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KNIVES FOR SALE
Forged in the fires of Africa!
OUR POLICY ON ORDERS
Kevin and Heather Harvey have a policy of not accepting orders. We believe that we do our best work when we make what we are inspired to make and then offer it for sale. We do however have a “wishlist”. The way the “wishlist” works is, if you see something that we have made in the past and wish to have a similar piece, we can put you down on our wishlist, and ifand when, we make something similar, you will be offered first refusal. You would be under no obligation to take the knife. We do not commit ourselves to a price or delivery date on the wishlist, it is just that ...... a wish, not an order. We hope you understand the way we approach our art form. If you would like to be added to our wishlist please contact us.
The knives that we have for sale over the website can also be viewed and purchased from our showroom at Heavin Forge in Belfast, South Africa. If you are in the area, we would love to show you around our workshop and showroom. Please phone first for an appointment.
We mainly have working knives for sale locally. Our fancier collectors pieces we generally sell at the shows we attend, namely the Durban Easter Knife Show, Blade Show in Atlanta U.S.A and the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa annual show in Johannesburg, South Africa. We also have knives for sale through our agent in the U.S.A, BladeGallery.com.
THE LOGO’S ON OUR KNIVES
When a knife is made entirely by Kevin Harvey it is marked, “Kevin Harvey, M.S”, the M.S stands for Master Bladesmith, the highest rating in the American Bladesmith Society.
When the knife has been made entirely by Heather Harvey, it is marked “Heather Harvey, M.S”.
If Kevin and Heather collaborate on a knife, it will be marked “Heavin M.S”.
Our apprentice, Rucus Coetzee marks his knives with Rucus Coetzee with an arrow separating the two names on his logo, he is a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa.
If the knife is marked “Heavin Forge” it means that it has been made by the Heavin Forge team. We all may have had something to do with its creation.
All knives come with a “Certificate of Origin”.
PAYMENT
All prices are listed in South African Rands and do not include postage.
We do accept credit card sales but we are not able to accept payment through the website for credit cards. If you would like to buy a knife using your credit card, may we please ask you to phone us during working hours on 013 253 0914 to give us your details. In this way we can also make sure that the knife is still available as it may have recently sold out of the showroom.
We also accept payments into our account with ABSA bank, again, please phone for the account details and to check that the knife you want is still available.
POSTAGE
Within South Africa we make use of the Speed Services, overnight, counter to counter, service. We need to post the knife before 1 pm in order for it to get to you the next day (not applicable on weekends). We charge R80 for a parcel under 1 kg. We will contact you with the tracking number.
International postage is at the buyers expense of around R500 for a 1 to 2 kg parcel with insurance and AT THE BUYERS RISK. Once the knife is in the post, we do not accept any responsibility for the parcel. We will insure it and give you the tracking number, but because of our poor postal service, we cannot guarantee the parcels safety. So far, luckily, we have had no problems in posting overseas, but South Africa is known for its bad postal service. We use insured airmail with insurance, but we can only insure a parcel for the maximum of R1 600 for loss, not damage. We wrap the knives very well and post them in a PVC tube to avoid damage.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GUILD AND MASTER BLADESMITHS
What makes our knives highly collectable is the effort we have gone to, to get the highest possible international ratings. The ratings we have achieved are from many years hard work, testing and evaluation by our peers, they are not just clubs that we belong to, we have had to prove that our work is of the highest standard in the world.
To become a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa requires you to submit 5 knives for evaluation by three Guild members. If your work is of a high enough standard you will be awarded your Guild status. It is not just a knife club that anyone can join. The standard of work by our Guild members in South Africa is highly regarded by overseas collectors. Please look at the Guild website for more information, www.kgsa.co.za. Kevin, Rucus and Heather are members of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa.
To become a Master Bladesmith requires a total of at least 5 years apprenticeship and journeymanship. First there is a three year apprenticeship with the American Bladesmith Society before you can do your cut and bend test which requires you to cut through a 1”, free hanging sisal rope with one swipe, cut through a 2”x 4” pine beam twice and without sharpening your knife you must still be able to shave arm hairs. The last test is to put the knife in a vice and bend it to 90 degrees without it breaking. You have to pass this test with a 10” knife that you have forged and finished yourself from carbon steel. You then have to submit in person 5 knives to a panel of judges at the annual Blade Show in Atlanta U.S.A. If your work is good enough and you passed the cut and bend test you will get your Journeyman Smith rating. Two years after being a Journeyman you can do the cut and bend test again with your own damascus knife and submit 4 damascus and carbon steel knives along with a set piece damascus quillion dagger, in person to another panel of judges at the Blade Show in Atlanta and if your work is of exceptional quality you will receive your Master Bladesmith rating. There are only around 100 Master Bladesmiths in the world. For more information on the American Bladesmith Society please look at their website, www.americanbladesmith.com. Kevin and Heather are the only two Master Bladesmiths on the African continent and the only married couple Master Bladesmiths. Heather is the second only lady Master Bladesmith in the world.
BOKER PLUS B@T-MAN KNIFE - KEVIN HARVEY DESIGN
Kevin submitted this design of a folding knife to Boker of Solingen Germany and they have put the knife into production. The design came from a dream that Kevin had after he and Heather attended a self-defense course which involved using knives. This is a unique and very difficult grind and looks a lot like a bat wing. The B@T-MAN is a liner lock which can be opened with one hand, the blade steel is 8Cr13MoV stainless knife steel and the handle slabs are G-10. It comes with a lanyard and a belt clip. It weighs 175 gms and its blade length is 95 mm. The handle is sculpted and grooved for extra grip.
I If you would like to look at the knife on Boker’s website, here is the link index.php-c=16,15,&a=01BO430&p=&pp=0
  
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Boker Plus Baby B@t Folder - Kevin Harvey Design
The baby brother of B@t-Man is smaller and more compact but just as effective. The “bat” grind cuts beautifully. The blade is 440C and the handle G10, it has an ambidextrous thumb peg, thong hole and pocket clip. Overall length 18.5 cm with a blade length of 8 cm. It weighs 102 g. A perfect self-defense, utility or biltong knife.
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We are proudly stocking and selling knife sharpening equipment from the company Smith’s of Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A. We visited their company a few years ago in Sleepy Valley Road in Hot Springs where they have been mining natural Arkansas stones since 1886. We have always used their sharpeners and have made a Sharpening DVD which we will sell along with their products. Please look at our “Sharpeners” page for more info.
SHOWROOM STOCK (please click on photo to enlarge)
Not all the new knives are at the top of the page - scroll down!
Please note that this is not a catalogue as each knife is individually made and will not be reproduced. What we show here is what we have at present for sale in our showroom.
 
Damascus Bowie by Kevin Harvey can be won for only R300 (U.S $40) per ticket
Please click here for more info
 
Miniature Anvil Set by Kevin Harvey
Price: R1 400 per set
Limited edition of 300 sets of this beautiful cast pewter miniature anvil set includes a stand, hollow log, anvil, forging hammer, horseshoe, forged Bowie knife blade, tongs (that work!) and a hardie cut off tool. All the tools are loose so you can play with them. The height of the anvil on the log is 94 mm. Each set is signed and numbered by Kevin and comes with a certificate. Postage using Speed Services, counter to counter is included in the price and delivery time is approximately a month from order.
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“Lady Lapis” Damascus Dagger by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R9 500
210 mm long blade of double ground, bold composite twist pattern damascus by Bertie le Roux. Handle of fluted and textured African Blackwood (Black Ivory) with fileworked bronze guard and spacers. Pommel ring of textured bronze. Segment of reconstituted lapis lazuli stone. Scabbard of African Blackwood with leather throat and belt loop. Brass fitting with lapis lazuli cabochon.
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Arizona Bowie by Kevin Harvey
Price: R8 000
240 mm long blade of “diagonal ladder W’s” pattern damascus steel by Kevin. Handle of Arizona Desert Iron wood with file worked nickel silver spacer and thong tube. Sharpened clip - so sharp that Kevin cut the 1” free hanging sisal rope with the clip, just for fun! Brown basket weave embossed cowhide sheath with concho.
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Hippo Ivory “Waypoint” Utility Knife by Kevin Harvey
Price: R4 800
105 mm long blade of Sandvick 14C28N stainless knife steel. Mirror polished flats and satin polished bevels. 303 stainless steel bolsters with scroll engraving by Kevin. Hippo ivory handle with fiber liners. Brown basket weave embossed cowhide sheath with rawhide lacing. Beautiful knife for scrimshaw work with crack free, even coloured ivory. We can recommend a scrimshander for you and facilitate the scrimshaw work.
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“Butterfly” Utility by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R3 400
110 mm long blade of “Butterflies” pattern damascus steel with file work on thumb rest. Handle of Wild Olive wood with African Blackwood spacer and brown and white fiber spacers. Brass guard and pin. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Giraffe Bone Utility with Lanyard by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R2 200
110 mm long blade of Sandvick 14C28N stainless knife steel with file work on the thumb rest. Tapered full tang construction with finger notches. Handle of stabilized and coloured giraffe shin bone with brown and white fiber liners. 303 stainless steel bolsters and thong tube with leather thong. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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“Nessmuk Hunter” by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R2 300
115 mm long blade of Sandvick 14C28N with file work on thumb rest. Tapered full tang construction. Handle of stabilized and coloured giraffe shin bone with brown and white fiber spacers and liners. 303 stainless steel guard and thong tube with leather thong. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Collectors Item
African Wildlife Series, Big Five by Pon Burger, Serial Number 006
Price: R12 000 for the set of 5
The late Pon Burger, knifemaker from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, created 100 of these sets depicting the “Big Five” in 1982. There are five knives, one of which is a folder, each scrimshawed on each side with one of the African big five, elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard. The blades are stainless knife steel and the handles elephant ivory. The fittings and rivets are engraved brass. The set comes in a wooden display case with elephant leather top and engraved brass plaque.
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Giraffe Hunter by Kevin Harvey
Price: R3 500
125 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. Handle of coloured and stabilized giraffe shin bone with brown and white fiber spacers. Mortise tang construction. Nickel silver guard and thong tube. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Forged Bone Clip Point Hunter/Utility by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 700
135 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. File work on thumb rest. Handle of stabilized and coloured giraffe shin bone. Tapered full tang construction. Light brown basket weave embossed cowhide sheath.
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Damascus Integral with Light Brown Pouch by Kevin Harvey
Price: R2 300
90 mm long blade of “Bold Ladder” pattern damascus steel, all work by Kevin. Integral construction. Light brown cowhide pouch.
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Light Brown Bone “Okavango” Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R2 300
105 mm long blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel. Handle of light brown coloured and stabilized giraffe shin bone with stainless steel pins and thong tube. Tapered full tang construction. Brown and white fiber liners, bolsters of textured 303 stainless steel. Brown cowhide sheath.
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Light Brown Bone “Way Point” Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R2 300
100 mm long blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel. Handle of light brown coloured and stabilized giraffe shin bone with stainless steel pins and thong tube. Tapered full tang construction. Brown and white fiber liners. Textured 303 stainless steel bolsters. Light brown cowhide sheath.
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“Red” Forged Drop Point Hunter by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 600
110 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. Handle of “Red” diamond wood . Tapered full tang construction. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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“Happy Camper” Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 700
105 mm long blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel. Handle of brown coloured and stabilized giraffe shin bone with brass pins and brown and white fiber liners. Tapered full tang construction. Brown cowhide sheath.
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Rooibos Bowie/Camp Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R3 900
170 mm long blade of hand forged and traditional Japanese clay hardened, 1070 carbon steel. Beautiful hamon (hardening line). Brass double guard, narrow tang construction. Handle of Rooibos with mosaic pin and thong tube. Brass and white fiber spacers. Dark brown basket weave embossed cowhide sheath.
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Guild Combat Dagger by Rucus Coetzee
Price: R5 800
Special set piece required for Guild entry. Rucus submitted this knife along with another 3 for evaluation to become a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa. He passed and is offering up his damascus dagger for sale. A lovely knife to add value to any collection. 215 mm blade of 280 layer, Chevron pattern damascus steel. African Blackwood handle with brass guard, ferrule and pommel. Wooden scabbard with bush pig skin overlay and brass throat, tip and frog button. This will be a collectors item.
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Guild Boning Knife by Rucus Coetzee
Price: R3 400
Another special collectors knife. Rucus submitted this knife along with his set piece dagger and two others to the evaluation committee to become a member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa. He passed and this is your opportunity to get one of his guild evaluation knives. 180 mm long blade of very fine layer Heartbeat pattern damascus steel. Light brown coloured and stabilized giraffe bone handle with a segment of Box Elder Burl wood. Nickel silver guard and spacer and mosaic pin. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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“Fiji Orange” Forged Drop Point Hunter by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 600
105 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. Handle of “Fiji Orange” coloured Diamond wood with brass pins. Tapered full tang construction. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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St. Christopher 1 Tactical Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 500
115 mm long blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel with tactical finish. Handle of black carbon fiber with brown and white fiber liners, stainless steel pins and thong hole. Tapered full tang construction with file worked thumb and index finger areas. Black cowhide sheath.
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St. Christopher 2 Tactical Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 500
115 mm long blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel with tactical finish. Handle of black carbon fiber with brown and white fiber liners, stainless steel pins and thong hole. Tapered full tang construction with file worked thumb and index finger areas. Black cowhide sheath.
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St. Michael Tactical Utility Dagger by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 500
115 mm long double edged dagger blade of Sandvik 14C28N stainless knife steel with tactical finish. Handle of black carbon fiber with brown and white fiber liners, stainless steel pins and thong hole. Tapered full tang construction with file worked thumb and index finger areas. Black cowhide sheath.
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“Camo” Integral Damascus Utility/Hunter by Kevin Harvey
Price: R2 300
115 mm long blade of random pattern damascus steel by Kevin. Integral construction. Brown “Camo” cowhide sheath.
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Forged Clip Point Hunter/Utility by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 600
125 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. Handle of brown Diamond Wood with brown and white fiber liners. Clip point blade. Tapered full tang construction. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Small Bowie 2 by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 800
110 mm long blade of Panzer36 stainless knife steel. Double brass guard. “Earth” coloured Diamond Wood with brass and red and white fiber spacers. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Collectors Item
Dagger in Display Case by Andre Thorburn
Price: R4 500
100 mm long blade of stainless knife steel. Handle of elephant ivory with stainless steel guard. Beautiful natural log display case by Eddie Mitchell. Andre Thorburn made this dagger about 15 years ago. Andre is one of the guilds highest award winning makers exhibiting locally and overseas. A rare chance to obtain one of Andre’s stunning daggers.
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Forged Drop Point Utility Field Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 600
115 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel. Tapered full tang construction. “Cocobolo” Diamond Wood handle with brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Tamboti Camp Knife by Kevin Harvey
Price: R3 500
160 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated 1070 carbon steel Narrow tang construction with pin. Brass guard with white fiber and brass spacers. Tamboti wood with “Fiddleback”. Handle is treated with Tung Oil. Brown cowhide sheath.
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Burl Utility Field Knife by Rucus Coetzee
Price: R2 800
120 mm long blade of hand forged and Japanese clay hardened 1070 carbon steel. Tapered full tang construction. Brass bolsters with textured face. African Wattle Burl (Peltophorum africanum) handle. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Damascus Clip Point Integral Knife by Kevin Harvey
Price: R2 200
115 mm long blade of hand forged and differentially heat treated “Double Heartbeat” pattern, 160 layer, carbon damascus steel. Integral construction. Brown basket weave embossed cowhide pouch.
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“Brown” Okavango Utility Knife by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R1 500
85 mm long blade of Panzer 36 stainless knife steel. Tapered full tang construction. Brown coloured and stabilized giraffe shin bone with white fiber liners and brass pins. Brown embossed cowhide sheath.
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Medieval Styled “Anelace” (Knights Dagger) by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R8 500
225 mm long blade of 4-bar composite twist damascus by Kevin. Handle of iron and copper twisted wire wrap with crimped copper ferrules and segments of wrought-iron and copper. Guard of wrought-iron from an old ox wagon wheel rim. Pommel of textured copper with polished cow horn inlays. Overall length 375 mm. Wooden scabbard with ostrich leather overlay with copper and iron wire wrap. Textured copper throat and tip.
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Persian Khanjar by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R8 700
210 mm long blade of hand forged, fine random pattern damascus, recurve blade with hollow ground double edge blade. Handle of stabilized, natural colour giraffe shin bone, nickel silver pins and mortise tang construction. Copper guard with two amethyst stones set in gypsy settings. Stone setting and engraving by Kevin. File worked copper spacers. The sheath has a beech wood inner covered in brown ostrich leather with sheep wool throat and copper tip.
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Damascus Cake Knife by Kevin Harvey
Price: R2 200
“Let them eat cake!” Hand forged and differentially heat treated cake knife. Overall length of 285 mm, blade length of 140 mm. “Random” pattern damascus steel, integral construction. A very unusual and collectable piece from Kevin.
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Integral Twist Utility by the Heavin Forge Team
Price: R2 000
100 mm long blade of twist pattern damascus steel. Integral construction with an overall length of just 205 mm. This is a light weight elegant little knife, perfect for your briefcase or handbag. Black cowhide sheath.
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Damascus Carving Fork by Kevin Harvey
Price: R3 000
300 mm long carving fork hand forged from damascus steel. The tines and handle are all integral. The body has a twist in it.
JEWELLERY FOR SALE - for more info please look at Damascus for Sale
Lined Damascus Steel Ring by the Heavin Forge Team
Size “V’ - Price R1 600
“Feather” pattern damascus steel with sterling silver lining. Size “V” gives an inside diameter of
20.35 mm. The ring is 10 mm wide to show off the pattern.
Lined Mokume Gane Ring by the Heavin Forge Team
Size “P 1/2” Price: R1 400
“Random” pattern mokume gane made from brass, copper and nickel silver. Lined with sterling silver. 8.5 mm wide, size P 1/2 which gives an inside diameter of 18.2 mm.
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Sid Jones (on right) with Bowie the Brilliant (our horse)
Sid Jones Handcrafted Knives
Our friend and neighbour, Sid Jones has a few of his handmade knives for sale. Sid is a retired member of the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa and enjoys making well researched historical knives, with a great attention to detail, fit and finish. All the following knives show great fit and finish and are sure to be the pride of any collection. You can buy the knives directly through us.
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Swiss Baselard cica 1450 copy by Sid Jones
Price: R6 250
240 mm long blade of “Flame” damascus steel by Heather Harvey. It is a double edged blade with a double fuller on both sides. Handle of specially selected Wild Olive wood. Nickel silver fittings cover both ends of the handle and are engraved by Kevin. There is a bone disk on the pommel. The scabbard has a precision fitted wooden inner and is covered with burgundy coloured leather. The nickel silver tip is engraved by Kevin. Zipper bag included.
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CARE OF YOUR CARBON OR DAMASCUS STEEL KNIFE
Carbon and Damascus steels can rust if not cared for. Here are a few tips on keeping your knife rust free. Firstly, don’t confuse rust with a patina or stain that may appear on your knife after cutting something acidic. This is normal and adds to the character of your knife. Damascus and carbon steel knives and swords have been around for thousands of years, so with care, you can own a future antique!
To prevent rust, do not store your knife in its leather sheath, as the leather picks up moisture and can cause your blade to rust. Rather oil or wax your blade and wrap it in a soft cloth for storage. Use the sheath only when you are using or wearing the knife. Wipe off the oil or wax before using.
Do not wash your hand-made knife in a dishwasher. Wash by hand in warm soapy water; do not let it soak in the water. Dry immediately, don’t leave it to drain in the drying rack. Oil the knife with olive oil if it is used regularly in the kitchen or with a gun oil or Museum/Renaissance Wax when storing. Remember to oil or wax the handle too.
If rust spots appear, rub the blade with a metal polish like Brasso or a very fine (0000) steel wool, then oil or wax the blade Do not use oil with silicon in it as this can cause rust.
Remember that your knife comes with a free lifetime sharpening service from Heavin Forge.
Museum Wax
Price: R10 for 10ml, R25 for 25ml and R40 for 50ml
Handmade by ourselves. This microcrystalline wax cleans, penetrates, nourishes and protects wood, leather, damascus and carbon steels, bone, stone, ivory, horn, silver, brass and copper. Preferably lightly warm item to be waxed with a hairdryer to aid penetration of wax,
(do not heat ivory). Apply wax sparingly. Rub up with a soft cloth when dry.
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