AKCT Profile: Tslil & Inessa Censor

Tslil & Inessa Censor have been a "Mum & Dad" knife making team for close to a decade now. Working from their small shop in the Southern city of Beer-Sheva, Israel, they design and manufacture what have rapidly became some of the most coveted knives & sheaths in the Middle East.

TC (Tslil) is a native born American and has lived in Israel since 1973 while Inessa is a
Native born Siberian who came to Israel over a decade ago. Their sources of inspiration span from
American wood lore through Russian people's legends, while the exotic materials used in their creations come from all over the world.
Techniques used to make the knives and sheaths are heavily influenced by traditional
Japanese technology as well as modern day techniques and methods.

While manufacturing and working with very high-end materials such as Damascus steels, Mokume Gane,
precious metals, and exotic wood, as well as animal horns, antlers, etc. They have also created
a unique line of 100% recycled knives and sheaths-all made from salvaged scrap yard materials such as machine parts and inflatable tire inter tubes.

Profile:

Tslil & Inessa Censor - Beer-Sheva, Israel

Blade - 7.5cm 01 tool steel x3 motion quenched in oil and normalized.

Sheath - 100% recycled rubber and salvaged metal fittings

Stone - 100% reclaimed Alumina Silicate X Silicone Carbonate Matrix

Blade - 17cm 01 tool steel

Handle - Antler crown piece with Leather bound grip

Sheath - Custom tooled Leather sheath

Blade - Heat treated, single side ground 01 tool steel

Handle - Honduran Rosewood, Gabon Ebony and African Zebra wood. Secured with brass pins and bolsters (hammered texture)

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - Oil hardened 01 tool steel

Handle - Ebony with Zebra wood and Brass bolster.

Sheath - Custom tooled Leather sheath

Blade - Damascus steel blade with file worked spine

Handle - Brazilian cherry and Ibex horn with Sterling silver fittings and a brass bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - 7cm 01 tool steel

Handle - Zebra wood with brass pins and bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath with strip leather lanyard

Blade - 13.2cm 01 tool steel

Handle - Pao Ferro (Caesalpinia echinata and Gabon Ebony with Brass pins and bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - 7.5cm 470 layer damascus steel

Handle - Hand-bound twisted leather grip

Sheath - Custom tooled Leather sheath with neck strap and antler bead

Blade - 11.5cm 01 tool steel

Handle - Pao Ferro (Caesalpinia echinata) handle with Brass pins and bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - Oil hardened 01 tool steel

Handle - Ebony handle with Brass pins and bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - Damascus steel

Handle - Brazilian cherry and Ibex horn with Sterling silver fittings and brass bolster

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath

Blade - Differential Heat treated, 01 Sheffield steel, textured, with Hamon.

Handle - Gabon Ebony, Makasar Ebony and Leather spacers with genuine Elephant Ivory (pre-ban material), Mosaic pins Sterling Silver & Copper fittings

Sheath - Custom Leather dangler type belt sheath with Sterling silver and Mokume Gane fittings.

Blade - Damascus steel

Handle - Discarded cartridge casings, Brass pins , Ebony wood with genuine Elephant Ivory dividers (Pre-Ban Material) Finished with 3 Sterling Silver inlay pins and bolster. Copper Mokume Gane (tectonic pattern).

Sheath - Custom Leather sheath with vertical carry belt loop

All images � TC Blades 2008

For more info please visit www.tcblades.com