Knife from Sfreddo Bladesmithing School

Recently I spent 10 days taking lessons from Rodrigo Sfreddo, at his workshop and bladesmithing school, in Nova Petrópolis - RS(http://www.rodrigosfreddo.com/index.php?idioma=2). Sfreddo certainly is one of the best knifemakers in Brazil and his work has internetional relevance. During the course we developed a hunter knife taking special care to every step, from the forging process to fitting and finishing.

Besides all the tips he could give us, we took home a piece with quite high quality level to use as benchmark for future works. The knife has aprox. 11" long, the blade as forged from O1 steel, guard and pins are made of stainless steel and the handle is imbuia burl.