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Hand Forged axes, Damascus blades, swords, seax, shields and drinking horns. Every piece is heated, hammered and ground by hand in the Czech Republic, then inspected and shipped free from our Memphis, Tennessee warehouse, with no import duty and no customs delay on US orders.

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Damascus Bowie Knife, Hand-Forged, Wood Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-492)

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Timberedge Hand Forged Damascus Bowie Knife with Wood Handle & Leather Sheath | Hunting Camping and Fathers Day Gift | RK-492

Bowie Knives, Damascus Knives, Hunting Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Bowie Knife, Hand-Forged, Camel Bone Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-488)

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Sandbone Hand Forged Damascus Bowie Knife with Dyed Camel Bone Handle & Leather Sheath | Hunting and Camping Bowie Gift | RK-488

Bowie Knives, Damascus Knives, Hunting Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Fish Fillet Knife, Hand-Forged, Resin Handle, Leather Sheath

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Bluetide Hand Forged Damascus Fish Fillet Knife with Blue Resin Handle & Leather Sheath | Fishing and Anglers Collector Gift | RK-481

Damascus Knives, Fish Fillet Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Fish Fillet Knife, Hand-Forged, Wood Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-480)

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Streamwood Hand Forged Damascus Fish Fillet Knife with Wood Handle & Leather Sheath | Fishing Camping and Anglers Gift | RK-480

Damascus Knives, Fish Fillet Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$119.00

Damascus Dagger Knife, Hand-Forged, Rosewood Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-477)

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Longspire Hand Forged Damascus Dagger Knife with Rosewood Handle & Leather Sheath | Large Collector Display Gift | RK-477

Dagger Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Dagger Knife, Hand-Forged, Bone Handle, Leather Sheath

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Bonespire Hand Forged Damascus Dagger Knife with Wood and Bone Handle & Leather Sheath | Collector and Display Gift | RK-474

Dagger Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 4.40 out of 5

Damascus Bowie Knife, Hand-Forged, 14″ Overall, Rosewood Handle, Leather Sheath | Engraving Available

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Longrose Hand Forged Damascus Bowie Knife with Rosewood Handle and Steel Bolster and Black Fiber Spacer & Leather Sheath | Hunting Bowie Collector Gift | RK-473

Bowie Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Dagger Knife, Hand-Forged, Wood Handle, Leather Sheath

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Steelpommel Hand Forged Damascus Dagger Knife with Wood and Dyed Bone Handle and Steel Bolster and Pommel & Leather Sheath | Collector Display Gift | RK-468

Dagger Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$109.00

Damascus Skinner Knife, Hand-Forged, Wood Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-454)

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Woodgrain Hand Forged Damascus Skinner Knife with Wood Handle & Leather Sheath | Hunting Skinning and Camping Gift | RK-454

Damascus Knives, Damascus Skinner Knives

Rated 4.80 out of 5

Damascus Cleaver, Hand-Forged, Stag Horn Handle, Leather Sheath (RK-436)

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Blockbreaker Hand Forged Damascus Cleaver with Stag Horn and Walnut Wood Handle & Leather Sheath | Butcher Kitchen and Chef Gift | RK-436

Chef Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$139.00

Damascus Chef Knife, Hand-Forged, Stag Horn Handle, Leather Sheath

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Olivekeen Hand Forged Damascus Chef Knife with Stag Horn and Olive Wood Handle & Leather Sheath | Chef Kitchen and Wedding Gift | RK-434

Chef Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 4.75 out of 5

Damascus Bull Cutter Knife, Hand-Forged, Bone Handle, Leather Sheath

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Cowhand Hand Forged Damascus Bull Cutter Knife with Camel Bone Handle & Leather Sheath | Cowboy Ranch and Western Gift | RK-433

Cowboy Bull Cutter, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$99.00

Damascus Folding Pocket Knife, Hand-Forged, 7″ Overall, Stag Horn Handle, Leather Sheath

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Stagcarry Hand Forged Damascus Folding Pocket Knife with Stag Horn Handle & Cowhide Leather Sheath | Gentlemans Everyday Carry Gift | RK-428

Damascus Knives, Folding Pocket Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Folding Pocket Knife, Hand-Forged, 9″ Overall, Camel Bone Handle, Leather Sheath | Engraving Available

Damascus Folding Pocket Knife, Hand-Forged, 9″ Overall, Camel Bone Handle, Leather Sheath | Engraving Available - view

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Bullhorn Hand Forged Damascus Folding Pocket Knife with Camel Bone and Bull Horn Handle & Cowhide Leather Sheath | Everyday Carry Collector Gift | RK-426

Damascus Knives, Folding Pocket Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Damascus Fish Fillet Knife, Hand-Forged, Bone Handle, Leather Sheath

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Palebone Hand Forged Damascus Fish Fillet Knife with Natural Bone Handle & Leather Sheath | Fishing Camping and Anglers Gift | RK-422

Damascus Knives, Fish Fillet Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$119.00

Damascus Fish Fillet Knife, Hand-Forged, Stag Horn Handle, Leather Sheath

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Riverstag Hand Forged Damascus Fish Fillet Knife with Stag Horn Handle and Bone and Acrylic & Leather Sheath | Fishing and Anglers Gift | RK-421

Damascus Knives, Fish Fillet Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$119.00

Damascus Skinner Knife, Hand-Forged, Micarta Handle, Leather Sheath

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Greyfell Hand Forged Damascus Skinner Knife with Micarta Handle & Leather Sheath | Bushcraft Hunting and Skinning Gift | RK-420

Damascus Knives, Damascus Skinner Knives

Rated 4.67 out of 5

$99.00

Damascus Skinner Knife, Hand-Forged, Ram Horn Handle, Leather Sheath

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Ramcrest Hand Forged Damascus Skinner Knife with Ram Horn Handle & Leather Sheath | Compact Hunting and Collector Gift | RK-408

Damascus Knives, Damascus Skinner Knives

Rated 4.67 out of 5

$99.00

Damascus Skinner Knife, Hand-Forged, Camel Bone Handle, Leather Sheath

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Camelbone Hand Forged Damascus Skinner Knife with Camel Bone and Hardwood Handle & Leather Sheath | Deer Skinning and Hunting Gift | RK-407

Damascus Knives, Damascus Skinner Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$99.00

Viking Bearded Axe, Hand-Forged High-Carbon Steel, 19″ Overall, Wood Handle, Leather Blade Cover (RK-405)

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Oakwarden Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Viking Bearded Axe | 19 Inch | Wood Handle with Leather Blade Cover and Gift Box | Norse Bushcraft and Camping Gift | RK-405

Rated 5.00 out of 5

Tomahawk Axe, Hand-Forged Damascus, 20″ Overall, Rosewood Handle

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Emberhawk Hand Forged Damascus Tomahawk Axe | 20 Inch | Rosewood Handle with Leather Blade Cover and Gift Box | Hunting Camping Collector Gift | RK-404

Throwing Axes, Tomahawks, Viking Axes

Rated 4.80 out of 5

$159.00

Damascus Chef Knife, Hand-Forged, Hardwood Handle, Leather Sheath | Engraving Available

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Brasshearth Hand Forged Damascus Chef Knife with Hardwood Handle and Brass Bolster and Fiber Spacers & Leather Sheath | Chef and Housewarming Gift | RK-396

Chef Knives, Damascus Knives

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$139.00

Damascus Bowie Knife, Hand-Forged, Buffalo Horn Handle, Leather Sheath

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Hornreach Hand Forged Damascus Bowie Knife with Buffalo Horn and Stabilized Wood Handle and Brass Bolster and Fiber Spacers | Hunting Bowie Gift | RK-394

Bowie Knives, Damascus Knives, Hunting Knives

Rated 4.36 out of 5

$149.00

Norse Viking Bearded Axe, Hand-Forged High-Carbon Steel, 17″ Overall, Rosewood Handle

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Norsewind Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Viking Bearded Axe | 19 Inch | Rosewood Shaft with Leather Blade Cover and Gift Box | Nordic Camping and Easter Gift | RK-391

Rated 5.00 out of 5

What is in here, and how it is sorted

The catalogue runs from a three inch pocket knife to a sword that needs two hands and a wall bracket, so one alphabetical list was never going to help anybody. It is sorted into six groups. Blades is what you hold in one hand and cut with. Swords is anything longer than a forearm. Norse Arms is steel on a haft, so axes, spears, hammers and polearms. Viking Armor is what stops all of that, shields included. Damascus Steel Jewelry is the same pattern worn rather than swung. Gifts and Gear is everything practical that is left, and it is a larger group than the name suggests.

Pick the group first, then narrow inside it. The tiles at the top are the doors most people use, and the full list of collections sits at the foot of the page. What follows is what each group holds, and what is worth settling before you spend money.

Blades

Most people arrive wanting a knife and leave with a very specific one, because these shapes are not interchangeable. The Damascus knives are the ones that get photographed: 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and etched so the grain reads, no two the same. For the same steel behaviour without paying for the pattern, the plain high carbon pieces sit in hunting knives, where a drop point of four or five inches does field work without complaint. The Viking knives and the seax under them are the long single edged shapes the Norse carried, bought as often for the history as for the cutting. Kitchen blades, folders and the curved shapes each have their own collection further down.

Swords

The Viking swords are broad, double edged and built to be used alongside a shield, which is why they are shorter than most people expect. The Damascus swords take that same geometry and carry the pattern the length of the blade. Everything later than the Norse, meaning arming swords, longswords, messers, rapiers, katana and the film blades, sits in the wider sword collection. Settle the length first. Overall length is the number that matters, not blade length, because that is what has to fit the wall and the box. Anything over 44 inches ships oversized.

Norse Arms

Viking axes is the busiest door on the site and probably the reason you are here. Inside Norse Arms the axes split by head shape. A bearded axe has the long lower beak that lets you choke up behind the edge for fine work. Battle axes are heavier through the eye, and Dane axes are the two handed version that wants floor space. Spears, maces, polearms and the Thor hammers sit in the same group, because they are all steel on wood and all ship in a long box. Between an axe for a wall and an axe for a woodpile, head weight and haft length decide it, not the pattern on the steel.

Viking Armor

Viking Armor holds the mail, the plate, the lamellar, the gambesons and every helmet on the site, plus the shields. The round shields are the Norse answer and the ones that hang best above a fireplace; kite shields and bucklers cover the centuries after. Fit matters more here than anywhere else, because a helmet that is nearly right is a helmet you wear once. Measurements and steel gauge are on every listing, and a tape measure round the head above the ears takes ten seconds.

Damascus Steel Jewelry

Same billets, much smaller pieces. The Mjolnir pendants are what most people come for; the rings and bracelets are what they still wear a year later. The etch is real, so the pattern runs through the metal rather than sitting on top of it, and it goes flat and grey if you wear it in a shower. A wipe and a smear of oil keeps it dark. Arm rings, torcs, beard beads and the plain Norse pendants sit in the same group.

Gifts and Gear

The practical end of the catalogue. Engraved and personalized pieces make up the largest group in the shop, because most things bought as gifts here end up with a name or a date on them. Wedding and groomsmen gifts is the same idea with a fixed date attached, so order earlier than feels necessary. Drinking horns, tankards, rune sets and hnefatafl boards sit alongside the stands, scabbards and spare hafts in accessories, which is the drawer everything else goes in.

How to choose: steel, size and handle

There are two steels in this catalogue and no others. Plain 1095 is about one percent carbon in iron with nothing else added that changes how it behaves, run at 54 to 58 HRC. It takes a very fine edge, comes back on a stone in minutes, and rusts if you leave it wet. That is the whole trade. Damascus is 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and acid etched, run harder at 58 to 60 HRC. The two alloys etch at different rates, which is where the pattern comes from, so it runs through rather than sitting on the surface. It holds an edge a little longer and wants the same oiling. The steel and hardness page sets out the reasoning at length, and the comparison guide puts the two side by side if you want the short version.

Size next. Three to five inches of blade is a knife you carry and use daily. Seven to eight inches is camp and field size, and it wants a belt rather than a pocket. Past that you are into sword territory, where the number that counts is overall length.

Handles last, and this is where most of the regret happens. Stag horn, buffalo horn and bone look best in photographs and forgive a wet hand least. Rosewood, walnut, olive and ash are the sensible choices and take an oil finish well. Micarta and pakka wood ignore weather entirely, so pick one of those if the piece lives outdoors. Every listing names its handle, so read it before the photograph decides for you.

Engraving

Almost everything here can be cut with a name, a date or a mark, in the United States, after the piece has landed and passed inspection. That is why it adds days rather than weeks. Text is 19 dollars. A symbol is 39 dollars, and the set covers the runes of the Elder Futhark along with the valknut, the vegvisir, Yggdrasil and the helm of awe. A family crest, redrawn from whatever image you send us, is 49 dollars. The engraving page shows what fits on which piece and how much room a blade, an axe cheek or a pendant gives you. One warning worth reading twice: once an engraving is cut the piece cannot be sold to anyone else, so the window to change the text or cancel is 12 hours from purchase.

Where these come from, and how they reach you

Ransack Viking is a United States company based in Memphis, Tennessee. The pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic, by workshops that still work at the anvil and the grinder rather than on a line. We import them, inspect them in Memphis, and ship from the warehouse there. Engraving is cut in the United States after arrival. We do not run a forge and have never claimed one, and the country of origin page sets out which stage happens where, because a lot of shops in this trade stay vague about it.

Because the stock is already in the country, a United States order clears no customs and pays no import duty. Processing runs one to two weeks while the piece is inspected and oiled, then three to seven days in transit, tracked. Shipping inside the United States is free on most pieces and 49 dollars on the heavy ones, meaning the longer swords and the hammers. Oversized items, meaning polearms, spears, shields, armor and swords over 44 inches, are 69 dollars at home and 90 abroad. The order and shipping page carries the full table and the timeline. Outside the United States the rate is a flat 69 dollars per order however many pieces are in it, with duty and VAT paid by us, and the worldwide shipping page explains what duty paid means at your door.

Questions people ask before they buy

Should I buy plain 1095 or Damascus?

Both are the same family of steel and both need oiling. Plain 1095 runs at 54 to 58 HRC, takes a very keen edge and comes back on a stone in minutes. Damascus is 1095 and 15N20 forge welded and etched, run at 58 to 60 HRC, so it holds an edge a little longer. If the piece is going on a wall, buy the pattern. If it is going in a pack, buy the plain.

Will these blades rust?

Yes, if you let them. There is no chromium in either steel, so a blade left wet shows grey or orange spots by morning. That is the composition, not a fault. Wipe it dry, oil it lightly, and it darkens into a patina instead.

How long does an order take?

Processing runs one to two weeks, then three to seven days in transit inside the United States, tracked. Engraving adds a few days, because it is cut after the piece has passed inspection.

Do I pay import duty?

No. Stock is already in the United States, so a domestic order clears no customs. On international orders we pay the duty and the VAT ourselves, so nothing is owed at the door.

What can be engraved, and what does it cost?

Text is 19 dollars. A symbol, meaning a rune, a valknut, a vegvisir or the helm of awe, is 39 dollars. A family crest redrawn from an image you send is 49 dollars. The engraving page lists what fits where.

Which handle should I pick if the piece goes outdoors?

Micarta or pakka wood. Neither cares about damp. Rosewood, walnut, olive and ash are the sensible timber options. Stag horn, buffalo horn and bone photograph best and forgive a wet hand least. Every listing names its handle.

Can I send something back?

You have 7 days from delivery to return a piece you changed your mind about, and a lifetime warranty against a defect in the forging, the grind, the heat treat or the fittings. Engraving is the exception: once cut, the piece cannot go to anyone else, so the window to change it is 12 hours from purchase.

If that did not settle it, the guides cover steel, fit, care and knife law at length, and the returns and lifetime warranty page says what happens if the piece turns out to be the wrong one.

Every collection

How a piece is made

Forged

Makers in the Czech Republic work two steels and no others. Plain 1095 high carbon at 54 to 58 HRC, or Damascus of 1095 and 15N20 at 58 to 60 HRC.

Hammered

Drawn out and shaped by hand in their forge. The Damascus is forge welded and acid etched, which is where the pattern comes from.

Fitted

Rosewood, ash, walnut, stag horn or wrapped leather grips set and finished before the piece leaves the bench.

Shipped

We import every piece, inspect it in Memphis, Tennessee, engrave it in the US if you asked for that, and ship it free. No import duty, no customs delay on US orders.

Put a name on it

Most pieces can be engraved with a name, a date or a line of Norse runes. It is the difference between a gift and a keepsake.

See engraving options