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Custom Art Dagger by award winning Todd Kopp This Dagger by Award Winning Maker Todd Kopp features a Desert Ironwood handle and High Stainless-steel double-edged blade with hidden tang construction. The handle has gun blued steel guard and pommel. The exact symmetry from Plunge to Tip is Class A profiling. Comes with a brown leather sheath with an alligator skin overlay. 11-inch overall length / 5-inch blade. About Todd Kopp: "I have always had a great interest in knives, even when I was a young boy growing up in Wisconsin. My dad gave me a knife that my grandfather made. I never got to meet my grandfather so that knife is very special to me. I first got started making knives in 1988 when a co-worker gave me a piece of tool steel from a saw to work. My brother told me that the knife I made out of it looked like something made in a prison. I enjoy knifemaking because you are starting out with a chunk of steel and a chunk of ivory, and you hopefully end up with something of beauty. These are a few of the many makers that have inspired me: Buster Warenski, D'Holder, Dennis Freidly, Tim Hancock, and Don Norris. I prefer using Damascus steel because of the wide variety of beautiful patterns available. I like using natural materials for handles such as fossil Walrus, Mammoth ivory, and Mammoth teeth." And more: AWARDS 1991 Most Promising New Maker (first knife show) 1994 Arizona Knife Collectors Association Annual Club Knife 1995 Best Dagger - Las Vegas Classic Knife Show 1995 Best Art Knife - Knife Expo 1995 Best Art Knife - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 1996 Best Art Knife - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 1997 Best Art Knife - Knife Expo 1997 Arizona Knife Collectors Association Annual Club Knife 1998 Best Art Knife - Knife Expo 1999 Best Fighter - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 2000 Best Fighter - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 2000 Best of Show - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 2004 Best Fixed Blade - Knife Expo 2004 Best Miniature - Paul Basch Show - Scottsdale 2004 Best Miniature - Arizona Knife Collectors Association - Tucson 2004 Best Fixed Blade - Arizona Knife Collectors Association - Tucson 2004 Best of Show - Arizona Knife Collectors Association - Tucson 2004 Best of Show - Arizona Knife Collectors Association 2005 Best Art Knife - Oregon Knife Collectors Association 2005 Best Fighter - Mesa Show 2005 Best in Show - Mesa Show 2006 1st Place in Blade Grinding Competition - Oregon Knife Collectors Association 2008 Best Sword - Southern California Blade Show Contact buyer for additional information. Thanks for looking and check my other knife listings!