Especially well-suited for those who operate in low-light conditions or have a high volume of tasks to tackle.

The Arcaelis is a marriage of two of our most trusted designs — the Artemis’s precise blade on the Cael v2’s ergonomic handle, complete with its integrated index guard.

Why combine them

The Artemis blade earned its reputation in delicate game work; the Cael handle earned its own in long, high-volume sessions and low-light conditions. Customers who loved one often wished for the other half. The Arcaelis simply stops them having to choose — the controlled, hide-sparing precision of the one, held by the guarded, all-conditions grip of the other.

Built for bad light and big evenings

It is especially well suited to those who operate in poor light or process game in quantity — deer managers, professional stalkers, and anyone whose knife time is measured in hours rather than minutes. The index guard keeps the hand honest when everything is slick and the head-torch is doing the seeing; the blade keeps its line regardless.

Where it sits

Think of it as the professional’s Artemis: the same specialist ability, packaged for harder schedules. If your season is measured in dozens of animals rather than a handful, this is the configuration we would steer you toward.

Steel, handle, detail

The blade can be ground from RWL-34 or PMC27 — our everyday stainless steels, chosen for edge retention and low maintenance — from AEB-L when outright keenness matters most, or from traditional O1 carbon tool steel for those who enjoy a blade that asks a little care in return for a superb edge. Our own stainless Damascus, pattern-welded in-house from RWL-34 and PMC27, is available for commissioners who want the pattern of the steel to carry the story.

Handles run from stabilised timbers and burls through to fossilised mammoth ivory, pinned in stainless, brass or copper — or with mosaic pins when you want a flourish that only shows itself on close inspection. Initials, a family crest, or a lifelike species study can be laser-engraved in-house on the blade or bolster.

Carried properly

A Arcaelis leaves the workshop in a sheath made at the same bench — moulded to that exact blade, so it clicks home and stays there. Choose leather in black, brown or a custom colour, plain or hand-tooled with the option of engraved silver panels; or Kydex on our hybrid leather carry system where the season is wetter than the wardrobe allows.

A knife for life

A Arcaelis is built to outlast its first owner. Every knife carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects, is numbered and recorded in the workshop ledger before it leaves the bench, and ships sharpened, papered, signed-for and insured. When one comes back years later for a fresh edge, we can look up exactly when it left and what it was made of.

If this is the pattern, the next step is a conversation — or set out the rest of it first in the design tool, and send us the draft.