Comments: Here is a truly remarkable knife by the deceased Master Smith Jim Schmidt. Besides making wonderful knives, Jim was best known as one of the early Damascus masters and a mentor to many fine current bladesmiths – including Barry Davis and Dellana to name a few.
The knife is called “Dark Moon” and was made in 1993 during Jim’s final ten years, often referred to as “The Golden Period“. Schmidt knives from this era are generally the best made, most collectible and most desirable. This is a full size Schmidt with the rare slanted bolsters.
Here are all of the classic Schmidt details – the famous shape, the bold Damascus, the great back-filing and the wonderful bail. The liners are artfully filed in just the right proportion and the Presentation-grade Fossil Mammoth scales are superb.
This is one of the very finest looking Schmidt knives we have ever seen.
Pass up this masterpiece and you may never see another!
In his entire 30 years career Jim made only 225 folders, so calling this little Masterpiece rare is a bit of an understatement. World-class and absolutely irreplaceable!