars on November 1, 2025 at 6:16

Well, there may not be any cutting, but there is only one way in to the kidney for this kind of work....we can talk about the scope and laser later.

Meanwhile, back to your knife...this piece is absolutely gorgeous in its simplicity! Nice pick for Novemeber my friend. It's stylish yet practical; bold in design, still, subtle in application.

Back to you - you are a master at creating word pictures. In one introduction you combined the images of a chest of full of knives, this beautiful piece, and the strategic attack of a stone so large it cannot be passed (not that it should be anyway!). I'm not sure I can wrap my head around all these images at once.

Thanks for sharing Dennis - as always, this month's selection is a triumph!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on November 1, 2025 at 7:06

That's the one certainty with getting old .... always a new adventure around the corner!!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on November 5, 2025 at 2:37

Great selection for November Dennis. Hope your procedure goes well.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on December 1, 2025 at 2:41

Not a big fan of frame locks ... but I can't help but grin from ear to ear when I am carrying this one (by Alan Davis) with its full timascus frame. Everything about it, from its mesmerizing colors to the pattern of the Damascus blade, grabs my attention. Hope everyone has had a great year. If not .... look at it this way, only 31 days left until a new one begins!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin D on December 1, 2025 at 4:53

Wonderful pick for December, Dennis

I like it!

As always, you never fail to impress with your knives or photography. Well done!

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Permalink Reply by Lars on December 1, 2025 at 8:33

Great way to close out 2025 Dennis - thanks for sharing!!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on December 1, 2025 at 13:20

Sweet looking piece Dennis.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on January 2, 2026 at 13:50

Better late, than never. Happy New Year to everyone. To kick off 2026, pulled out a sweet knife made by Alan Davis (you all know how much I love his knives!). This one has some outstanding mammoth ivory scales and a Bertie Rietveld heat colored "Dragon Skin" Damascus blade. The bolsters are also Bertie's "Dragon Skin" but Alan acid etched them to give a contrasting look.

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Permalink Reply by Lars on January 2, 2026 at 19:18

When I first saw this, I thought "How cool for New Years....a blade with ice cream sprinkles on it". Then I read your description. I guess Dragon Skin does sound better than sprinkles....not near as tasty though....

Thanks Dennis for kicking off the new year with another great knife! Stolat!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on February 1, 2026 at 3:01

February .... and wondering whether that pesky, portly, prognosticator of prognosticators is going to see his shadow tomorrow. Ah well, no matter .... we have enough snow on the ground here to last us into at least April or May!! Anyway ... since Lars liked my ice cream sprinkles .... I mean the Bertie Rietveld heat colored "Dragon Skin" Damascus, figured I would included another Davis knife I have with differently colored Dragon Skin. It was heat colored to closely match the Timascus bolsters on the knife. This one also has mammoth ivory scales.