Seven Days Before Christmas

Only seven more shopping days until Christmas! If you're still looking for that perfect gift for the knife connoisseur in your life, we have a Battleship Blades available for immediate purchase.

BB-55 Damascus Piranha

Steel: 1095/15n20 Damascus

Finish: Hand-sanded

Overall Length: 6.125 inches

Blade Length: 2.75 inches

Handle: Teak from the Battleship USS NC

Sheath: Leather front pocket

Knife and history buffs alike appreciate our Battleship Blades, which boast handles crafted from original teak decking sourced from the Battleship USS-North Carolina. BB-55 is

a WWII era battleship that fought in every significant battle in the pacific theater of war. 

BB-55 Damascus Goshawk

Steel: 1095/15n20 Damascus

Finish: Hand-sanded

Overall Length: 7.75 inches

Blade Length: 3.5 inches

Handle: Teak from the Battleship USS NC

Sheath: Leather hip sheath

All battleship blades come with two marks - our McGhee, Guinea Hog Forge, Mastersmith mark on the show side and a BB-55 mark on the backside. BB-55 is the hull # of the ship.

 They also come with nice hand-crafted leather sheaths - 

a front pocket version for the Piranha and hip sheath for the Goshawk.

Available at Guinea Hog Forge while supplies last.

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A Little Love from Our State Magazine and Mast General Store

Our Damascus Pit Master hand-forged cleaver got a little love from Our State Magazine and Mast General Store yesterday. We entered it in the Made In NC contest this year, and while we didn't win the big prize, we were one of the Mast General Store's Home and Garden favorites.

Hand-forged by Master Bladesmith E. Scott McGhee out of 1095/15n20 pattern welded steel 

made by E. Scott McGhee. Yep, he made the steel, then he forged the cleaver.

Scott prefers organic and flowing Damascus steel patterns 

that match his organic and flowing functional tool designs. 

He even made a special leather jacket for this Pit Master. 

Thanks for looking! To see Scott's work in person, 

come see us in the Village of Yesteryear at the 2019 NC State Fair. 

October 17-27, 2019 Raleigh NC

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Exquisite Brut de Forge Knives

Scott completed two brut de forge knives recently. First off the bench was a hand-forged Brut de Forge Bowie with nickel silver bolsters and African Blackwood handle.

Brut de Forge Bowie

Steel: Hand-forged 1075

Finish: Hand-sanded and hammer-marked

Overall Length: 15.875 inches

Blade Length: 10 inches of cut

Handle: African Blackwood with nickel silver bolsters

Sheath: Leather drop with branding scars

Not only is the edge sharp, but this beauty has a fully sharpened clip too. 

Branding scars on the sheath take this custom McGhee package to the next level. 

Scott spine-marked this monster because he could.

Scott also completed a Brut de Forge Fighter that's been in the works for a while.  

Brut de Forge Fighter

Steel: Hand-forged 1075

Finish: Hand-sanded and hammer-marked

Overall Length: 12.875 inches

Blade Length: 7.75 inches of cut

Handle: Ram's horn with black Micarta bolsters

Sheath: Edge tooled leather drop

This 1075 hand-forged beauty boasts a hand-peened museum fit ram's horn handle
complemented by black Micarta bolsters.

It also sports a fully sharpened clip, hand-sanded finish and tapered tang.

A beautiful edged tooled leather drop sheath completes the package.

Hammer marked rustic blade meets a fine finish and exquisite build -
an E. Scott McGhee signature look.

Thanks for looking.

Guinea Hog Forge

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Zulu Meets the Chief

Scott does a lot of hand-forging (no power hammer involved) when teaching introductory bladesmithing classes. Generally he finishes at least one knife during the class, but a few rough-forged blades always get completed at a later date. During his June Intro to Bladesmithing class at the Virginia Institute of Blacksmithing, Scott forged a Zulu/Chief - a knife with a blade like our popular Zulu model but the size of our Chief (i.e. a large hunter).

Zulu/Chief

Steel: Hand-forged 1075

Blade: 5.125 inches (from tip to guard)

Overall Length: 10.5 inches

Guard: Bronze w/black coved & bronze spacer

Handle: Desert Ironwood 

Sheath: Tooled leather drop 

She's a beautiful and functional tool . . . 

. . . that comes with a quality crafted, hand-tooled leather sheath. 

Made by ABS Master Bladesmith, E. Scott McGhee, 

this is a piece of functional art that can be enjoyed for generations. 

Thanks for looking.

Guinea Hog Forge

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Brut de Forge in BB-55 Teak

On June 13th, 1940 (79 years ago today), the Battleship USS North Carolina (aka BB-55) was first launched. The ship fought in every significant battle in the pacific during WWII. It was decommissioned in June of 1947 and was ultimately dedicated as a North Carolina Memorial in 1962. The memorial ship is located in Wilmington, not far from our home. In 1983, the original decking was replaced, and last year Scott obtained several original pieces. It took a lot of seaching and proper cutting to find good handle stock in all that wood, but he found quite a few and some even had curl in it like the ones on the Brut de Forge Bowie pictured below.

The teak was stabilized for use on knives. You have to rock the handle back and forth to truly appreciate the curl, but it's there and is truly stunning on this hand-forged blade.

Brut de Forge Bowie

Steel: Hand-forged 1075

Finish: Hammer-marked and hand-sanded

Overall Length: 15 inches

Blade Length: 9 inches

Handle: Curly Teak from BB-55

Bolsters: Nickel-silver

Sheath: Leather drop

*Blade has fully sharpened clip

Made by ABS Mastersmith E. Scott McGhee

Thanks for looking.

Guinea Hog Forge

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Southern Side x Side 2019

This will mark our second year at the Southern Side x Side Championship and Exhibition. It's a gun show and competition where you can buy Damascus side x side shotguns and watch folks compete with them too. If you'd like to join us, it's in Sanford NC at Deep River Sporting Clays on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 25-28th).

We'll have a few knives available for purchase and we're also giving one away to benefit the NC Youth Shooting Foundation. Raffle tickets can be purchased on site at the Deep River Clubhouse - $1 per ticket, and there is a shotgun in the raffle too!

Damascus Sparrow Hawk with Desert Ironwood handle

                                                         S35VN Piranhas in Micarta and G-10

                                                   Damascus Thorn in African Blackwood

And last, but not least, a Brut de Forge blackout fighter dressed in Maroon Micarta.

Come see us in the Sponsorship Tent.

GuineaHogForge.com

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