Miles of Alaska Custom Knives

I prefer to use good high carbon steel in my blades. This might be harder to take care of but is hard to beat for performance till you get into really spendy exotic steel and Damascus. The carbon steel accepts my acid etching well and is capable of skinning out a moose without resharpening- my standard test. Much of the handle material I find myself- mammoth ivory Dall sheep horn, bone and all sorts of antler. Some of the materials I trade for. I live in the village of Nenana and do much of my work on the homestead- trapline so my work is very 'hand done' with very simple tools. a few power tools -but hand drills, fordom. Designs in the handle are hand drawn hand cut one of a kind made for each knife, and are soldered and pined to the handle material. Guards are soldered to blade as well as pined and are very secure. I spent my life in the wilderness depending on knives so know how a knife should feel and perform. My knives are known for 'feeling good' in the hand and being very useable- even though the fancy metalwork may stop the customer from using this in the field- it is made to be used and can be cleaned and polished after use . I now make my own blades- moslty from tool steel- skill saw blades- cut out with a torch- ground past the heat change- no retempering reqired- by working it slow. Many of the knives shown have sold- making new all the time so this is only an example of my typical (is anything I do typical?) styles. Contact me to inquire what is in stock or have one made.

Hunter skinning knife- high carbon steel acid etched ducks copper silver brass inlay eagle. Handle buffalo horn. Sheath mammoth ivory- brass with sheath $350

Hunter skinner 4 inch blade stainless steel rosewood handle with turquoise walrus ivory spacers. Brass rabbit. Sheath mammoth ivory - copper brass silver eagle and inlay. $350 with sheath

bottom skinner blade surgical steel Dall sheep horn handle- mammoth ivory cap. Sheath mammoth ivory silver copper brass eagle inlay $350 with sheath

Kitchen knife in a stand. Carbon steel acid etched scene. Mammoth ivory handle. copper brass inlay. Stand is prehistoric jaw bone on Dall sheep horn- can be mounted to cutting board or counter. $350

Skinning knife high carbon steel about 4 inch blade, handle mammoth ivory spacer Buffalo horn. $250 without sheath

Pocket knife locking blade stainless steel mammoth ivory handle nickel bolster. $300

Hunting knife 5 inch blade High carbon steel Dall sheep horn handle. Mammoth ivory cap copper brass inlay. without sheath $250

miles@milesofalaska.net
Miles Martin
Box 363 Nenana Alaska
99760 (9070 832-5442

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Custom Knives hunters pocket skinner Damascus stainless high carbon Materials of bone antler ivory horn inlay silver all by Miles Martin of 'Miles of Alaska' Nenana Alaska also selling custom art and raw materials to other artist.

Dagger in stand with seperate sheath that fits in stand- story piece. To go on a nightstand- unicorn theme- mammoth ivory lots of inlay work $600

Fossil walrus and mammoth ivory in blade and sheath- blade etched sheath inlaid. $450

Top knife- cave bear tooth fossil handle- turquoise- etched blade small skinner no sheath $350

Bottom- baby walrus tusk fossil etched blade--$350

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Miles at Miles of Alaska
box 363
Nenana Alaska
99760
1-907-832-5442 miles@milesofalaska.net

many materials here are suitable for knife handles- if you want a custom knife or want to try making your own

Finished knives scroll the page
Right pocket knife made of a grizzly claw made in Sept of 05
all metal carved from wax and hand cast to fit- mammoth ivory top locking blade Value where  legal is about $600
Right plain mammoth ivory folder
I made custom pistol grips as well. Here is a rugar blackhawk 357 with ivory grips
Right not legal for me to ship or sell in Alaska ---you need to supply me with your claw
I acid etch the steel - this knife is made from a old crosscut saw blade has fossil bison bone handle with ivory end cap - custom cast guard is an Indian face looking up the  blade
Left--this knife has a moose leg bone handle. Wolf teeth marks were left on the bone and the acid etch has a moose and wolf theme - guard is a copper wolf skull end cap is mammoth ivory
I also do rifle inlay work. This is my 22 hornet for small game Contact me for custom inlay
Right showing a custom knife guard. The refection of the face in this blade steel.

Book 'Going Wild' by Miles

If you like my art ands raw materials this book
Is about the artist, where I get my materials ideas
And outlook on life. I see the book as another
Medium like my art, to make a statement about
A life and way of thinking. Lots of high adventure
Bear stories building a houseboat and life alone in
The wilds of Alaska $15

Stormbound Trapper A Cassette tape
This is a recorded story by Miles 1.5 hours long talking about winter in Alaska in the wilds. There are sound effects from the wild as I talk about 70 below 0 trapping running sled dogs, hunting moose getting lost and creating the mood of what it is like to be in the wild. $7

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Custom knife  and sheath. $425
All done  by Miles. Knife - hand is natural beach tumbled fossil walrus tusk. Blade is high carbon tool steel cut from an antique crosscut saw. Blade was cut and inlaid with brass hammered in the shape of  2 bears. Guard is custom cast from my design and mold and is a bear cast from Yukon River barge propeller bronze. Sheath is moose leg bone. end cap fossil mammoth ivory I found. Metals are hand cut silver copper and brass , soldered and pinned . One side has eagle the other side has a spruce tree
Left Fossil antler etched blade $275
Handle is fossil elk about 40,000 years old off the Yukon River. Steel is carbon tool steel from 1800's crosscut hand saw. Blade etched with log cabin  one side and flying eagle on the other side. Guard is cast by me fro my own carving and mold of a bear, bronze from a Yukon River barge propeller.
Right wood handle wolf etch $195
Steel is 1800's cross cut saw, carbon tool steel . One side etched with wolf pup, other side a tall blade of grass. Handle is wood I think King wood with interesting patterns on it. Guard is custom cast fish design of copper and brass.

Knife blank custom made hunter style $35

Cut from 1800's cross cut blade A series tool steel. Ground hard without taking temper out  Use in your custom knife, maybe go to my raw materials page to select  handle material If all you want is just a good steel blade for use you can wrap with duck tape or add a  wood simple handle on and have the same blade as in a $400 knife. Needs a final polish Has edge sharp But also creat a top end custom knife for yourself or re sale.
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Left picture of where some of the steel comes from An old 1800's cross cut saw. A series tool steel
Also working with Damascus steel
Right brass comes from scrap metal I cast myself. Here are some discards from the local barge line, a bearing and propeller
Sold
PS have varioius styles no two alike moslty skinner drop point inquire
Left Jade handle mammoth ivory sheath Raven custom cast guard. $400
Above whale bone handle
Above moose leg bone chewed on by wolves mammoth ivory end cap acid etched steel both sides
Above primative knife made from wolf shoulder blade, Moose rawhide handle
Right fossil blue walrus ivory handle
Left, some of my latest ideas. I am now doing my own tempering and make the edge super hard and the back soft. I have some animal shapes for the steel. Note the whale and the otter. Also  trying some 'cut out' ideas - inserting cast brass and copper in the cutout.
Below Damascus steel with acid etcehd moose track, cast copper fish handle bronze otter guard sold for $350
Right this knife is Peru blue opal , mammoth tooth with whale guard . I Have been experimenting with stone handles== so far jade tiger eye and opal.
Left a bowie style 8 inch blade. Handle is moose leg bone with wolf chew marks left on it, mammoth ivory end cap copper cast guard.
Left acid etching some blades-- the black is 'resist wax' the bottle is the acid. On top of the wood stove, Heat helps .
Update end of June 09 . I have been experimenting with different kinds of steels and doing my own tempering and forging. I now have blades of D2 and 0-1 steel as well as 1095 high carbon. These steels give some better characteristics for different purposes then ordinary knife steel.
The above blade was forged from 1`095 high carbon and copper was hammered into the steel along the spline for decoration. The edge was forged for denser crystalline structure. Right is the finished knife with mammoth ivory and cop-per cast guard.
Left and below  have begun making my own custom leather sheaths and embossing them with custom designs.
Below armadillo skin handle and experimenitng with brass inlay Steel is industrial hacksaw tungsten steel.
right wolf bone handle copper back steel edge forge experrimenting
Left my blades- knifes are decorative but get tested for function and are made to be used as well as looked at. Here i skin out a bear i shot using one of my new D-2 steel blades. Fossil walrus ivory artifact handle.
Stone handle this is tiger eye - with otter guard cast from barge propeller.
Right 01 steel, local Alaska birch handle
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