There are not many avenues of knife collecting that can be appreciated on the same level as Custom Hand made knives.  The time, effort & talent required to create a highly functional works of art from many different raw materials is nothing short of amazing.

A maker's creation must be both beautiful in form & excellent in performance from a metallurgy perspective as well as a mechanical perspective.

Designs are  sculpted from  a variety of metals along with softer medium like wood, bone, horn, antler & more all working together to form the art.

AAPK members generally have a variety of custom & customized knives for sale by extremely talented makers & customizers  including Kaleb (Muskrat Man) Reynolds, Dale (orver) Vincent, Todd Davison, Tony Bose, & many others.

If you like knives & appreciate art, spend some time here & bookmark this page.  True beauties pop up regularly.