Welcome to the Steven Rapp Custom Knives Pricing page.  

When you custom order a knife from the portfolios pictured (or from another source like The Antique Bowie Book, for example), you are buying a piece of time, as well as a timeless piece of art.

I enjoy making one-of-a-kind knives and I rarely make the exact same knife twice - I usually will change some element, or elements, about a particular knife to make a unique one-of-a-kind knife.  I use the finest materials that I can find and often use Julie Warenski-Erickson for engraving and gold and/or gem inlay.  Julie's work compliments my work both beautifully and perfectly.  

All knives pictured in these portfolios can be made with whatever handle materials (including gold and precious stones); blade materials; fittings materials; or sheath materials that you - The Collector - may have in mind.  I have listed the knife prices as a "Price as pictured" price which means just that - the cost to replicate this knife pictured.  But, keeping in mind that I can make whatever knife with whatever materials that you may have in mind, this means that each category of knife has a 'base price.' And this base price is simply that any of the knives pictured would be basic knives with stainless steel blades, wood handles, and no sheath.  The cost increases when we add things like: Damascus steel; gold; gold quartz; a sheath; engraving and gold and/or gold/gem inlay; shell (Mother-of-Pearl, abalone, black-lip/gold-lip M-of-P, etc.); exotic stones like charoite and jades; as well as ancient ivories - this all is reflected in all of the "Price as pictured" listing on each knife.  

From the ivories, I prefer using ancient ivories (fossilized walrus, mastodon and mammoth) for color and the unique beauty - no two pieces of those ancient ivories are alike.  I make metal sheaths for about 90% of the knives that I make.  And for the last while I have been making my sheaths from the lustrous nontarnishable Monel.  This list of items that would be extra over that "base price" would almost make it seem like the knife that you want would just become expensive, but the cost of fine materials is the cost of fine materials.  


For example, the Sarah's Dagger (the opening page picture) sold in 2015 for $8,800, and it's base price would be $5,200.  Considering that there was $2,900 of engraving and gold and silver inlay by Julie Warenski-Erickson on that particular knife, and all of the other "extra" elements above that base price, like beautiful silvery-purple charoite stone, as well as the contrast that the Damascus blade with the hot-blued fittings add to this knife, one can easily see that the cost above the base price is just those material costs.  All those elements contrast and blend with one another so beautifully and just elevates this knife and takes it from the realm of simple fantasy dagger and puts it unarguably into the category of the piece of art that this knife truly is - as well as the piece of art that I so enjoy making.  A Ferrari and a Pinto will both get you where you want to go, but doesn't that Ferrari look better wrapped around you?!  Art is art.  And, art like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Another example be the Locomotive Charoite Push Dagger.  This knife sold in 2015 for $5,500 and has a base price of $4,400.  

So, the 'base prices' of the knife categories would be:

Gold Quartz Knives: this price is entirely dependent on materials cost. The gold, and gold quartz being the the largest variables.

Bowies: between $4,500 and $5,500  

Daggers: between $5,000 and $6,000  

Push Daggers: starting at $2,900  

Fighters/Fighting Knives: starting at $5,000  

California Knives: between $5,000 and $6,500  

Chute Knives: starting at $2,900

Mother-of-Pearl/Abalone Knives: between $3,900 and $6,500

Stone-handled Knives: between $5,000 and $6,500.



I hope this page has helped you to decide what knife to order from the portfolios of my knives, knowing that I can custom-make whatever knife you have in mind.  And, it will be affordable with beautiful, fine materials - truly a one-of-a-kind piece of art wrapped up in the construct of a knife.

I realize that not everyone uses Paypal, so I still operate the old-fashioned way where I will take a check for payment for a knife.  Give me a call and we can talk about what you're looking for in a knife.  

Steven Rapp Custom Knives

Contact info:
828.649.1092
smrappknives@aol.com
8033 US HWY 25-70 Marshall, NC, 28753

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Steven Rapp Custom Knives - PRICING Page

Welcome to the Steven Rapp Custom Knives Pricing page.  

When you custom order a knife from the portfolios pictured (or from another source like The Antique Bowie Book, for example), you are buying a piece of time, as well as a timeless piece of art.

I enjoy making one-of-a-kind knives and I rarely make the exact same knife twice - I usually will change some element, or elements, about a particular knife to make a unique one-of-a-kind knife.  I use the finest materials that I can find and often use Julie Warenski-Erickson for engraving and gold and/or gem inlay.  Julie's work compliments my work both beautifully and perfectly.  

All knives pictured in these portfolios can be made with whatever handle materials (including gold and precious stones); blade materials; fittings materials; or sheath materials that you - The Collector - may have in mind.  I have listed the knife prices as a "Price as pictured" price which means just that - the cost to replicate this knife pictured.  But, keeping in mind that I can make whatever knife with whatever materials that you may have in mind, this means that each category of knife has a 'base price.' And this base price is simply that any of the knives pictured would be basic knives with stainless steel blades, wood handles, and no sheath.  The cost increases when we add things like: Damascus steel; gold; gold quartz; a sheath; engraving and gold and/or gold/gem inlay; shell (Mother-of-Pearl, abalone, black-lip/gold-lip M-of-P, etc.); exotic stones like charoite and jades; as well as ancient ivories - this all is reflected in all of the "Price as pictured" listing on each knife.  

From the ivories, I prefer using ancient ivories (fossilized walrus, mastodon and mammoth) for color and the unique beauty - no two pieces of those ancient ivories are alike.  I make metal sheaths for about 90% of the knives that I make.  And for the last while I have been making my sheaths from the lustrous nontarnishable Monel.  This list of items that would be extra over that "base price" would almost make it seem like the knife that you want would just become expensive, but the cost of fine materials is the cost of fine materials.  


For example, the Sarah's Dagger (the opening page picture) sold in 2015 for $8,800, and it's base price would be $5,200.  Considering that there was $2,900 of engraving and gold and silver inlay by Julie Warenski-Erickson on that particular knife, and all of the other "extra" elements above that base price, like beautiful silvery-purple charoite stone, as well as the contrast that the Damascus blade with the hot-blued fittings add to this knife, one can easily see that the cost above the base price is just those material costs.  All those elements contrast and blend with one another so beautifully and just elevates this knife and takes it from the realm of simple fantasy dagger and puts it unarguably into the category of the piece of art that this knife truly is - as well as the piece of art that I so enjoy making.  A Ferrari and a Pinto will both get you where you want to go, but doesn't that Ferrari look better wrapped around you?!  Art is art.  And, art like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Another example be the Locomotive Charoite Push Dagger.  This knife sold in 2015 for $5,500 and has a base price of $4,400.  

So, the 'base prices' of the knife categories would be:

Gold Quartz Knives: this price is entirely dependent on materials cost. The gold, and gold quartz being the the largest variables.

Bowies: between $4,500 and $5,500  

Daggers: between $5,000 and $6,000  

Push Daggers: starting at $2,900  

Fighters/Fighting Knives: starting at $5,000  

California Knives: between $5,000 and $6,500  

Chute Knives: starting at $2,900

Mother-of-Pearl/Abalone Knives: between $3,900 and $6,500

Stone-handled Knives: between $5,000 and $6,500.



I hope this page has helped you to decide what knife to order from the portfolios of my knives, knowing that I can custom-make whatever knife you have in mind.  And, it will be affordable with beautiful, fine materials - truly a one-of-a-kind piece of art wrapped up in the construct of a knife.

I realize that not everyone uses Paypal, so I still operate the old-fashioned way where I will take a check for payment for a knife.  Give me a call and we can talk about what you're looking for in a knife.  

Steven Rapp Custom Knives

Contact info:
828.649.1092
smrappknives@aol.com
8033 US HWY 25-70 Marshall, NC, 28753

Sections