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Custom Knives by Alan Davis

Thought I would start a blog here to showcase the work of my favorite knifemaker. I stumbled across Alan Davis, a knifemaker from Boerne, Texas, in late 2012. I was blown away by his knife designs. Even more astounding was the fact that they were virtually all one of a kind creations. Alan didn't just make one or two patterns and then just outfit them with different materials. Each and every one was pretty much different. While he did have a few designs that people seemed to like and ask for, even those were made a little differently to make them unique. Alan works with all types of handle and blade material ... but does prefer Damascus blades. I currently own 67 of his knives (mainly his linerlock folders, do have a few frame locks, slip joints and fixed blades) and jokingly told Alan that I would love to have owned 100 of his knives before I die. Wasn't sure that would happen (while I sell many of his knives, I have been known to give a some away to close friends, so that they understand why I keep praising Alan's work!) ... but, that milestone was reached on April 19th, 2021, when I hit that 100 goal. He is the only maker who I would have no problem asking to make a knife for me and leaving everything (material/design) up to him ... and be confident that I would be thrilled with the results! I have done this twice .... and thrilled both times!

To start things off, here is one of my favorites that I picked up in 2014 (though I have so many I love, that picking favorites is a very difficult task!). It is a beautiful linerlock folder with amber Sambar stag scales and M3 composite bolsters. The blade measures 3.375" and is made from Damascus by Zoe Crist (in his Blackhawk pattern). Pocket clip is also Zoe's Damascus. Backspacer and liners are nuggetized and anodized a sort of plum color. All in all, a beautiful knife that feels super nice in the hand and is not too large or heavy to carry around clipped to your pocket all day. Hope you like it.

Stay tuned ....

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Comment by Dennis Hibar on November 25, 2016 at 16:14: The GAW has ended and the winner notified. A total of 42 entries were submitted. Each was assigned a number based on Date/Time received. Random.org selected number 24 (Date/time of the message was Nov 20th, 8:07 PM) If I do not hear from the winner by Nov 27th at 5:10 PM, I will make a new selection.

Comment by RIch Boesen on November 22, 2016 at 14:58: Beautiful knife. Would be an honor to own one!

Comment by Johnny Waggoner Sr on November 21, 2016 at 19:57: Best of the old world with some new world mixed in thats awesome!

Comment by Donald Eckert on November 21, 2016 at 19:43: Great looking knife, would love to own one.

Comment by Bryan W on November 21, 2016 at 18:28: Beautiful! Very kind gesture Dennis!

Comment by Dennis Hibar on November 21, 2016 at 10:04: Thanks all. Glad to be able to do this. Good luck to the winner. Remember, the winner will be selected the evening (US eastern zone) of 25 November. So watch your email.

Comment by allanm on November 21, 2016 at 9:36: You're very generous Dennis, those knives as you say are beautiful.

Comment by Gerald Hines on November 20, 2016 at 20:53: Super knife.

Comment by James Hamilton on November 20, 2016 at 20:40: Very nice. Well made a mix of old and new.

Comment by Carl Bradshaw on November 20, 2016 at 20:09: What a wonderful knife. I'm not usually a custom collector, however I think anyone can see that these knives are true pieces of artwork, as well as functioning knives. Perhaps this could be my entry into a new line of knives for my collection! Thank you for the opportunity.