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Home Products Chaos - #9 in the Steampunk Series

Chaos - #9 in the Steampunk Series

by Williams, Lonnie (Bare Foot Forge)

SKU 1122988

Date Added 07/21/2025

# Available This product is out of stock

Original price $5,500.00

Price $3,000.00

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Overview

Note from the maker. 

This is serial #9 of my Steampunk/Dieselpunk series. I's a one of a kind, expanding frame, back-lock folder, with eight steel gears that rotate with the knife's opening and closing. With 67 hand made parts, it took roughly 180 hours to construct and is well named... it was a difficult build. 

The 4.125" Damascus blade is 60 layers, random pattern, (holding to a chaos theme) of my making. The telescoping frame runs on hardened stainless steel ways and has an OAL of 9.625" when open and is acid etched wrought iron from 100+ year old freight wagon. Closed length is 5.875". Started on 4-26-25 and finished on 6-27-25, its the biggest and heaviest folder I've ever done.

Weighing in at a whopping 2lb 10oz, it's not a knife you'd carry around in your pocket, but it is a conversation starter for sure. Typical with Steampunk or Dieselpunk gadgets, it's a little awkward to operate and requires some finesse when opening & closing. Translation... enjoy, but be careful. 

Comes with a COA. New from maker!

 

 

Product Details

Blade Length 4.125

Overall Length 9.625

Closed Length 5.875

Weight (oz) 42.7

Source From maker

Additional Specs

Blade Material Damascus

Blade Details Sheepsfoot, Wharncliffe

Handle Material Metallic

Other Details Sole Authorship

About the Maker

Williams, Lonnie (Bare Foot Forge)

I'm a twice wounded Vietnam vet who grew up under a father who was a machinist and compulsive fabricator and as they say, "the nut doesn't fall far from the tree". I started making knives in 1993 as a natural progression from building muzzle loading rifles, with big blades and tomahawks being part of the black powder culture and charisma. Before long, I discovered I loved folders more then I did flintlocks and had the extreme good fortune to meet two great people and great talents, Butch and Rainy Vallotton. They helped me as I struggled along and were even generous enough to share their table with me at my first OKCA show here in Oregon. With their inspiration, I built mostly autos until 2008 when Vietnam caught up with me and I couldn't handle the big crowds at the shows anymore. In the spring of 2018 however, the bug re-bit me and now I find it therapeutic to be in the shop or out on the hydraulic press. I enjoy forging my own Damascus and experimenting with my own patterns. My long term plans are to return to what I love doing, building one of a kind folders... one at a time. God has been good to me.

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