Damascus Fixed Blade

Peterson, Chris

Chris Peterson is a renowned knifemaker based in Salina, Utah. He has over forty years of knifemaking experience and is an ABS Master Smith. Chris served in Vietnam where he learned the life saving importance of a good dependable knife. Chris forges all of his own steel and each knife blade he makes has 1200 layers of steel in it3. He uses O1 tool steel and A36 mild for his Damascus knives. He has also made knives with meteorite, although he hasn’t done so recently due to the high cost of production. Chris is a member of the organization of mountain men, known as the American Mountain Men, and carries the ensignia cartouche of "No Sweat" hense the branding of his knives. His brand is a encircled sweat drop with a slash through it. signifying "No Sweat" American Mountain Men is an association dedicated to preserving the traditions and ways of the nation’s greatest explorers and pioneers, the Mountain Men. The organization was started in 1968 by Walt Hayward. The American Mountain Men aim to conserve the nation’s remaining natural wilderness and wildlife, and to enable their members to survive alone, under any circumstances, using only what nature has to offer. They are interested in the quality of members, not the quantity, and their primary characteristic is to be a Brotherhood of Men. Members of the organization strive to teach, share, and learn the arts and skills of the original American mountain men. They also aim to embrace the total lifestyle of the original Mountain Men, researching all they can about these rugged individualists and then going into the field to practice what they have learned. They share their findings with other members through their magazine, "The Tomahawk & Long Rifle" The organization is not large, but it is worldwide. They work within the 1820 – 1840 era. The sense of camaraderie and the shared endeavor are more important to them than individual gain. As a member Chris will instruct interested parties in survival techniques in the wild. His son, Michael Peterson, also followed in his footsteps and became a bladesmith.