This is a folding knife with a specially developed button lock mechanism. Pressing the button releases the blade and locks it open and closed. The frame is made of stainless rose damask, the handle of desert ironwood and the plates of titanium, to keep the weight of the knife down.
©Messermacher Kappeller
©Messermacher Kappeller
©Messermacher Kappeller
©Messermacher Kappeller
©Messermacher Kappeller
Richard Kappeller
- Knife maker
- Salzburg, Austria
- Master Artisan
Contact
German, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+43 6763970328
+43 6763970328
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For the love of wood
- • Richard loves wood and gemstones
- • His secret to success is perseverance
- • He embraces new technologies
Richard Kappeller made his first knife in 2000 while attending a specialist timber course. "I was offered beautiful wood and so I bought handle material and a finished blade," Richard remembers. He put the material together following the seller's instructions on his website. During the six months between leaving school and starting military service, Richard learned more knife making techniques through online tutorials. After the army, he rented a small workshop, put in a workbench and bought his first machines. Collectors, huntsmen and chefs alike appreciate Richard's unique style, characterised by special surface treatment and a design language which reflects his love for varied and diverse combinations of techniques and materials. His most recent innovation is to embellish his knife handles with gemstones.
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Button Lock
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Damast Spitz-Erl-Dolch
Here is a dagger made of three different damask steels. It features a handle made of jet with spiral filing and 18 carat gold and silver wire twisted together and wrapped around the handle. Alternating grooves with a polished and milled surface give the dagger its unique appearance.
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Cuisine Flach-Erl
The VG-10, a powder-metallurgy produced stainless blade steel, is surrounded by several layers to combine hardness and flexibility. The handle, made of stabilised sycamore wood, complements the wavy, mottled pattern that runs through the blade.
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Metis Vollintegral
This knife was engraved by hand with a vine leaves and grapes theme.
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Jagdknicker Klassik and Aktor Jagd
These are two hunting and universal knives in a very classic design made with fine wood from Arizona and mammoth ivory from Siberia. The bolsters are made of stainless steel and elaborately engraved by hand with leaf ornaments.
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