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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 March 1, 2026 at 21:21

Now that's a knife worthy at any table! Nicely done Dennis!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on April 1, 2026 at 3:27

April .... wind and rain, but any major snow is now just a memory!

Here is one of my favorite knives made by Carlo Cavedon. It's one of his Longimano models with ivory scales, engraved bolsters and a fantastic mosaic Damascus blade by Russian blacksmith Vlad Matveev.

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on April 2, 2026 at 5:25

A real sweet looking one there Dennis. That damascus pattern is insane ! !

Dennis Hibar said:

April .... wind and rain, but any major snow is now just a memory!

Here is one of my favorite knives made by Carlo Cavedon. It's one of his Longimano models with ivory scales, engraved bolsters and a fantastic mosaic Damascus blade by Russian blacksmith Vlad Matveev.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on May 1, 2026 at 4:54

For the start of May ... here's a small friction folder by Shelby Mihalevich with a textured and oxidized copper frame. The Damascus blade is 1.875" long, making for a nice fit in my front or back pocket.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin D on May 1, 2026 at 5:08

my that is a nice looking knife!

Well done sir!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on June 1, 2026 at 2:05

Happy June. To be honest, I have only known one June, and she wasn’t what I would classify as happy!!! Anyway, as you know, I have a lot of knives. But, only a few that I classify as “around the house” knives. Those are ones I always have in the pocket of my fleece comfy pants ... which I literally live in once in enter the house. I only swap these knives out every 3 years or so ... because I get so used to having a particular one handle all my house cutting tasks. This one is my Spyderco Dragonfly with a CPM 20CV blade. Over the years, I have owned a total of 4 different Dragonfly knives and none have disappointed me.

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Permalink Reply by Lars on June 1, 2026 at 7:32

LoL! Well let's hope June the Spyderco is happier than the one you knew! Thanks for sharing Dennis -

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Permalink Reply by Kevin D on June 2, 2026 at 20:26

hmmm... yummy!

I have seen the green, brown, and yellow zome camo before. But never the red before. very cool!

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar 11 hours ago

I am gifting this knife very soon, so wanted to add it to a calendar before I did. Alan Davis made this unique multi-use knife back in 2015. It's got a 2.3" nitre-blued blade he made from a billet of mosaic Damascus forged by Rob Calcinore. The back spacer has rope filing with the tail end formed into a cap lifter. What makes this knife special today is that the scales are from some, now impossible to find, Blacksite carbon fiber. Beautiful stuff with absolutely zero voids.