Rock and Roll
A Typhoon 
by
Dennis Greenbaum








In addition to eight hand-carved notes, the knife features two 
hand carved saxophones on one side, cut directly out of the 
stainless steel handles, and two carved guitars on the other side.
 Dennis tells me that when he saw Hall & Oates in concert last 
year and they were touring with a kick-ass saxophone player.



The latch that comes with the kit does not offer much in the way of 
"real estate" for Dennis' carving, and, after so much embelishment of the rest 
of the knife, he didn't want to leave the latch plain.  So, Dennis made his own, 
larger latch using 416 SS.  

Hollow bodied instruments such guitars and violins, historically have 
openings in the front panels called "F" holes.  Dennis chose to depict 
one of these "F" holes by carving into the base of the latch.  His signature 
has been hand "engraved" on the underside of the latch and is visible 
only when the latch has been popped open.



After replacing so much of the original kit with his own materials, 
Dennis Greenbaum's experience with the "Rock 'n Roll Typhoon" 
has led him to the inevitable decision to only work on his own 
knives from this point on.

"Most new knifemakers begin with the blade and work their way to 
the handle, I guess you could say I chose to start with the handle and 
work my way to the blade."  He has already established himself in the 
knife world through his detailed embellishment  work.  Dennis is 
currently working on his first "sole authorship" knife, 
which he expects to have completed in the next few weeks.  



Dennis is currently offering the one-of-a-kind 
Rock-And-Roll Balisong shown here for sale.
The asking price is $725.

Dennis is open to new commissions of balisong and other knives.

To purchase the Rock-And-Roll Balisong or to discuss 
a commission, you can contact Dennis by e-mail:  

dgreenbaum at comcast dot net

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