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Tom Regula

  • Bespoke Rods and Blades
  • Metalworker
  • Winterborne Houghton, United Kingdom
  • Master Artisan
Tom Regula Metalworker
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The sustainable metalsmith

  • • Tom's blades are made by hand and hammer only
  • • He describes his knives and fishing rods as “functional art”
  • • The steel he uses comes from recycled agricultural materials

Tom Regula's knives and fishing rods are all unique creations, in his own words they “not only work perfectly but are also objects of beauty.” And given Tom's past as a garden designer, a jeweller and an amber carver, it’s not at all surprising. Born in Poland, he has been fascinated by metal forging since childhood and at the age of 7, when he used to crank the bellows at his uncle's forge, he made his first knife. Aged 8 years old, he was already a passionate fisherman with a dislike for mass-produced objects, he modified his first fishing rod and at 16 he received his first commission. Concerned by the harm caused to the environment by the extraction and processing of iron ore and other rare metals, 10 years ago Tom chose to work only with what was ethically available to him.

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Dziwer gentleman's knife

This unique, gentleman's knife was made for a private collector with an image of a mayfly engraved on the handle. The blade is made of hand forged dziwer, pattern welded steel, mistakenly known as Damascus steel. The handle is made of the best quality gunstock grade Turkish walnut, mammoth tusk and black 5000-year-old bog oak with a C14 carbon dating certificate.

Length 12 cm
Width 3 cm
Height 3 cm

Photo: ©Tom Regula
Bushcraft knife

The blade of this custom made bushcraft knife was hand forged by Tom Regula from an old Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian leaf spring belonging to the customer who ordered the knife. The handle, adapted to the ergonomics of the client's hand, was made of Hawaiian curly koa wood.

Length 23 cm

Photo: ©Tom Regula
Dziwer tracker knife

This unique tracker knife was made for a private collector with his initials inlaid with copper on the handle. The blade is made of hand forged dziwer steel, a pattern welded steel, mistakenly known as Damascus steel. The handle is made of the best quality Hawaiian curly koa, mammoth tusk and black 5000-year-old bog oak with a C14 carbon dating certificate.

Length 26 cm

Photo: ©Tom Regula
Dziwer gentleman's knife

This unique gentlemen's knife was made for a private collector with his initials engraved on the handle. The blade is made of hand forged dziwer, a pattern welded steel, mistakenly known as Damascus steel. The handle is made of the best quality gunstock grade Turkish walnut, mammoth tusk and black 5000-year-old bog oak with a C14 carbon dating certificate.

Length 12 cm
Width 3 cm
Height 2.5 cm

Photo: ©Tom Regula
Eternal Flame split cane fly rod

This is one of Tom Regula’s most beautiful fly rods, the only one of its kind in the world. Hand split and planed from the best quality Tonkin bamboo. The handle is made of Portuguese floor-class cork, combined with stabilized, 600-year-old Scottish spalted beech inserts. The completely unique wood grain patterns resembling a white flame gave Tom the idea for a name for this rod.

Length 206 cm

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