Monarch
The bold pattern welding, gold overlay, reeded handle, and deadly design of this knife are sure to make an impression on all who behold it. "Monarch" is the fruit of a collaboration between Jordan LaMothe, Jeremy Yelle, and Ulysse Robert, and it combines disparate historical styles in a way that sets it apart from any other knife available today.
Here's the story of how it was made:
Early in 2024, Jordan, Jeremy, and Ulysse agreed to collaborate on a bowie knife project, loosely inspired by nineteenth century Sheffield designs. They traded sketches and ideas for the piece, and Jordan created a scale drawing and template for the knife. Meanwhile, Jeremy and Ulysse spent a couple of days together designing, welding, and forging the pattern-welded billet for the blade. Once the billet was forged, Jordan joined the other two for a week at Jeremy's shop in Quebec, Canada, where the three smiths took turns tackling various aspects of the construction. Jordan forged the shape of the blade, Jeremy ground it to its final dimensions, Ulysse machined the precisely-fitting handle components, and all three worked to sculpt the handle, guard, spacer, and pommel.
After a week of work, Jordan brought the nearly completed knife back to his workshop in Hebron, NY. There, he put the final finishing touches on the handle and applied the floral designs in gold koftgari, a technique he learned from master craftsmen in India.
The blade was forged from 1075 and 15N20 high carbon steels. The guard and pommel nut are hot-blued mild steel with 24K gold koftgari overlay. The spacers are antique wrought iron, etched to reveal the crystalline grain structure, and the handle is reeded African blackwood.
Blade Length: 9 inches (230mm)
Overall Length: 14 inches (355mm)
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