Wild Country Collaboration

Myself and frontier historian and master leather expert Chuck Burrow of Wild Rose Trading company have started a new line of frontier style knives,sheaths and trappings to be authentic to the period. We formed our venture to be called Wild Country.

Wild Country hand crafted knives and leather work are made from the highest quality materials available. Each item is completely hand made one at a time in each of our shops using the traditional methods of the 18th/19th century. The Knives are all handmade with forged blades and leather goods are cut out with a knife (not clicker stamped), are hand decorated (stamped, carved, beaded), then sewn with fine Irish linen thread to produce the best stitch possible. Some goods are then finished with our aging process that gives our gear that authentic, vintage look.

For our knifemaking I will be following the blacksmiths and tinkers of a bygone era but using modern steel and heat treat- using the best of the old and the new, although like Chucks leather work we mainly use the methods and materials of the 18th and 19th century.

Chucks work has been featured in
" Guns of the Old West" and "Gunworld" by Gary Paul Johnston
"Shooting Times" by Mike Venturino
"American Handgunner" and "Shoot!Magazine" by JohnTaffin.
He was also featured by John Taffin in his book: "Action Shooting Cowboy Style"
And mutiple times been award "Best western knives" by True West magazine.