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Home Products Damascus and Mammoth Ivory Auto

Damascus and Mammoth Ivory Auto

by Hanson III, Don (Sunfish Forge)

SKU 393095

Date Added 09/09/2019

# Available This product is out of stock

Price $8,195.00

Overview

This Auto by Master Smith Don Hanson III features a mulit-bar Mosaic Damascus blade, there is so much going on in the Damascus of this blade it would take a while to notice all of the little patterns inside. The handle has matching carved and fluted Mosaic Damascus bolsters, front and rear, carved/fileworked gold rocker bar, beautiful mammoth ivory scales, fileworked gold screws, fileworked and anodized titanium liners, matching Damascus fileworked backspacer with fileworked gold inlay and mother of pearl inlays, inside the backspacer is a fileworked gold inlay. Nice smooth action, nice lockup and blade seating. Comes with a zippered case. This is the best Don Hanson III auto we have ever seen. Excellent+ condition.

Product Details

Blade Length 3.875

Overall Length 8.875

Closed Length 5

Weight (oz) 5.3

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Blade Material Damascus

Blade Details Clip Point

Handle Material Metallic, Tusk & Tooth

Other Details Sole Authorship

About the Maker

Hanson III, Don (Sunfish Forge)
Hanson III, Don (Sunfish Forge)

"I started making knives as a hobby back in the 1980s. One of the first knives I made was a fighter with desert ironwood handle. Among some of the first knives were filet knives, kitchen knives, paring, butcher, and slicing knives. In 1990, we moved from our native Florida to Southern Missouri. During this time, I began making knives full time. These knives were mainly hunting style knives along with a few custom bowies. In the beginning my tang stamp was my initials DH, but in 1996 I changed it to a sunfish stamp designed by my wife. In 1994, I began making slip joint folding knives in the old traditional patterns. This is where the classic traditional sunfish pattern comes in. The sunfish was one of the first knife patterns I made. At the knife shows, I became known as 'The Sunfish Man'. From that name came my forge name. With each order for a folder I began to evolve into more of my own designs, moving into making more art knives, automatics, and solid 18K Gold knives. Around 2003, I started making forged bowies and fixed blades with both traditional damascus blades and also carbon steel blades with vivid hamons. I began making my own damascus in 1994; starting out with trips to the National Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis, TN. With help from my Memphis friends, I was able to make my first damascus. Earned my ABS Mastersmith stamp in 2007."