A classic Vintage Nessmuk! Antler handle, aged finish, brass hardware (including the addition of the lanyard hole), and handcrafted leather sheath. Thank you for looking!
Custom Option: Vine Filework
The beautiful Vine pattern on each of these knives is hand-filed into the spine. Filework, which adds grip and unique flair to any knife, is just one of the options available when ordering a custom Lucas Forge knife. Please check out the Custom Options page for more details and photos! Thank you for your interest!
JDF’s Micarta LF Kephart
A fine custom Lucas Forge Kephart with a natural micarta handle, aged blade finish, brass bolt hardware, X-jimping and initials!
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Spotlight: Classic Small Frontier
The Small Frontier’s handy size make it an ideal choice for everyday carry. This custom job has a classic dark brown curly maple handle, aged blade finish, and brass pins.
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Vintage Kephart: Aged Osage
Today’s post zones in on a fine example of the Vintage Kephart that features a handsome aged osage handle, hammer-forged finish, brass hardware, and thumb jimping.
Happy trails!
KHM’s Woodsman Nessmuk
KHM’s custom knife has plenty of tasteful options that make for a truly personalized style!
The Woodsman Nessmuk has a 5-inch blade with hammer-forged finish that pairs beautifully with the dark brown curly maple handle. There’s also brass pin/lanyard hole hardware, Classic pattern filework, and initials stamped into the spine.
Thank you for all your support and interest! Have a great day out there.
Spotlight: Ziricote Scout
Hello everyone! We hope your June is getting off to a fantastic start!
Today’s knife spotlight features a handle material that isn’t as common, so we’re pleased to highlight it for you. This customized Scout-style knife has a ziricote handle, aged blade finish, mosaic pins, and thumb jimping along the spine.
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A Look at the Vintage Kephart
The Kephart has long-standing recognition as a treasure of outdoor knife history… And it’s still as useful and indispensable to today’s outdoorsmen as it was when Mr. Horace Kephart first wrote it into legend-hood.
The Vintage Kephart from Lucas Forge is a close reproduction to the original design. It’s approximately 9 inches long, blade about 4 1/2 inches, O-1 high carbon blade. It can also be ordered with a longer 5-inch blade.
The familiar straight-topline, blade shape, convex grind, and comfortable handle style combine to make a working knife that’s a pleasure to use. The aged blade finish comes standard, as shown here, or you can switch your custom Vintage Kephart up with satin or hammer-forged pattern finishes, depending on the look you’re going for!
Three brass pins make up the clean, minimal hardware. The lanyard hole is left of in keeping with tradition. If you’re placing a custom order, though…feel free to leave a note that you’d like to add one.
As with all Lucas Forge models, you have your choice of many handle materials to truly customize your knife. Our example above has a walnut handle and looks truly at home in the woods. Traditional hardwoods really set off this design.
Each Vintage Kephart also comes with a handcrafted leather belt sheath.
See the Vintage Kephart model page for lots of examples, inspiration, and even more options for customization than we’ve covered here. If you have any questions, please direct them to lucas@customhuntingknives.org. Thank you for visiting and for your interest in traditional outdoor history!
GWL’s Horizontal Sheath + Elk River Hunter
Check this one out! The horizontal sheath is a time-tested option for an alternative carrying style…and the Elk River Hunter is an excellent knife choice to pair up with the horizontal sheath. This custom knife has a curly maple handle, aged blade finish, brass hardware (customized “3-bolt, no lanyard hole” configuration), Classic pattern filework, and the owner’s initials stamped right into the spine.
Thank you for your interest!
Spotlight: Ram’s Horn Classic Hunter
Here’s a stunning custom Classic Hunter knife with ram’s horn handle, aged blade, mosaic pins and Classic pattern filework. An heirloom-quality working knife.
If you have any questions about a specific knife model, or about ordering a custom knife of your own, please shoot them to lucas@customhuntingknives.org. Thank you!