Dmitry Malakhov

Born in Mo­scow, Rus­sia, Dmitry Malak­hov car­ries on the fam­ily trade. His grand­fath­er and great grand­fath­er were black­smiths. Like many boys, Dmitry was fas­cin­ated by weapons, swords and ar­mor, and he made his first knife at twelve years of age. Today, Dmitry Malak­hov uses his mas­ter skills to craft soph­ist­ic­ated and beau­ti­ful knives. He cur­rently lives and works in Aus­tin, Min­nesota.

Pro­fes­sion­al Jour­ney

Dmitry Malak­hov forged his first knife, when he was six­teen years old. He began his ca­reer by mak­ing simple hand-forged util­ity knives for hik­ing and fish­ing. In time, Dmitry learned to carve wood and draw sketches for art knives. Dmitry craf­ted his first art knives by the time he was twenty years old. His skills and designs have pro­gressed and ex­pan­ded, and he now forges com­plex and beau­ti­ful knives of many dif­fer­ent styles. His port­fo­lio in­cludes folders, dag­gers, fixed blade hunt­ing knives, and his­tor­ic­al rep­licas. Over the past three years, Dmitry has re­dis­covered the an­cient art of the Wootz Steel and has de­veloped a pas­sion for this time-honored pro­cess.

Design and Production

Dmitry Malak­hov takes every step in design­ing and craft­ing his knives. First, he sketches a knife on pa­per in sev­er­al pro­jec­tions to visu­al­ize its ac­tu­al shape well. Second, he smelts Wootz steel in a ce­ment cups that he makes spe­cific­ally for that pur­pose. Third, Dmitriy forges and carves a blade. Fourth, Dmitry carves knife's handle and bol­sters. And fifth, he designs and makes a sheath or stand for his new knife. Be­sides beau­ti­ful design of each of his works, Dmitry Malak­hov is very know­ledge­able and spe­cif­ic about ma­ter­i­als he uses in his work. He shared some of his know­ledge with us and con­trib­uted sev­er­al art­icles about ma­ter­i­als to our lib­rary.

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