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I bought these to knives at auction. I have no idea what they are worth. I guy at the auction said they were very rare. Based on how little information I can find he may be right.

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on June 2, 2015 at 20:42

Mike- Apparently IT DOES get better !!-Kevin Davey just joined IKC today !! Thanks to you, we not only have you as a member, but this great blade smith as well!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Fitzgerald on June 2, 2015 at 20:48

Wow that is great. I just hope he starts making knives again. I'm keeping the hunting knife for my collection but have to sell the other. I went way overboard at auctions this week on a couple rifles. Wish I could jeep both.

John McCain said:

Mike- Apparently IT DOES get better !!-Kevin Davey just joined IKC today !! Thanks to you, we not only have you as a member, but this great blade smith as well!!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on June 2, 2015 at 20:51

Ideas on what you might sell it for?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Fitzgerald on June 2, 2015 at 21:16

Jan I listed it on eBay. Tried to remove it but they said they will charge me full auction price. I thought I could end it before anyone bid. I apologize I should have asked you guys first.

Mike Fitzgerald said:

Wow that is great. I just hope he starts making knives again. I'm keeping the hunting knife for my collection but have to sell the other. I went way overboard at auctions this week on a couple rifles. Wish I could jeep both.

John McCain said:
Mike- Apparently IT DOES get better !!-Kevin Davey just joined IKC today !! Thanks to you, we not only have you as a member, but this great blade smith as well!!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Kevin Davey on June 3, 2015 at 18:45

Good evening everyone.

These knives were made by me during my early days in Florida, maybe around 2003.

I started knife making in 2002 so these were very early examples of what I was making back then. They are forged from 1095 carbon steel. I was experimenting casting pewter bolsters into handles as I had seen an example on a 19th century patch knife and thought I would try something similar.

Over an 8 year span I probably made about 400 knives but I would guess maybe only about 60 or so made it out of my workshop to private users and collectors. The rest I tested to destruction, trashed or buried somewhere. The more I learnt about knife making the more I wanted to know. It becomes addictive.

During the last few years I had an obsession with 52100 carbon steel and spent a year behind my workshop doors experimenting with different heat treatments. Not much left my workshop because I tested most things I made to destruction. The knives that did leave my workshop that period were probably there best knives I have made.

In 2010 due to work commitments and lack of space, I stopped knife making and turned my attention to the art of mokume.

Maybe one day I will start making knives again.

The knives that are the subject of this board were early products of my knife making. They are rather crude examples of what I was making and were never intended to leave my workshop. The truth is that when I moved house to NC I had a box full of early knives that had somehow missed that big knife graveyard where all my other knives are buried. I had no where to bury them so took them to the local waste disposal/recycling center and they ended up in the scrap metal dumpster! They somehow managed to escape and live on. I am happy that someone finds enjoyment in them and accepts them for what they are.

If no one minds, I will post a few pictures of my later work.

Kind regards.

Kevin Davey

aka Coutel.