JACK DAVENPORT, Maker
Website: DAVENPORTKNIVES.COM
Contact me by phone at:(352)424-2567
Contact me by email at: jacknife@verizon.net
Thank you for your interest in DAVENPORT KNIVES. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm a "Florida Native", and I grew up in Dade City, a beautiful small and typically southern town in eastern Pasco County. Pasco County is located on the west coast of Florida and is close to Tampa.
As a young man with a passion for nature and the outdoors, I was thrilled when I was offered a position with the State of Florida as a wild life officer assigned to the Everglades. Some of my most fond memories are of those years in a most beautiful and wild part of Florida, but that's another story for another time.
When I'm not making knives, I enjoy boating, flyfishing and just about anything that involves the outdoors.
I've been making knives for approximately 20 years and recently, was very honored to have again been presented with the Knifemakers' Guild's "Best Custom Folder" award at its 2006 show in Orlando. I'm also very proud to report that I also received the "2006 Best Custom Folder" at the Blade Show in Atlanta this year. Photographs of those pieces are featured below. Its been a good year for me.
I enjoy making all types of knives...autos, linerlocks and straight knives. However, my true passion lies in multi-bladed slipjoints patterned after the old cutlers' creations from centuries past.
I am a voting member of the Knifemakers' Guild and, as of this year, a member of the Guild's Board of Directors. I am also a charter member of the Florida Knifemakers' Association and was elected to serve as Vice-President by the Board.
The DAVENPORT KNIVES webpage is a work in progress, and the next page titled "Knives", will give you examples of some my most recent projects.
I've also added an additional page to Davenport Knives titled "Points of Interest News" which, hopefully, you will find informative.
Thank you again for your interest and if you have any questions, just click on my e-amil address at the top of the page. I look forward to hearing from you.
Jack
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Best Custom Folder
Atlanta Blade Show 2006
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