Edmund Davidson: The Art of the Integral Knife

This volume is an in-depth profile displaying the personal life, working processes and the finished custom knives of a world-class contemporary custom knifemaking artist. Limited to an edition of 1,000 copies.
"Edmund Davidson—The Art of the Integral Knife is the most recent in a series of coffee table photo essays by David Darom. The book provides a complete history of the maker’s work and includes a full chapter of shop photos detailing how an integral knife is actually crafted. Other sections cover examples of his working knives, art knives, and combat knives from the past. Full-page color photos are used to illustrate a majority of the knives covered. There are also chapters dedicated to Linda Karst Stone, Edmund’s scrimshawer, Jere Davidson, his engraver, and Eric Eggly, his photographer. A final section gives the facts and figures of Davidson’s knifemaking history as well as a full page of blade markings used at one point or another in his career. While this book is obviously a must for anyone specializing in Davidson knives, anyone with a serious interest in custom knives as art work will find it well worth a read."