Comments: These knives made and decorated by Howard Hitchmough are truly outstanding. And with
work like this it’s easy to see why Howard was included in David
Darom’s recent reference work on Custom Folding knives. Howard
is really playing with the big boys these days when it comes to
highly original art knives. These two examples have wonderful high-contrast Eggerling Damascus scales, and the blade is decorated with
blued mild steel thumb stud topped with a gold pin instead of a traditional nail
nick. The back-straps are delicately filed and inlaid with 18k gold and blued mild steel. The pivots are also trimmed by 24 carat gold nuggets. What gorgeous knives. Theywould make
an ultimate daily carry pieces!