Josh Smith Knives

I would like to thank you for coming to this part of my site and keeping up with me.  I am sorry that I have not updated it recently.  I will be posting some pictures of a couple orders I just completed.  They turned out really nice. 

 I am now preparing for the Atlanta Blade Show at the end of this month.  I am also beginning my preparation for the private show I am hosting the end of June. 

Most of all though we are preparing for the birth of our new baby.  My wife is scheduled to be induced on Friday if it does not come before.  We don’t know what it is and could use some help on choosing a boy name.  

 I will be in touch with some new updates with some pictures.  Thanks for stopping by. 

 Josh

Below is an article that came out in the latest issue of the Clark Fork Journal.  The journal is a small local publication that covers people and events in western Montana.  I hope you enjoy.  Thanks,

 Josh

Clark Fork Journal Article

Rick Dunkerley and I got in a little trouble at the New York knife show.  Well not really but it sure looks like it.  A friend of ours in New York is a detective for the NYPD.  Her husband took us to her precinct where she was on duty.  We got to meet the other detectives in her precinct and then they proceeded to lock us up and take a picture of us with their Polaroid. 

 It was a real blast getting to meet everyone in her precinct.  It was easy to see why they are New York Cities finest. 

Last summer I was mowing the lawn when I noticed a strange shape hanging from a tree on our property.  I ignored it for a while but just couldn’t figure out what it was.  Finally I decided to walk over to see what could be hanging from this tree.  I was shocked to find a HUGE pile of bees!  Scenes from numerous movies flowed through my head and I almost ran off screaming.  But instead I watched the activity for a while as it was just bustling with activity. 

 I could tell they were not wasps or yellow jackets so I decided to go in and call a local bee expert.  Easier said than done.  After a Google search I found a researcher through the University of Montana.  The next day he came out and was blown away.  In all of his years he had never seen such a perfect swarm.  He was so excited.  He said this was like something off of the discovery channel.  This was one SOLID pile of bees about 12″ around and 15 inches long!  The weight of the bees was pulling on the branch like a lead weight.  The resercher said he guessed it to be about 30,000 bees. 

 He proceeded to tell us that a young queen bee had left a huge hive somewhere and took a part of the hive with her to start a new one.  She landed on this branch and the rest of the bees landed on top of her to keep her warm.  At this point a small group of bees go out and search for a new home.  He said these bees would not be aggressive because they did not have a home to protect yet. 

He but a “bee box” under this swarm and then let the bees begin to find their way in.  The next day he came out early when all of the bee were finally in the box.  They had found the perfect new home.  These bees were so calm.  He cut the branch off and laid it on the bee box and then proceeded to grab bees off of the swarm and they just didn’t mind at all. 

The bees were taken to the research center at the university where their hive would be allowed to flourish.   This was an incredible experience and we were able to learn a few of natures awe-inspiring phenomenons.  We went to bed that night feeling really lucky to live here in Montana.

Here are two pictures of knives I took to New York and sold.  I took five knives but just have pictures of the two right now.

 This is a beautiful little boot knife. The damascus blade is my tiger stripes pattern with a false edge. The guard, spacer, and butt cap are all browned mild steel. The spacers between those pieces aresterling silver. It has a frame handle with fossil mammoth ivory scales and sterling silver domed pins. This knife is a take down knife and can be taken apart by unscrewing the finial with the small wrench provided. This is the first knife that I have ever browned fittings on. I am very excited about how it turned out and I will be doing more of it. It has a Paul Long sheath. This sheath is fully tooled cow hide leather sheath fully lined with deer skin and inlayed with alligator skin. The knife is held in by Paul’s retention strap system that he designed.

This is a very nice mosaic damascus liner lock folder. The blade and double bolsters have matching tiger stripe steel. The handle is fossil mammoth ivory and the thumb stud is filed with a sapphire set in 18k gold. The back bar, liners, and screws are all file worked. The blade, bolsters, and back bar are all heat colored gold while the liners are heat colored blue.