Czech Knife Maker

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I just found a new Knife Maker in Czechoslovakia named Petr Dohnal.

He makes some really Beautiful Damascus Blades.

Sorry, his site is in Czech only no English.

Here's his gallery
Gallery (http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/galerie01.htm)


Here's his Main Site
http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/strana01cz.htm


And these are the knives he has for Sale right now:
For Sale (http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/noze.htm)


I have the honor of being his first U.S. Customer. :biggrin:

I went through a friend of Petr's who is a Catholic Priest and
a member at Blade forums. So, I have a very trust worthy contact since
Petr speaks no English.

Anyways this is the knife I just bought from him.
http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/nuz09.htm

He is not setup for credit card, paypal or any other system just yet. So, I had to send him the payment via Western Union.

For a currency converter I used this:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

If anyone is serious about buying any of his knives PM me and I'll put you in touch with Father karel.

Petr makes some beautiful knives very original work. He should do very well
if he expands his market to the US.

I don't know of any restrictions for buying from Czechoslovakia so this may get interesting..... I hope not..



Petr has been given the Official Thug Seal of Approval :biggrin: :biggrin:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pmahl/thugs.gif

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Here's the description of a couple of Petr's knives:

http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/015b.jpg
Blade: Carbon steel damascus (O2 steel and ordinary steel) cca 250
layers. Hardness 59-60 Rc.

Handle: Bruyer wood, european deer stag, brass and fiber spacers,
bronze bolster and buttcap. Hidden tang, glued in wood, secured with brass nut

Sheath: hand sewn leather.

Knife measures: total lenght 196 mm, blade lengt 83 mm

He does the complete work from design to forging his own Damascus to
grinding to heat treatment to mounting the handle.

Engraving is made by young gifted engraver Vaclav Noha. It reresents oak
branches with leaves and acorns.

Price is what you found - 8900,00 CZK = $374 US Dollars



Here's another....image is a huge composit so I'll just post the link.
http://www.volny.cz/pdohnal/nuz17.htm

That knife you mention is really special. It should resembles some
ancient prehistoric knife. It's blade is forged damascus from motorbike chain. It
is sandwich construction - the core is from toolsteel (19312 according
to czech nomenclature).
Handle is ostrich bone with patina. Bolster and butcap is Jarrah wood,
bolster is covered with strip of leather.
Its construction is hidden tang again. There are three little loose pieces
of antler in the handle so the hanle makes some funny rattle. Made just for
fun for "expelling evil ghosts".
Sheath is partly from thick cow leather, partly from an antler.
Securing the knife in the sheath is done with the strip of leather
that is wrapped around the handle. That little beads on the strip are
made from antler.

Knife is 240 mm long, blde itself is 133 mm.