Perhaps the most well known of all English knifemakers, Alan’s designs are renowned for their combination of practicality, traditional design and aesthetic beauty making his work highly prized among collectors the world over.


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Alan Wood - Cumbria UK

Blade - Tight twist Damasteel - Hollow grind with convex edge. The narrow tang is full length and blind morticed into a slot in the butt-cap which is held with a countersunk round nut. Fileworked thumb grooves.

Handle - Desert Ironwood with phosphor bronze fittings finished with thin black and red spacers.F


Sheath - Cavalry flap-over type with a russet dye and a waterproof finish.

Blade - Full tang Damasteel in tight-twist pattern. Hollow-grind on both blade and tapered tang.

Blade - Flat-ground tight-twist stainless Damascus.

Handle - Teal dyed stabilised maple with a moose spacer and a nickel-silver guard. Finished with a single mosaic pin.

Sheath - High-ride sheath with British Tan dye.

Blade - O1 Tool steel with a slightly tapered tang.

Handle - African Blackwood on red liners with Brass fittings

Sheath - Deep pouch belt sheath, brown barrel dyed hide.

Blade - RWL-34 with tapered tang.

Handle - Sambar stag on fine red liners with stainless fittings.

Sheath - Full Bushcraft sheath in buffalo hide with secondary swivel and firesteel loop. Pictures with matching Antler firesteel.

All images © Alan Wood 2008