Profile

First Name:
Dave
Surname:
SKINNER
KGSA Number:
Member Type:
VOTING MEMBERS
Craft:
Telephone:
083 651 3184
Email:
dskinner@icon.co.za
Web Site:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/daveskinner
Instagram:
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Does Courses:
No
Course Info:
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In 2011 I got hooked on forged knives and Damascus after attending an introductory course at Heavin Forge with Mastersmiths Kevin and Heather Harvey. Started forging later that year and finished my first blade late in 2011. In 2015 back at Heavin Forge I successfully completed my ABS "Introduction to Forging" course, and then spent the next year making my Guild submission knives, handing them in for evaluation at the Guild Show in August 2016. I was admitted into The Guild in September 2016.
Most of my knives are forged carbon steel, or my own Damascus.I like a blade with detail so most of my carbon blades have a hamon,or are a patterned Damascus steel.

Knife: Redwood Burl Fighter
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
Notes: Mozaic damascus and inlaid sheath by Felicity McNamara
Knife: Mammoth Molar Push Dagger
Category: Dagger
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Black Walnut Bearded Axe
Category: Sword / Axe
Status: Display Only
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Knife:
Category: Dagger
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Amboyna Burl Sub Hilt
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Chechan Burl fighter
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Mabondolo damascus Bowie
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: 52100 Integral
Category: Hunting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Chechan Burl Bowie
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Black Walnut Seax
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Red Bushwillow Boot knife
Category: Dagger
Status: Display Only
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Knife: African Blackwood Southwest Bowie
Category: Fighting Knife
Status: Display Only
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Knife: Guild Submission Knives
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: 1:5160 Cut and Bend test knife. 2:Twist Damascus dagger, with dyed and stabilized Maple. 3:Kevin Harvey inspired, Damascus bowie,with Amboyna Burl. 4:Laddered Damascus skinner, with stabilized Maple Burl. 5:1070 Carbon steel full tang
Knife: Subhilt Southwest Bowie
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
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