Samuel Lurquin M.S. #2
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The spirit of the West, with a twist. Ladder Damascus meets polished titanium meets koa wood, a seamless progression regardless of the direction; it cuts both ways and eloquently illustrates the artist’s knack for discovering new possibilities in the tried and true. That a knife is first a tool, that it must get the work done; and that only then - and perhaps because of it - it may also please the eye.

Serial number

SL-HT-D-W

Construction

Hidden tang

Blade

1084/15n20 steels

Damascus

Ladder pattern

Grinds

Flat

Guard & Fittings

Polished grade 5 titanium

Handle

Stabilized koa wood

Build time

150 hours

Engraving

N/A

Sheath

Serial number JG-C-B-N-SL
Exterior Calf with buffalo insert
Lining Calf
Concho Sterling silver
Stud Samuel Lurquin’s damascus, milled by Nicolas Verschuere
Build time 11 hours

Knifemaker

Samuel Lurquin

From Belgium.

Sam started out as a farrier but soon found himself being drawn deeper into
the hearth and looking beyond the power to just give the steel a shape. In his many travels around the world he would meet bladesmiths, and become more and more curious when they spoke of the magical experience of transforming a slab of metal into a polished blade.
He needed answers only legendary knife-maker Achim Wirtz, a.k.a. the Master of Steel and the Pope of Damascus, could give. Thus began a humbling journey of apprenticeship by trial and error to understand metallurgical principles and how to apply them to a rebirth of the metal in the forge. As steeped in tradition as knife-making maybe, Sam also understood that is such a dynamic field in terms of aesthetics and materials that there’s no standing still.