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Each piece is individually handcrafted and available only while it remains in stock. Where possible, a similar piece can be commissioned—unless a piece is marked ‘One Of A Kind’.
AVAILABLE ITEMS
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Texas Bowie
Forged 5160 steel with giraffe bone handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 180 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 310 mmZARR2 000USDapprox. $120EURapprox. €107GBPapprox. £91 -

Texas Bowie
Forged 5160 steel with giraffe bone handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 180 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 310 mmZARR2 000USDapprox. $120EURapprox. €107GBPapprox. £91 -

Braai Knife
Forged 5160 steel blade with rose wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 170 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 300 mmZARR2 400USDapprox. $144EURapprox. €129GBPapprox. £109 -

Camp knife
Forged 5160 steel with Rose Wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 130 mmHandle: 150 mmOverall: 280 mmZARR1 500USDapprox. $90EURapprox. €80GBPapprox. £68 -

Camp knife
Forged 5160 steel with Rose Wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 130 mmHandle: 150 mmOverall: 280 mmZARR1 500USDapprox. $90EURapprox. €80GBPapprox. £68 -

EDC
Forged 5160 steel with Wild Olive handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 120 mmOverall: 240 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

BBD model hunter
Forged 5160 steel with Iron wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 110 mmHandle: 110 mmOverall: 220 mmZARR1 400USDapprox. $84EURapprox. €75GBPapprox. £64 -

BBD model hunter
Forged 5160 steel with Iron wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 110 mmHandle: 110 mmOverall: 220 mmZARR1 400USDapprox. $84EURapprox. €75GBPapprox. £64 -

BBD model hunter
Forged 5160 steel with Iron wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 110 mmHandle: 110 mmOverall: 220 mmZARR1 400USDapprox. $84EURapprox. €75GBPapprox. £64 -

BBD model hunter
Forged 5160 steel with Iron wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 110 mmHandle: 110 mmOverall: 220 mmZARR1 400USDapprox. $84EURapprox. €75GBPapprox. £64 -

EDC
Clip point utility with partridge wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 135 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 260 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
Clip point utility with iron wood handle and 5160 steel blade
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
Forged 5160 steel with partridge wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
Forged 5160 steel with partridge wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
Clip point utility with forged 5160 steel blade and wild olive handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 130 mmHandle: 120 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
5160 steel with spalted oak handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 120 mmOverall: 240 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

EDC
5160 steel with Wild Olive handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 120 mmOverall: 240 mmZARR1 200USDapprox. $72EURapprox. €64GBPapprox. £55 -

Yakut inspured hunter
Forged 5160 steel with brass bolster and pepper burl, bone and blackwood spacers.
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 140 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 265 mmZARR3 500USDapprox. $211EURapprox. €188GBPapprox. £159 -

Yakut inspured hunter
Forged 5160 steel with brass bolster and pepper burl, bone and blackwood spacers.
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 140 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 265 mmZARR3 500USDapprox. $211EURapprox. €188GBPapprox. £159 -

Yakut/hunter
Yakut inspired hunter . Forged 5160 blade with a brass bolster. Brass shims with buffalo horn spacers and a Wild olive/resin combo make up the handle.
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 140 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 265 mmZARR3 500USDapprox. $211EURapprox. €188GBPapprox. £159 -

Yakut/hunter
Yakut inspired hunter . Forged 5160 blade with a brass bolster. Brass shims with buffalo horn spacers and a Wild olive/resin combo make up the handle.
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 140 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 265 mmZARR3 500USDapprox. $211EURapprox. €188GBPapprox. £159 -

Pink tanto
80CRV2 steel with pink acrylic handle. Horizontal carry kydex sheath
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 100USDapprox. $66EURapprox. €59GBPapprox. £50 -

Pink tanto
80CRV2 steel with pink acrylic handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR1 100USDapprox. $66EURapprox. €59GBPapprox. £50 -

Chief class Iklwa
Forged 5160 steel blade. Tambotie shaft with copper wire binding
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 500 mmHandle: 500 mmOverall: 1000 mmZARR4 000USDapprox. $241EURapprox. €214GBPapprox. £182 -

Dagger
5160 steel blade. handle is 24cm with wrought Iron, Red Ivory wood and stacked leather. Comes with custom leather sheath
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 170 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 300 mmZARR2 900USDapprox. $175EURapprox. €155GBPapprox. £132 -

Dagger
5160steel with Red Ivory, stacked leather and vrasd. comes with acustom leather sheath
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 170 mmHandle: 125 mmOverall: 295 mmZARR2 900USDapprox. $175EURapprox. €155GBPapprox. £132 -

Hunter/skinner
5160 steel with African Black Wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 100 mmHandle: 100 mmOverall: 200 mmZARR2 200USDapprox. $132EURapprox. €118GBPapprox. £100 -

Hunter/skinner
5160 steel with African Black Wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 100 mmHandle: 100 mmOverall: 200 mmZARR2 200USDapprox. $132EURapprox. €118GBPapprox. £100 -

Hunter/skinner
5160 steel with African Black Wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 100 mmHandle: 100 mmOverall: 200 mmZARR2 200USDapprox. $132EURapprox. €118GBPapprox. £100 -

Serbian Cleaver
1085 steel blade with spalted cork oak handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 25 mmHandle: 12 mmOverall: 37 mmZARR2 800USDapprox. $169EURapprox. €150GBPapprox. £127 -

Yakut
forged 5160 steel with Pepper burl, Corian and African black wood
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 130 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 260 mmZARR2 800USDapprox. $169EURapprox. €150GBPapprox. £127 -

Friction folders
Forged 5160 steel blades with Wild Olive and African black wood
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 10 mmHandle: 12 mmOverall: 22 mmZARR1 900USDapprox. $114EURapprox. €102GBPapprox. £86 -

Chef Knife
Kyo style French Chef kitchen knife with 5160 blade and red and black ivory wood handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 250 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 380 mmZARR2 900USDapprox. $175EURapprox. €155GBPapprox. £132 -

Herneuter
Replica of a traditional South African knife. Handle is wild olive and sheath has an overlay of indigenous cow (Nguni) skin
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 120 mmOverall: 240 mmZARR2 800USDapprox. $169EURapprox. €150GBPapprox. £127 -

Tanto tactical
1070 carbon steel with G10handle
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 120 mmHandle: 130 mmOverall: 250 mmZARR2 200USDapprox. $132EURapprox. €118GBPapprox. £100 -

Damascus Iklwa
Blade from 15N20 and 1070 steel. Red ivory shaft with copper binding
Add to cartDIMENSIONSBlade: 500 mmHandle: 500 mmOverall: 1000 mmZARR12 000USDapprox. $722EURapprox. €643GBPapprox. £546
INTERNATIONAL COURIER ESTIMATES
Courier costs vary by destination, parcel size, weight and current carrier charges. The guide below is an estimate only; final courier costs will be confirmed before dispatch. Import duties, taxes and clearance charges, where applicable, are for the recipient’s account.
| Destination | Small item ≤1.5 kg | Medium item ≤5 kg | Large item ≤15 kg |
| USA | R1,900 – R3,500 | R1,560 – R2,800 | R2,350 – R5,800 |
| UK | R1,900 – R4,000 | R1,700 – R2,800 | R2,500 – R4,800 |
| Europe | R1,900 – R2,000 | R1,900 – R3,200 | R2,500 – R5,800 |
| Australia / New Zealand | R1,400 – R2,800 | R2,300 – R4,800 | R3,500 – R6,100 |
ABOUT OUR WORK

Handmade
Every piece is forged by a Rutherford Forge team member.

Quality materials
High carbon steel, first choice local hardwoods, leather and bone.

Built to last
Made to be used, enjoyed and to become a prized heirloom.
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HANDMADE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Proudly crafting and working from Johannesburg.

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