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Home Products Engraved Damascus Dagger Auto w/ Black Lip Pearl

Price$12,500.00
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Engraved Damascus Dagger Auto w/ Black Lip Pearl

by Kious, Joe, Warenski, Julie

SKU 1074290

Date Added 03/22/2024

# Available 1

Price $12,500.00

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Overview

This Dagger Auto by Joe Kious features a Turkish Twist Damascus dagger blade with nail nick and false top edge. The handle has a stainless steel frame with black lip pearl inlays, fileworked Damascus backspacer. The handle has gold inlays and has been engraved by Julie Warenski, it is stunning. The face on the presentation side has ruby eyes, and the other side has sapphire eyes. Nice lockup and blade seating. Comes with velcro case. Has some light oxidation on the blade, has a few light scratches, has a chip in the pearl on the front scale, otherwise good condition. Attached is a picture of a letter about the knife from Joe Kious. If this knife is purchased, the consigner will mail the original copy to the buyer.

Product Details

Blade Length 3.625

Overall Length 8.625

Closed Length 5

Weight (oz) 7.6

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Blade Material Damascus

Blade Details Dagger, Spear Point

Handle Material Metallic, Pearl

Other Details Engraved

About the Maker

Kious, Joe

Veteran knifemaker Joe Kious, popularizer of the “Pocket Locket” style of high-end art folder and long-time Knifemakers’ Guild member, passed away in 2014. A resident of Kerrville, Texas, Kious was a full-time knifemaker who sold his first knife in 1969. He specialized in investment-quality interframes and bolstered folders, some bringing up to as high as $10,000 or more. However, it is his Pocket-Locket models for which he may be best remembered. Featuring elaborate engraving, the folding knives include a small compartment in the handle with a sliding panel that slides back to reveal another engraved scene inside. “Joe was a staunch supporter of the Knifemakers’ Guild and believed in handmade knives,” said knifemaker and fellow Guild member Edmund Davidson. “Joe had a wonderful personality, was very easy to speak with and would tell you anything you wanted to know. He held nothing back and had no secrets. His knives reflected a great deal of thought, craftsmanship and artistry. He was a true master and genuine person. He will be sorely missed. When we lose a man of his caliber, we are all diminished.”

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Warenski, Julie

My career in custom knifemaking began in 1986 when I met Buster Warenski who taught me the art of engraving. I was taking an engraving class, which he taught, and later that year we were married. Within one year I was engraving every knife we made and also engraved for many other knifemakers and customers all over the world. Over the years I worked in many areas of knifemaking helping with knife designs and also making many parts of our knives, as well as doing all the embellishment on them. We had a great marriage and awesome relationship until he was so unexpectedly taken away forever. He used to joke that he was going to teach me how to grind the blades so he could just retire, but I quickly let him know that there was no way this was going to happen. I often wish now that he had taught me his techniques to grind the knife blades. After Buster’s passing, I had a strong desire to make knives and continue to make the great art knives that I had worked on and had a unique partnership with for the past 20 years. A past student of Buster’s, Curt Erickson, had offered to help teach me to grind the way Buster had taught him. He was the only person Buster had really tutored in knifemaking and I graciously accepted his offer. After working with Curt and with his help I won the Buster Warenski award for the best Art Knife at the New York knife show in February 2006. We were married in 2006, and now work together in a new and exciting partnership in knifemaking. There will be many fabulous knives in our future together as we are dedicated to making some of the best art knives possible.

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