Bill Moran All-Forged Knife Show Auction Items
The annual knife show & auction supports the William F Moran Jr Museum in its mission to support Mr. Moran's legacy, and educate, preserve, and protect the ancient art and craft of hand forged knives and tools.
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2022 Moran Museum 6th Annual Knife Show auction item is a phone pouch in tooled leather!
2019 Moran Museum 5th Annual Knife Show auction item is a "possibles pouch" from tooled leather.
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2021 Moran Museum 6th Annual Knife Show auction item is a "Possibles Pouch" in tooled leather!
2018 WF Moran Auction Hunter
This "one of a kind" clip-point hunter was forged at Bill Moran's shop, and was auctioned at the 2018 WF Moran Museum's 4th Annual All-Forged Blade Show.
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Journey to ABS Journeyman Smith
The task of earning your "JS" (Journeyman Smith) stamp with the American Bladesmith Society is not easy. The performance tests devised by the early masters to challenge your ability to create a blade that truly performs and stands up to punishment. When that is done, there are 5 presentation knives that must pass the judgement of a panel of ABS Master Bladesmiths.
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The performance test is now behind me, and I'm currently working on my presentation knives.
JS Performance Test
Journeyman Test Knife
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Steel: 80CRV2 High Carbon
Handle: Micarta
Rope Chop: Passed
2X4 Chop: Passed
Shave: Passed
90 Degree Bend: Passed
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Past Work
Peregrine EDC-Sx
Blade Length: 3.5
Overall Length: 8.5
Steel: 80CRV2 High Carbon w/Hamon
Handle: Stabilized Maple Burl
Hardware: Nickle Silver guard/[om
Maple Leaf tooled cowhide leather sheath
Gull-Wing Hunter
Blade Length: 5”
Overall Length: 10”
Steel: 80CRV2 High Carbon
Handle: Stabilized SpaltedTamarind
Hardware: Brass bolsters, pin
Maple Leaf tooled cowhide leather sheath
Big Moccasin Hunter
True to the site theme, here's a knife that's fitting for the frontier. This knife is just shy of 12" with a 6.5" cutting edge and 1.5" width. The blade is forged from 80CRV2 steel with a hand rubbed finish, and the handle is black walnut with a honey buffalo horn and steel spacer and pin. The guard is old wrought iron. The sheath is frontier style with deer hide, fringe, and trinkets over a veg tanned leather core.
Backwoodsman
Blade Length: 5.625”
Overall Length: 10.5”
Steel: 80CRV2 High Carbon
Handle: Full Tang Desert Ironwood
Hardware: Brass bolster, mosaic pins, lanyard tube
Fox tooled cowhide leather sheath
Drop point Hunter in Stainless and Redwood Burl
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This drop point hunting knife is 10" overall with a 4.75" blade, hand finished. The Handle is a beautiful stabilized redwood burl with a stainless steel guard and pin. The sheath is hand-tooled cowhide with oak leavf decor.
Nighthawk
Overall Length: 10.75"
Blade: 5.5"
Steel: 405 Layer Raindrop Damascus
Handle: Claro Walnut w/buffalo horn spacer
Guard: Stainless Guard/Pin
Sheath: Tooled Leather
