William Henry B30 OUTBACK, aerospace-grade titanium handle inlaid with desert ironwood handle, hand-forged Nichols Torrent Damascus steel blade, button and push button inlaid with spinel gemstones, total length 17.8 cm, limited to 250 pieces worldwide, certificate, box, U disk, leather case.
About William Henry
In the world, there is only one jewelry/knife brand that is truly defined as a luxury: that is William Henry in the United States.
Let’s walk into William Henry and see this legendary brand.
A wonderful combination born a legendary brand – William Henry
In the 1990s, in California, USA, Matthew William Conable, a senior handmade knife maker, and Michael Henry Honack, a business investor with vision and taste), co-founded this high-end custom knife brand with art-grade handmade folding knives as its main work.
They each took the middle of the name and named the company “William Henry” and created the William Henry Jewelry and Cutlery Company.
Matt William has integrated his 12 years of award-winning experience in knife making into the design and production of William Henry products; and Michael Henry, as a senior artist, entrepreneur and industry leader, has also integrated his years of experience in these fields The integration, plus every member of William Henry’s team, is both an artist and a senior knifemaker in the field of handmade knives, making William Henry quickly become the most watched brand in the world in just a few years after the brand was established. One of the famous folding knife brands, it has won five awards in the most authoritative “Atlanta Knife Show” in the United States within seven years.
William Henry Chief Designer Matthew William Conable
This team full of artist traits has never been willing to compromise the quality of the product because of commercial interests from the beginning to the end. They always go out of their way to make the knives as perfect as possible before thinking about how to sell them.
For William Henry, sales have never been a problem, because the knives with excellent design and craftsmanship make William Henry’s folding knives stand out in the same industry, and the supply is in short supply.
If there is any brand that can represent the pinnacle level of the world’s handmade folding knives, it must be him.
Precious Material
William Henry has several product lines, among which the blade materials of folding knives (D2 steel, ZDP-189, S35VN powder stainless steel, hand-forged Damascus steel, etc.) , ivory, mother-of-pearl, diamonds and precious materials with different colors and patterns) are matched according to the positioning and design style of the product, and after polishing, carving, processing, and assembly, the collection is finally made into a collection that lover’s dream of.
Next, let’s take a look at the blade materials, handle materials and handle pad materials commonly used in William Henry’s works.
CPM 20CV stainless steel
CPM20-CV is an ultra-high grade stainless steel developed by Crucible Metals, a leading US innovator of high-performance steel. CPM stands for Crucible Powder Metal Steel and it is a great alloy steel, 20-CV infused with Vanadium, Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten for better wear resistance, sharpness retention and corrosion resistance. He is a good blade material provided by William Henry that can be with you for a lifetime.
A400
ZDP-189
ZDP-189 is a new type of super steel developed by Hitachi Metals, Japan. This steel combines the traditional Japanese soil-covered blade firing process, which combines a sharp high-strength blade with a relatively low hardness but strong back.
After heat treatment, the folding knife blade has the same attractive wrought line/blade line as a samurai sword. William Henry also combined wavy Damascus with ZDP-189 to forge a process like clad steel/clamp steel. The back of the knife is made of softer wavy Damascus, and the blade is made of harder ZDP-189 stainless steel. Very practical.
ZDP-189 can be seen in many works of William Henry
KESTREL SINGE – William Henry – B09
“KESTREL SINGE” This B09 is characterized by being very light and flexible. The frame is made of aviation-grade titanium, which is anodized and equipped with a black pocket clip for easy portability. The blade is made of particularly strong ZDP 189 core steel. Worldwide limited edition: 250 pieces. $475
William Henry B05 “Shale”
Chad Nichols hand forged “crocodile” titanium saber hilt, moiré ZDP-189 core, Damascus steel blade, button and push-button inlaid with sapphires. Limited to 5 pieces worldwide. $975
Hand-Forged Damascus Steel
Damascus steel is a term commonly used in the West since the Middle Ages to describe a type of steel made in India and used in swords from about 300 BC to 1700 AD. There are beautiful textures on these swords. Not only is it durable, but it’s also sharp.
William Henry’s hand-forged Damascus steel is folded and forged. Its texture is regular and meticulous, and its patterns are varied, giving the viewer a beautiful enjoyment.
William Henry B02 – DAYBREAK (dawn) neck knife
Hand-forged water ripple Damascus steel blade, copper Damascus handle inlaid with black butterfly mother-of-pearl, button inlaid with red topaz gemstones, 10cm in length. $975
William Henry – B10 HORIZON (pattern)
The frame is made of aerospace-grade titanium, the decorative spacers are 10,000-year-old fossilized mammoth ivory, and the blade is hand-forged “valiant” Damascus steel. Worldwide limited edition: 25 pieces.
William Henry P3 DMT “Apollo” Pendant
Inspired by the design of guitar picks, hand-forged horses, inlaid with ten thousand-year-old mammoth molar fossils from the seabed, diamond-coated stainless steel back cover.
Copper corrugated Damascus steel
The copper corrugated Damascus process is a patented process exclusively developed by William Henry. It folds and forges copper elements and stainless steel (VG-5). After repeated folding and forging for 45 layers, the hardness level of the blade can reach HRC59.
Mammoth ivory fossil
The William Henry handcrafted folding knife inlaid with fossilized mammoth ivory is a major feature of the brand, and mammoth ivory can also be seen in other William Henry jewelry.
The collection value of mammoth ivory is very high, because it is a non-renewable resource, and it is difficult to mine. William Henry selected high-quality fossils and supplemented with color technology to endow this trace of life from ancient times on folding knives and other accessories, combining time and space with art, and injecting a new soul into the utensils.
William Henry BB9 MT Mammoth Bracelet
The bracelet is crafted from woolly mammoth molar fossils (10,000-year-old fossils have been found on the ocean floor) into gorgeous beads, each hand polished and no two are alike.
Turquoise
The turquoise inlaid on the handle of the William Henry folding knife is all African turquoise, which has a rough texture. The turquoise and iron wire are evenly distributed, and it has a strong cultural color of the American western tribal civilization.
Lapis lazuli, ruby, agate, emerald
The noble lapis lazuli originating from Egyptian civilization, the quintessential ruby from Europe in the Middle Ages, the gem agate from West Asian civilization, and the emerald representing the most expensive gemstone in the East are also the inlaid gemstones chosen by William Henry’s folding knife. The value of these gems themselves is unmatched. When they are set in the exquisite William Henry pocketknife, who made who?
Meteorite
Meteorites are traces from space and represent a mystery that humans have not yet solved. Many knife lovers are fascinated by William Henry’s meteorite decorative folding knife. This kind of low-key unknown, like a mysterious woman, affects your heart at any time.
Liam Henry B30 “Galaxy”
Hand forged blue titanium Damascus hilt by Nichols, inlaid with a mesmerizing meteorite (part of the Gibeon meteorite that fell in the Namibian desert in prehistoric times). The blade is a “valorous” Damascus handcrafted by Mike Norris. Pushbuttons and buttons set with sapphires.
Coral fossil
Most of William Henry’s folding knives inlaid with coral fossils use the carcass of a single coral, ranging from a few millimeters to tens of centimeters, usually surrounded by a body wall, and the surface is decorated with wrinkles of varying thickness. But in more advanced corals, the body wall degenerates. It is the life from the sea, and it is also the trace of the years.
North American Maple
American maple, considered to have the most beautiful grain, is highly valued for its special grain. Maple can produce many beautiful wood grains, such as wavy wood grain (qin back wood grain), bird’s eye wood grain, bedding wood grain and straight wood veneer.
William Henry selected the most expensive maple wood grain to add roughness and toughness from nature to his custom folding knives.
Spruce pinecones are a material with a singular visual appeal, and the elegant texture of the handle of this design is also the ideal canvas to showcase William Henry’s exotic material. “Yunshan Pinecone” is an expression of elegance and function, a beautiful balance between modern style and exotic materials.
Desert ironwood grows in the Sonoran Desert from the southwestern United States to northwestern Mexico. Its wood is extremely hard, stable and non-flammable, and it is one of the few recognized woods that can be used directly without stabilization.
Another feature of desert ironwood is its unique pattern. Its varied texture and good polishing make its finished products have attractive textures. In the United States, desert ironwood is a popular tool handle material for high-end handmade knife makers, and many enthusiasts use it as a gun handle patch. Therefore, William Henry’s desert ironwood handle folding knife is also very popular among American fans.
Snake mulberry
Snake mulberry is the most precious wood in South America, known as the diamond in wood. The difference between heartwood and sapwood of snake mulberry is obvious, the sapwood is wide, tough, light yellowish white, and the heartwood is dark red. The structure of snake mulberry is fine to very fine; the texture is straight, the gloss is strong, the heartwood is obvious, there are irregular black spots and patterns, the patterns are changeable, like snake patterns, pictographs and English letters, it has the characteristics of snake wood, letter wood, oracle bone wood good reputation, very decorative effect.
Dalbergia wood is lustrous, has no special smell and taste, straight or slightly staggered grain, fine and uniform structure, and very heavy wood, which is an excellent material for practical knife handles. It has the characteristics of good turning, planning and engraving performance, strong stability, not easy to crack and deform, and is especially suitable for use in harsh environments.
Extreme craftsmanship – Ultimate Technology
Traditional oriental crafts – iron gold and silver crafts
The ancient gold and silver crafts are divided into engraving gold and Jianjin, both of which can be called “wrong gold”. “Wrong gold and silver craftsmanship, as a kind of pattern decoration, first appeared in the bronze wares of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and the so-called “cuo” character means to paint gold and silver on the bronze wares. Among them, engraved gold is on the metal surface Carve grooves, and then fill and press gold wires into the grooves; Jianjin is to carve dense squares on the metal surface. These squares are not polished, and the edges are rough and sharp, and then stick gold pieces on the square on the surface, hit it flat with a small hammer, so that the gold piece is fixed on the surface.
These two crafts have their advantages and disadvantages: engraved gold is not as strong as Jianjin, so the area should not be too large, and too complicated patterns cannot be made, but the sharpness of the line drawing is strong and the surface force is good; Jianjin can custom complex patterns, And because the ductility of gold is particularly good, the gold sheet can be made very thin, which saves material.
Mixed gold and silver have extremely high artistic requirements for pattern lines. Lines are like brushes for painting, they must be lively, smooth, and consistent in thickness. Secondly, the grooves on the utensils must be very accurate, otherwise the gold wires cannot be embedded. Even if it is barely embedded, it is not firm, especially the combined patterns and decorations of gold flakes and gold wires are dense, the arcs are concentrated in patterns, and the requirements for slotting accuracy are stricter, making production more difficult.
Because the gold and silver wires of the gold and silver process are all punched and pressed into the surface of the utensils, and no adhesive can be used, so the pattern lines must be smooth, and the groove accuracy must be accurate, the inlays should be smooth, and there should be no traces on the wires. The difficulty can be imagined, if a process is wrong, it is impossible to complete.
When the chisel cutter removes the redundant part, the graphic pattern appears shallowly, and everything shows the charm of hand carved. And handmade always belongs to the art with temperature.
Makie craft
This is one of the lacquer techniques, which originated in the Nara period. Gold and silver flakes are added to the lacquer liquid, and after drying, it is polished to show the gold and silver color, which is extremely luxurious.
The pattern is mainly made of mother-of-pearl, silver thread inlaid with flowers, birds, grass insects or other auspicious patterns, with a strong and luxurious oriental style.
Wood grain gold / wood mesh gold
Wood grain gold is metal with a wood texture. It was first used in the forging process of ancient Japanese samurai swords. It became widely popular in the 17th century. Craftsmen used different metals for folding and forging, and made the underlying dark metal more obvious through artistic treatment, forming a pattern that imitates the effect of wood grain.
William Henry boldly applied this handle material on the handle of the folding knife. Different types of metals have different colors after heat treatment-these colorful and beautiful metal colors come from brass, nickel, silver and other elements.
After 45 to 89 layers of folding, forging and heating processes, the dreamy and charming wood grain gold effect is fully handcrafted.
Although inherited from ancient Japanese forging techniques, some of the best wood grain gold works in the modern world come from the United States, and William Henry is one of them.
Hand-carved
Carving on objects is a very long-standing skill, and solid wood, shells, jade, etc. can all be used as platforms. Carving on metal is referred to as “golden carving”.
In the West, modern gold carving skills evolved from “ivory” carving. More than 200 years ago, sailors on long journeys carved whale teeth to pass the boring time, and then gave them to their loved ones as corset parts. Gradually, the engraving technique shifted from whale teeth to shells, ivory, pig teeth, antlers, and metals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron.
When engraving, it is necessary to fix the object on the rotating engraving table, and then use a special tool to outline the outline on the metal mold; then use meticulous engraving techniques to gradually reveal the details of the three-dimensional pattern. With an accuracy of one tenth of a millimeter, the radian and depth of the pattern are depicted, and a beautiful pattern is finally formed.
William Henry hand-carved the handle of the folding knife in 925 silver containing 7.5% copper. 925 silver is an internationally recognized sterling silver with excellent gloss and hardness higher than gold.
After careful carving by craftsmen, each folding knife has a unique artistic soul.
Gold inlays and engravings
William Henry’s gold engravings represent the highest craftsmanship in hand-crafted custom knives. The production process includes selecting raw materials, making gold circles, making gold pieces to be carved, fixing gold pieces to be carved, carving patterns, cleaning carved gold pieces, inlaying gold main frames, and polishing gold main frames.
William Henry’s gold engraving is characterized by the selection of pure gold raw materials – gold with a purity of 99.9% is selected as the raw material for engraving, its physical properties are relatively soft, it is beautiful and does not change color. An expensive primary material for knives.
The best of William
In 2017, William Henry released a limited-edition accessories series called “godfather of fantastical illustrations” in honor of American artist Frank Frazetta.
William Henry’s new collection in tribute to Frank Frazetta includes men’s jewelry pendants, bracelets, necklaces and rings. The flagship “Silver Warrior” folding knife in this series. Its official selling price is as high as $75,000. (75,000 US dollars is about $5,100)
What is the concept of a $5,100 folding knife?
All this knife is hand-carved and signed by the engraver. The blade material is made of hand-made forged Damascus, which has been sharpened before leaving the factory. The handle of the knife is made of 24K gold, sapphire and 925 sterling silver, and is completed by various inlay techniques.
This knife is an almost perfect replica of Frank Frazetta’s “Silver Warrior” in its engraved design. The samurai engraving on the left side of the blade, whether it is full muscles, exquisite armor, or even the wanton beard, is perfectly reproduced by William Henry’s sculptor.
The polar bear engraving on the back of the handle also fully demonstrates the ferocity and arrogance of the polar bear in Frank Frazetta’s “Silver Warrior”.
At the same time, this knife is the only folding knife in all William Henry’s product posters that the model holds with both hands.
Star’s Favorite
Jared Leto, who played the Joker in the movie “Suicide Squad”, is a loyal fan of William Henry.
After he won the Oscar in 2014, when he was invited to shoot the cover of the “Flaunt” men’s wear magazine, Leto took his William Henry folding knife inlaid with mammoth ivory fossils and citrine with him and proposed to take it. Shooting together with this knife.
He said that good actors can resonate with good movies, and William Henry’s pocketknife can resonate with him. This actor, as graceful as God himself, really deserves the unique William Henry pocketknife.
Travis Fimmel, the star of “Vikings” and “World of Warcraft”, also posted a photo of himself with William Henry’s favorite knife on his personal website.
This bloody Viking spirit-like existence on the big screen decisively chose William Henry to speak for him in real life.
Gentlemen’s Choice
“It is so light that you will forget its existence in your pocket, it is as light as a feather fluttering when you open it, and its appearance is as elegant as a diamond.” This is what people say about William Henry’s folding knife.
Each of William Henry’s works is based on “high-quality handmade folding knives”, and each process follows its own ultra-high standards: material selection, assembly, grinding, etc., all details are kept improving to ensure that the produced knives can be Standing the rigorous test of time and peers, each piece is a masterpiece.
William Henry pioneered a culture of elegant gentleman’s pocketknives/accessories popular in the field of high-end men’s accessories.
Matt, the chief designer of William Henry, often said to people: “Our folding knives are not just for collection, they also have the top cutting performance and unparalleled functionality. Owning a William Henry not only reflects the It not only reflects your personal taste, but also reflects your attitude towards the world.”
You must know that the ancient biological fossils on the handle of the knife have existed on this earth for tens of thousands of years. When humans disappear, they still exist. Therefore, your pocketknife is not only to satisfy your own taste, but also the most precious gift for the next generation, which is worth passing down from generation to generation. ”
When you hold it, you will feel the unique satisfaction it brings to you. Almost all of William Henry’s works are produced in limited quantities around the world. Each folding knife has its own unique number, and a certificate is attached, detailing the production number and date of manufacture. Once sold out, it will no longer be produced. This unique brand personality also makes many senior knife lovers unable to extricate themselves.
If you also want to own a custom-made folding knife that represents the “gentleman’s character”
Then William Henry must be the first choice!
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