Daniel Winkler (knifemaker)

Daniel Winkler is an American custom knifemaker based in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

Winkler has been making knives since 1977 and is a certified Mastersmith with the American Bladesmith Society and designed and built the knives and tomahawks for the 1992 motion picture The Last of the Mohicans.

[1][2][3] Winkler was primarily known for his Native-American or pioneer-style influenced designs until 2012.

In that year Winkler became involved with military and tactical knives and tomahawks.

[5] Winkler designed the Sayoc-Winkler "R&D Hawk" in conjunction with Sayoc Tactical Group Tomahawk Instructor Rafael Kayanan as a tomahawk for modern military applications.