The big picture of the project as a whole is to develop a 'go to' range of handmade knives that cover most usages for outdoors folk, foragers, hunters, fishers and even kitchen, making them of the best quality and from the finest materials but still make them as affordable as possible.
Years ago, along with my parents, we made a range of knives that fitted that very bill, we called them the Portland Series, named after Portland Works, the historic works where they were made and where I am still based, the first two models of the reborn Portland Series are the Portland90 and Portland120.
Both the P90 and P120 are directly targeted at the worldwide deer stalking market, the 90mm blade of the smaller knife rendering it perfect for the smaller to mid-sized species, the 120mm blade of its larger sibling covers mid to large, both knives sleek and slender, almost scalpel like, they have both undergone rigorous field testing and have proved supremely fit for purpose.
The Portland Series will be offered in the definitive steel specification of 3mm stock Sheffield made SF100 blade steel, that steel on the initial models was married to Hunter Orange G10 handle scales.
Photos to follow but in the meantime there are plenty on my socials, links to which are below.
I am producing a small limited edition run of my Portland90 in Absolute Zero blue G10, please feel free to drop me a line to discuss or there are more details on my AVAILABLE page.
A Portland90 in benchmark specification of SF100 blade steel married to Hunter Orange G10 handle scales over black G10 liners.
Leather and/or Kydex sheaths are available.
Portland90.
SF100 Sheffield-made stainless steel at 3mm stock.
90mm blade length, 225mm overall.
Full width flat grind with micro secondary bevel, extremely hard wearing and very attractive premium stonewashed finish.
Black & blue Dark Matter, Carbon Fibre scales over 3mm blue G10 liners.
Stainless Corby bolt fixings (and adhesive).
Hand made, superb quality leather sheath in a rich, deep brown 'tobacco' colour, hand stitched with blue thread and fully welted, beautifully burnished edges and a loop design that allows for a degree of 'swivel' movement whilst on the belt.
A Portland90 model featuring gunstock grade Turkish Walnut handle scales fitted over .5mm bright red liners.
Stainless steel Corby type bolts and adhesive secure all together.
Housed in a superb quality leather sheath in a rich, deep brown 'tobacco' colour, slender in design and deep fitting for security, fully welted, beautifully burnished edges.
Similar are available to commission with prices starting from around £395.
A Portland90 in 3mm stock SF100 blade steel with full width flat grinds and micro secondary bevels taking it to final edge, there is a modern and very hard wearing stonewashed finish to the steel.
Black/black SureTouch™ handle scales, SureTouch™ is a revolutionary new patent-pending product that combines G10 layers with rubber making it possible to have the toughness and durability of G-10 with the grip and anti-slip properties of rubber combined.
Stainless steel Corby-type bolts and adhesive secure all together.
Hand-made, superb quality leather sheath in a rich, deep brown 'tobacco' colour, slender in design and deep fitting, fully welted, beautifully burnished edges, the whole thing is truly a work of art in its own right.