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Intro
Deriving from ancient Greek, Odous; meaning "tooth", this piece draws its identity from the primal, the prehistoric, and the primordial. A folding knife forged to embody the raw architecture of prehistory; dense, structural, and preserved by deep time. The blade is constructed from a custom pattern of high carbon steel interwoven with genuine meteorite iron, forged to replicate the cellular lattice of fossilized dinosaur bone - the internal trabecular structure, the hollow chambers, and the organic geometry that nature spent millions of years perfecting. This pattern runs the full length of the blade, visible in every rake of light across the steel.
Finishing the blade’s edge is a layer of brightly polished 24 karat gold plating - contrasting against the dark raw steel in a way that speaks simultaneously to the ancient and the eternal. The handle is carved to echo the same fossil bone aesthetic — organic voids, raw surface texture, and a silhouette shaped by intention rather than convention. Folding in form, the knife collapses into itself measuring 4.125” closed, and 7” expanded in a slipjoint mechanism- tying together form and function.
Nicely weighted and balanced in the hand, Odous carries the idea of creating something that feels unearthed rather than manufactured. Inspired by the universe and it’s mysteries, Odous is fragment of our cosmic presence, in the form of humanity’s tool since the beginning.
To accompany the knife, a rock selectively picked from a volcanic formation has been utilized to carve a bespoke box; encapsulating the knife in the very same Earth it rested beneath for millions of years. Included is a signed Certificate of Authenticity and care kit.
Forged in Dare’s studio based in Boise, Idaho. May 4th, 2026.
The Meteorite
The blade is crafted with the 4.5 billion year-old meteor, the Muonionalusta, discovered in 1906 near the border of Sweden and Finland by a group of children who found what they described as an “unusual rock”… Later it was studied to have traveled through the solar system for over 4.56 billion years before striking Earth nearly one million years ago. It was found to be one of the oldest meteorites ever recorded, with a crystalline structure consisting of iron and nickel formed over millions of years; that truly sets it apart from many iron meteorite species.
Included is a signed Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) and custom-forged stand for displaying of the piece.
~ Tristan
