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Dave Ellis

About Dave Ellis

Dave Ellis is the founder of Exquisite Knives and California's first ABS Master Smith. He knew Bob Loveless personally, has sold more Loveless knives than anyone, and was an executive producer of the award-winning documentary Robert Loveless: An American Legend. He has dealt in rare and custom knives for decades, buys and consigns collections, and has written for BLADE Magazine.

March 2014

Kydex Knife Sheaths Review

By Dave Ellis|2020-11-30T17:36:12+00:00March 16, 2014|Articles|

More and more of the “Tactical” crowd are using Kydex for their Knife and handgun Sheaths and Holsters. [...]

Purchasing a Custom Knife

By Dave Ellis|2020-11-30T17:40:17+00:00March 10, 2014|Articles|

There are basically two major reasons for purchasing a knife. One is for your personal use and the other is [...]

How-Tos of Bladesmithing

By Dave Ellis|2022-11-28T21:32:32+00:00March 2, 2014|Articles|

Whether you plan on making knives by forging or the stock removal method there is a minimum amount of equipment [...]

February 2014

Benchmade Knives

By Dave Ellis|2021-03-19T18:59:57+00:00February 18, 2014|Articles|

More and more Knifemakers are branching out from strictly being “Custom” Knifemakers. A Custom Knifemaker in my opinion, creates a [...]