INTERNATIONAL ABS JOURNEYMAN SMITH KNIFE
MAKER: Jeremy Yelle
KNIFE NAME: Gentleman’s Bowie
BLADE LENGTH: 8.625 inches
BLADE MATERIAL: Mosaic da-mascus of 15N20 nickel alloy and 1084 carbon steels
HANDLE MATERIAL: Canadian maple burl
OVERALL LENGTH: 13.5 inches
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Each year when the BLADE Show rolls into Atlanta, the American Bladesmith Society (ABS) holds its auction of selected knives forged by ABS master and journeyman smiths. The auction lineup is here and the excitement is building!
ABS master smith and instructor Brion Tomberlin serves as a director and secretary of the society, and he handles the auction from start to finish.
“I choose the smiths, mainly from the recent journeyman and master smiths who have gotten their stamps that year,” he explained, “and I also ask other master smiths and journeyman smiths, basically whoever I can get to say yes! The
